Awards! Blogger awards are a lovely way to show appreciation for our blogging friends, but these two awards in particular resonate with me. Dictionary.com: Versatile 1. capable of or adapted for turning easily from one to another of various tasks, fields of endeavor, etc.: a versatile writer. Being someone who has dabbled in many different fields, versatile is a nice way… Read More
Wow, people! Over the holiday weekend, Ink Spells sneaked past 100 followers!! Very cool. I will have to ponder some way to celebrate this. Possibly another book giveaway? Or a true contest this time? Hmm … I’ll get back to you on that. Meanwhile … The Red Pyramid!! This is the first book of a new series by the crazy-popular… Read More
Candy flies through the air and skitters along the pavement, chased by little hands. Fireman heroes in shiny trucks blare the lead as sweaty faced teens playing Seventy-Six Trombones follow behind. A swell of applause rises and falls as weathered veterans solemly carry the flag, the severe lines of their faces hiding the pride. Friends smile and wave and cheer the walkers, drivers, and… Read More
Since I can’t decide if the Fourth of July holiday occurs on the 2nd or the 5th, I’m posting on the 1st, just to be sure (<–there’s logic in there somewhere). A series of posts, especially an amazing video about what motivates people, have gotten the clockwork in my head spinning. The video is 10 minutes long – I’ve watched… Read More
Now that Life, Liberty, and Pursuit is launched, I feel that vertigo that comes at the end of an all-consuming project (the marketing continues, natch). What now? It’s not that I don’t have plans – I have all kinds of MS in the queue, begging for attention. The question is really: What to work on first? So I made a… Read More
We have another Guest Post from Rebecca Carlson today! She is a MG writer and blogger, a tremendous critique partner, and a fellow advocate for putting more science in kidlit science fiction. Conservation of Awesomeness by Rebecca J. Carlson Anyone seen the movie “Dead Poets Society?” Do you remember that scene of a poetry lesson where they tear a page… Read More