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my side of the rainbow skip to main skip to sidebar my side of the rainbow life s like a movie write your own ending keep believing keep pretending kermit the frog saturday october 8 2016 be that guy i ll win her over playing hard to get a tease she ll come around cringe worthy right these are all phrases i d like to see sucked out of the english language it s because some guys don t listen to girls some men don t listen to women and yes to be fair some women don t listen to men these phrases are all things i ve heard from guys who don t want to take no or not interested from someone else and that stinks so today s post is especially for the fellas out there i m guessing if you re reading this you are not one of the guys who says things like that but just the same i d like you to be that guy not the jerk obviously i d like you to be that guy who calls out other guys who aren t taking no for an answer not just the ones who have an unconscious victim they are assaulting though by all means stop that guy too but be the guy who calls out a buddy or acquaintance when he s throwing out lines at someone who is clearly not interested we are long past the days of believing that women are helpless damsels in distress waiting in castle turrets to be saved but some guys don t won t or choose not to listen to a girl turning them down and when that happens it s awfully nice when a guy tells him to back off and points out what should be obvious we women will continue to speak up for ourselves but be that guy who bypasses boys will be boys and sets the tone that real men listen and respect because every voice deserves to be heard and the guy who chooses not to listen to a girl might be willing to listen to you posted by laura renegar at 3 36 pm no comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest labels boys will be boys laura renegar parenting ya young adult friday august 12 2016 the waiting season to everything there is a season ecclesiastes 3 1 i am in a season of waiting and as seasons go it is not my favorite writers do lots of waiting so you d think i d be used to it by now waiting to hear back from critique partners waiting to hear back from agents waiting to hear back from editors waiting for reviews for launch to be paid a wise writer will work while she waits but waiting is still anguish this morning i decided to have a bite to eat and then read my bible so i picked yogurt with m m s thinking it would be healthy enough two bites in i realized the yogurt had spoiled so i tossed it a little while later i grabbed an oatmeal cream pie as a replacement the first bite had a hair baked in it shudders i threw it away too at this point i gave up on breakfast and read a few chapters i d like to tell you that the chapters hit the spot and soothed my waiting heart sometimes that happens but what i read didn t give me much peace this morning then perfection my husband walked in with a bojangles bag totally unexpected the bag contained not just one biscuit for me but two in case one wasn t enough isn t that just like god he knows our love languages one of mine is obviously bojangles and he meets us right where we are to remind us that he s taking care of us and so today because of those biscuits i feel more peace in the waiting more peace in knowing that god has a great agent out there for me i can rest in his goodness and timing what are you waiting for today posted by laura renegar at 8 08 am 5 comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest labels agent agents bojangles editors laura renegar middle grade picture books publishing query querying submissions waiting writer writing ya tuesday april 5 2016 happy national poetry month april is national poetry month so i celebrated by writing a poem if you decide to write one too share a link in the comment section so we can take a peek also i d love to hear who some of your favorite poets are so give them a shout out story farm by laura renegar the writer s brain is like a farm with many seeds to sow ideas sink in and some take root in zig zags more than rows the farmer weeds the adverbs out she fertilizes scenes organically she kills the tropes those buggers can be mean she takes her time with characters her voice makes each one blossom she irrigates and prunes each page until the plot is awesome she s story farming all the time as seasons paint the sky until she picks her finest fruit for publishers to buy special thanks to my oldest daughter for illustrating my poem posted by laura renegar at 8 49 am 6 comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest labels laura renegar national poetry month poem poetry poets writer writers writing tuesday november 3 2015 guest post for nanowrimo hi it has been shamefully long since i ve posted on here but it s because of good stuff since i ve been gone i ve finished a draft of a new ya it s a creepy contemporary told from two points of view that involves a home security system i ve also done a revision to ashes and ink that i m totally proud of i ve written poems for magazines crossing my fingers on those and then there s been lots of family things like the addition of a super baby to one of my favorite relatives if you re still with me hop on over to red sofa literary s blog to see one of the cool things i ve learned this year about plotting and planning i m represented by laura zats of red sofa literary and she asked me to do a guest post the red sofa literary blog will have a new post up every day in november in celebration of nanowrimo so it s a great blog to follow posted by laura renegar at 11 01 am 2 comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest friday april 3 2015 lovers haters and creators creating is natural beautiful fulfilling sharing is liberating gratifying gut wrenching yeah i said it gut wrenching because not everybody loves every creation we aren t all attracted to the same people and that s a good thing i m thankful i don t have to pry other women off my man every time we go to target that would be awkward and all sorts of time consuming he s a good looking man mind you but most women notice the gold band around his finger and realize there are other options i follow many writer feeds and over and over i read this advice don t read your reviews ever unless someone reads them first and filters them and only hands over the ones that say you re brilliant it s as if the path to goodreads is disney s splash mountain ride a boatload of writers bopping along to zip a dee doo dah getting the tummy squirms as danger signs and buzzards appear so why does it bother us if what we create isn t for everyone we don t all like the same foods music or people but when you create something it s different it comes from you you love it nurture it and groom it when it seems less fragile you allow a select few to hold it and when you are confident your creation can walk run or even fly on its own you let go or pretend to but it s still your baby and when someone calls your baby ugly it would be easy to go mama bear on them but we mustn t i am north carolina born and raised and grew up under the rule of if you can t say anything nice don t say anything at all so i m guessing i should probably avoid reading my own reviews when that glorious day comes or maybe i ll peek through half closed fingers like a kid watching a horror movie there s an awesome episode of victorious called the bird scene it should be required that all actors artists and writers watch it before throwing themselves or their work out for public eyes seriously wisdom from teennick to creators everywhere what do you recommend how do you handle someone not loving your creative baby comment and let us know posted by laura renegar at 8 32 pm 3 comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest labels 2015 actor actress ashes and ink book reviews books children s books creative creators goodreads laura renegar reviews teennick victorious writer writers ya young adult monday january 5 2015 five advantages to being a writer i love being a writer seriously love so as we start the new year together i thought i d share a countdown of five fun reasons why 5 funky hair color and attire is encouraged 4 people watching totally counts as research 3 creating imaginary friends enemies and boyfriends for others is all kinds of fun 2 furry mascots for the win 1 the skills i ve picked up from youtube and google searches ensure i ll always be on somebody s watch list so whatever you are a writer a dreamer a magic bean buyer join in the fun comment below to tell us something you love about what you do happy 2015 posted by laura renegar at 9 00 pm 11 comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest labels 2015 ashes and ink characters laura renegar love research writer writers writing ya young adult thursday september 4 2014 when a turtle s not a turtle last saturday morning i was teaching my youngest how to make shape pancakes because fun but her smile drooped her forehead wrinkled and i sensed she was ready to hurl the ladle across the kitchen what s wrong i asked i keep trying to make a turtle but it looks nothing like a turtle she grumped i tilted my head and opened my eyes wide whoa the pancake she had tried to make into a turtle had shifted into golden phoenix it was incredible when i told her what it looked like to me it became an insta favorite this happens with so many things stories guys relationships we have in mind what perfection looks like we see it so clearly we can almost taste it and then it morphs into something we hardly recognize it may still be amazing or it may be horrific but all we can think is that s not a turtle has this happened to you did you learn to love what it became or did you start all over again leave a comment to share posted by laura renegar at 9 39 pm 8 comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest labels change first drafts guys laura renegar pancakes relationships revision stories write writer ya young adult older posts home subscribe to posts atom about me laura renegar i love to write for teens and kids i also love krispy kreme doughnuts playing guitar and being a mom you can contact me at lauralrenegar at gmail dot com view my complete profile subscribe to my side of the rainbow posts atom posts all comments atom all comments search this blog on the bookshelf teaching others to be better songwriters my interview with steve seskin can be found in the writer s digest s 2010 songwriter s market available manuscripts ashes ink young adult teens 72 000 words fresh out of juvie for arson sixteen year old mazie is abandoned by her bitter aunt deb minutes after she d signed for mazie s release while living on the streets and drawing flash for a tattoo shop mazie learns that samantha the daughter of the firefighter killed in the flames mazie started has disappeared when she finds out a serial kidnapper is on the prowl and that samantha is likely one of his victims mazie hunts for clues that could save samantha from becoming the next body to wash ashore but finding samantha means not laying low a risky gamble since mazie is already on the run for crimes she didn t commit insta gator picture book 697 words cray s rowdy bayou brothers are the instigators in the family and take advantage of cray expecting him to clean up their messes like a cajun cinder fella but when cray finds a hoodoo egg containing gator dust he trades in his dustpan for a sharp set of teeth and eyes that can hunt underwater cray s jazzed about being an insta gator and gives his brothers a taste of their own potion but when the fun of the gumbo hogging floor flooding and cat chasing wear thin cray must decide whether it s all worth leaving his brothers with the blues tiger lily and the prince picture book 697 words the queen picked a new guard for prince donald one with the best high kick high jump and hi ya in the kingdom but prince donald is not happy about having a girl guard and if he cries wolf one more time tiger lily may decide to toss him into the moat instead of saving him blog archive 2016 3 october 1 be that guy august 1 april 1 2015 3 november 1 april 1 january 1 2014 3 september 1 july 1 march 1 2013 5 november 3 september 1 january 1 2012 10 october 3 september 1 july 1 june 1 may 2 april 1 march 1 2011 9 december 3 july 1 may 2 march 1 february 2 2010 17 december 2 october 2 september 3 august 1 july 1 june 2 april 1 march 2 january 3 2009 22 november 1 october 3 september 4 august 2 july 2 june 3 may 5 april 2 followers no phone zone