{"product_id":"bad-choices-make-good-stories-conversations-about-writing-9781736925416","title":"Bad Choices Make Good Stories: Conversations About Writing","description":"\u003cp\u003eBeing a writer can mean navigating a lonely and confusing path. \u003cem\u003eBad Choices\u003c\/em\u003e can help make the road a little easier.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIs this a craft book? Encouragement and support for those who are stuck or feeling as though they don't have what it takes? A meditation on why write in the first place?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eYes to all of those things. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eBad Choices Make Good Stories\u003c\/em\u003e is a collection of essays about craft, revision, and the community and struggles that go along with the writing life. Author Erin Dionne has taught writing for over two decades, has published seven novels and two picture books, and shares her experience--peppered with a healthy dose of humor--with readers in this honest and funny collection.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eDionne, Erin M.:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - Erin Dionne writes novels for kids, picture books, and nonfiction. Her latest novel for tweens is Secrets of a Fangirl (Scholastic 2019). She's written six other books for young readers. Her novel Moxie and the Art of Rule Breaking: A 14 Day Mystery, was a 2014 Edgar Award finalist. Her most recent picture book is Balletball (Charlesbridge, 2020). She is an Associate Professor of Liberal Arts at Montserrat College of Art, in Beverly, MA, and lives outside of Boston with her husband, two children, and a very indignant dog. Bad Choices Make Good stories marks her first nonfiction collection. Find her online at erindionne.com.\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBoss, Karen:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - Karen Boss edits books for children--from picture books through YA, and both fiction and nonfiction--at Charlesbridge Publishing in Watertown, Massachusetts. She also teaches classes whenever she can and believes in magic.","brand":"Table for 7 Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50495714918674,"sku":"9781736925416","price":7.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_40cd5a5c-fe48-4d60-bb3f-f6bdeaefb062.jpg?v=1730686810","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/bad-choices-make-good-stories-conversations-about-writing-9781736925416","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}