Today I welcome Newbery Award winning author Karen Cushman to the blog to tell us a bit about her writing process. Ms. Cushman is responsible for such wonderful books as The Midwife's Apprentice and Catherine, Called Birdy. Her latest novel , Will Sparrow's Road, is her first book with a male main character. We bought our house partly because of the charming studio for me to write in. But I don’t write there. My writing process? Here’s the short version: I don’t write every day and I don’t always write in a chair. I don’t have a set number of words or pages to do before I stop. I don’t follow anyone’s rules, and I don’t have rules of my own. I remodeled this loft as a place for me to write in. But I don’t write there. I believe my job is to write each day but I could write a longer post about my procrastination process: I read the newspaper, emails, writing blogs, and Google News. I eat breakfa...