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Christmas Memories & Revision Tip #18
Sometimes people forget that I wrote PROM because it is not exactly a depressing book. In fact, it’s pretty funny, if I do say so myself. (If I had dread, depression and death in all of my books, I would not be a healthy person!) So it is with great joy that I announce that [...]
B’day & New YALSA award & Rev Tip #10 (setting)
(Excuse me, family business first) HAPPY BIRTHDAY, JESSICA!! (Thank you.) The nominees for the 2010 YALSA Award for Excellence in Nonfiction for Young Adults have been named and I am really excited for two friends, Deborah Heiligman (Charles and Emma) and Tanya Lee Stone (Almost Astronauts) whose books both made the list.Huzzah! Revision Tip #10 [...]
KY controversy update & Revision Tip #1
Welcome to December! We woke up to a snow-covered forest and it is still coming down! The Lexington Herald-Leader wrote an article about the book banning in Montgomery County High School in Mount Sterling, KY, where the superintendent appears to be breaking district policy by refusing to return the books (Twisted, Deadline by Chris Crutcher, [...]
Turkey Stuffed & NaNoWriMo idea
Did you have a great Thanksgiving? We sure did. Three-quarters of our brood made it to dinner and the missing offspring beamed in for a long Skype visit before we ate. About half of the family made it to the annual Turkey Trot 5K we ran in. Of course we wore our cool custom shirts. [...]
WFMAD Day 18 – Ready For Big Changes
I am going to spend the morning moving my niece into her apartment. I have figured out that there is some kind of natural law that requires relatives to move only on one of the five hottest days of the year. Natural laws are a bitch.You can stay near a fan and clickety-click on all these [...]
WFMAD Day 7 – with help from the Creature With Fangs
Congratulations to everyone who has made it this far in our Write Fifteen Minutes A Day Challenge! You are well on your way to developing a habit that will bring you joy for many years.(Don’t know what we’re talking about? Read this post. Yes, you can join late – the more, the merrier!)Some research indicates [...]
Warming Up
I am going to try and write the Mother-Of-All-ALA reports tomorrow. Yes, with pictures. I have a particularly fine one of Neil Gaiman taken from approximately 400 miles away. First up: thank you for all the kind wishes about the death of my father-in-law. BH and I appreciate each and every one. With the deaths of his father [...]
Another passage
I am very sorry I did not post from ALA. I had a marvelous time and took lots of pictures and promise to fill you in on all the details within the next day or so. But the sad news is that I had to leave ALA early because my father-in-law was dying. Imet my [...]
Thank you and a Question for Teachers
This is Queen Louise calling all teachers and librarians….. do any of you know of schools using Laurie’s book SPEAK in their curriculum? If so, would you share the names of the school districts. If you are one of those teachers, please email me at queenlouise@writerlady.com. We are interested to know if they are Middle [...]
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The care and feeding of julenisse & Revision Tip #22