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Donna Gwinnell Lambo-Weidner
I am an adventure seeking explorer of the mysteries of the universe, children's book author (represented by Stephen Fraser of the Jennifer DeChiara Literary Agency), and lover of anything involving armor, archery, or swashbuckling.
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Author Archives: Donna Gwinnell Lambo-Weidner
NOW THAT HALLOWEEN HAS PASSED…
“…gather your witches, vampires and bats, spiders, ghosties and arch-backed black cats. Stand them together with goblins and ghouls, then stack them up high on the backs of pack mules, Or store them in boxes way up in your … Continue reading
Posted in ADVENTURES, HOLIDAYS, HUMOR, POEMS
Tagged adventure, D. G. Lambo, Donna Gwinnell Lambo-Weidner, Halloween, poem
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NIGHTMARE ON UNTER DEN LINDEN – A Banned Books Week Tribute
It’s somehow fitting. The sweeping square is shrouded in silence, but for the dime-size drops of rain slapping the neatly laid cobbled stones under my feet. The typically bustling quad is empty too, except for the line of bicycles strung … Continue reading
HEY, RAPUNZEL ~ SURF’S UP!
The only thing missing from the stone tower resting up against a craggy cliff side along the southern California coast is a sixty-foot silken braid trailing from the top window slit to the rocky beach below. Well, maybe the thick, … Continue reading
KALAALLIT NUNAAT – Man In The Icicle
Winter Dissolving crystalline crust decomposing evaporating
THANK YOU, RICHARD PECK (April 5, 1934 – May 23, 2018)
We met in Miami when Destiny dropped me in the seat next to you at a Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators pre-conference dinner for volunteers and faculty. Our paths had crossed once before, at my first SCBWI conference … Continue reading
IN SEARCH OF A NEW ‘F’ WORD
Certain words in the English language make me cringe. The short, staccato sound of them wrinkles my nose, puckers my lips, and stabs my ears. One of the two most wince-worthy in my book of offending words has recently sent … Continue reading
Posted in ADVENTURES, HUMOR
Tagged adventure, D.G.Lambo, Donna Gwinnell Lambo-Weidner, flatulence, italian translation, scoreggia, the f word
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AN A-MUSE-ING REALIZATION
Going. Going. Gone. My Muse is acting like a yo-yo that has been shot into outer space and has lost the energy to return to my outstretched palm. The string, taut at first, went limp eight weeks ago and now … Continue reading
Posted in ADVENTURES, HUMOR, VIGNETTE
Tagged adventure, D.G.Lambo, Donna Lambo-Weidner, muse, paper back writer, thoughts on writing, universe, Writer's block
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Check This Out: The Book Passage Children’s Writer’s Conference
Originally posted on El Space–The Blog of L. Marie:
I don’t think I have ever talked about conferences for writers on the blog, let alone had someone on who coordinates one. But with me on the blog is the fabulous…
Posted in ADVENTURES
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KALAALLIT NUNAAT – The Sun Sets on a Different World
Quimmer. Stranded. Separated from his pack. About as visible as a grain of sand stuck to the smooth side of a seashell, the dog stands on a slab of sea ice floating atop the placid waves of Scorsbysund. Four days ago, … Continue reading
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