12/18/2022 0 Comments Brunswick maine inspireme![]() What colors inspire your creativity? Are those colors incorporated in your space? Yes! As parents we often make spaces for our children and visiting company, yet we often we forget about making a place for ourselves. I’m a better mom and a better writer for honoring my need to have some space and time of my own. Starting my day early in my writing shed sets my whole day right. I would say do it! It’s easy to put your own needs last, especially if you’re a parent. What advice do you have for people who want to make a personal space where they can be creative? So I would move it to a quiet lakeside in northern New England somewhere. ![]() I grew up on a lake in New Hampshire, and I love to kayak. If you could magically transplant your writing shed to another location for half of the year, where would it be? I bet you’re going to have to add some new shelves soon, especially after people see your collection □ Wow! That’s a lot of rubber duckies! They make a fantastic display. Because Rules has a rubber ducky on the cover, people give those to me. My writing shed is full of things that inspire me-kids’ choice awards, items that go with my books, things that children have made for me. Is there any special item/trinket in your space that inspires you? I picked up a few of his CDs when I was doing a school visit in Vermont, and his music captures the rural northern New England essence of the book I’m working on. The musician for my current novel is Spencer Lewis. I have a CD or musician that I listen to for each novel. Is there anything you like to listen to while you’re working? What are you reading/listening to now? Milo usually sleeps while I work, but his enthusiasm starts every work session on a happy note. I unlock the door and give him a treat and then sit down to work. I pack up my laptop and say to Milo, “Let’s go work!” He runs right out to the shed. My dog, Milo, loves to come out to my shed with me. So we’ve named my shed “Walden Backyard.”Īre there any kinds of rituals you do before you start creating? My family joked that my little shed was like Thoreau’s Walden Pond cabin. It was the best money I ever spent on my writing career because it makes such a wonderful difference to have my own space. ![]() My first book, Rules, won a Newbery Honor in 2007, and this shed was the present that I bought myself. I write my books in my backyard writing shed. How long have you had your space, how did it come to be, and how does it affect your creative process? I’m a children’s book author of picture books, early-readers, chapter books and middle-grade novels. Tell us a little bit about yourself and your creative medium. In addition to sharing her studio with us, today’s also special because Cynthia’s releasing her newest book Shelter Pet Squad. She lives in Brunswick, Maine with her family, a dog, a guinea pig, and two bunnies. Cynthia is also the author of the Hot Rod Hamster series, illustrated by Derek Anderson, including the new Hot Rod Hamster Monster Truck Mania, all published by Scholastic. My daughter’s school chose Touch Blue as an all-school-read book a few years ago, and my family loved reading it together. Cynthia’s other novels, Touch Blueand Half a Chanceare equally engaging, addressing issues of belonging and friendship. Rules is a beautiful story about a family’s attempt to deal with difference and acceptance in the face of autism, and the community that surrounds them. Cynthia is a former elementary and middle-school teacher who broke into the world of writing for children with her deput mid grade book Rules, which later went on to win a Newbery Honor award. ![]() Today on Tuesday Tours I’m eager to share author Cynthia Lord’s backyard writing shed because it’s so darn cute and looks like the perfect place to write. ![]()
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