Happy Father’s Day to all the great Dads in the world! I’m lucky to have an embarrassment of riches in wonderful Dad-examples in my life: my own father, retired engineer and ex-soccer coach, who took us camping every summer and taught me how to change the oil in my car; my father-in-law, retired math and computer whiz, who attends all my… Read More
If you’re still here, you’re a math nerd. And I love you for it. 🙂 Now the above equation isn’t simply some geek-fun. It is math coolness incarnate: the transformation of words into math. In this case, these words: Thanks go to irascignavojo for the tip on this math-nerd-coolness. Go make your own math!
<— That extremely cool decoder ring … … has no relevance to this post. I simply love it and had to share (thanks to Cynthia Reese). I’ve talked before about the impending e-pocalypse, which some publishers and writers seem to think is the end-of-publishing, and have stated my hearty opinion that young people will lead the way with this e-revolution in books…. Read More
Adam Heine writes, draws, blogs, and fosters children in Thailand. AND he speaks Air Pirate. As if that wasn’t enough awesome, he was once a boy who read books. For which we have a special fondness here at Ink Spells. Boy Books by Adam Heine What makes a good boy book? I have no doubt you’ve read articles on this by people more qualified… Read More
I’m way behind on my Blogger Awards, so here’s a little catch-up: Thanks to Lisa Gail Green for the Mommy Blogger award. I love it! This is likely the only Mommy-related award I will receive this summer, as I’m perfecting the art of yelling at my kids (“Stop fighting or the computer’s off for a week! I swear I mean it this… Read More
Rebecca Carlson is a MG writer and blogger, a tremendous critique partner, and a fellow advocate for putting more science in kidlit science fiction. She is on her way to Hawaii (to live!), but promises she will soon write more of that story I want to read (hint, hint). AND she is my first guest poster this summer! Science Fiction for Breakfast by… Read More