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About virginiapooler

Advertising Producer and YA writer. Currently querying Honor Camp about two teen brothers ripped apart when one is imprisoned in a sadistic religious bootcamp. It's part YA thriller, part coming of age story about having the freedom to learn your place in the world. Honor Camp has received two SCBWI awards and placed in ScreenCraft's Cinematic Book competition.

If you are going through Hell, keep going – Winston Churchill

Posted on October 10, 2023 by virginiapooler

As a Producer for most of my career, I’ve often gone into casting sessions and wondered why anyone would want to be an actor. To stand in front of a group of people – half of them checking emails, surfing … Continue reading →

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“Lonely, ain’t it? Yes, but the lonely is mine.” – Toni Morrison

Posted on April 1, 2020 by virginiapooler

With COVID-19 Shelter at Home and Social Distance reality upon us, we’ve all found ourselves unceremoniously ejected from the comfort zone of our normal routines. Some have recently been furloughed while others suddenly find themselves working from home with a … Continue reading →

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Triple crud with crud on top ~ Lesley Downie, Tunnels.

Posted on November 1, 2014 by virginiapooler

BACK from a wee break to introduce my friend, Lesley Downie’s, new Mid-Grade novel, Tunnels. It’s an archeological adventure that takes 12-year-old Kat Goldberg sleuthing deep into the underground tunnels of her hometown. This is Lesley’s second outing in the MG … Continue reading →

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“’You’ll stay with me? Until the very end.’” – J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows

Posted on December 15, 2012 by virginiapooler

There are more gun stores in the United States than there are Starbucks. The NRA, which is against virtually any type of gun control, including waiting periods and background checks, spent over 17 million dollars this year alone in political … Continue reading →

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When will you realize, Vienna waits for you – Billy Joel

Posted on December 11, 2012 by virginiapooler

IN some cosmic clash of the planets, the Billy Joel song “Vienna” came up on my Pandora while I was practically plotzing about how much I needed to get done.  (Yes, in honor of Hanukkah, the Catholic girl decides to … Continue reading →

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“Life is What Happens When You’re Busy Making Other Plans” – John Lennon

Posted on December 7, 2012 by virginiapooler

Staying true to one of the themes of this blog, I have to confess that my own life sucked a little bit this week. But then it didn’t so much. First the sucky part: my cat died . . . … Continue reading →

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    Had to post this addendum to my NaNoReWriMo post. The cartoon was initially posted on Novel Matter’s FB page.  How appropriate!

Posted on November 30, 2012 by virginiapooler | Leave a comment

“There is no great writing, only great rewriting” – Justice Brandels

Posted on November 28, 2012 by virginiapooler

Skirting this in just under the wire of November’s NaNoWriMo, which for selfish reasons I have renamed NaNoReWriMo. Yes, that’s because my entire November writing time has been taken up by the dreaded rewrite. This is the rewrite where you … Continue reading →

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God Bless the USA

Posted on November 7, 2012 by virginiapooler

Taking a moment from writerly-type posts to say how proud I am to live in a country where we can stand up for our beliefs, disagree as we might, and come together as Americans in the end. There is still … Continue reading →

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“I am half agony, half hope” – Jane Austen, Persuasion

Posted on November 6, 2012 by virginiapooler

After several months on the shelf while I toiled at my day job and filled sparse free time on edits for my adult mystery, Lost Innocence, I am finally set to return to a new labor of love — a young … Continue reading →

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