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02/02/10

Summary of Books Reviewed

I’ve got shiny new blog skills, and I’m not afraid to use them! I’ve updated the Books Reviewed list, in an easier to download format, which coincidentally is easier for me to update as well. You can zoom-in, print, hyperlink to the review . . . it’s kind of awesome. A reminder about the ratings: RL = Reading Level Ink… Read More

02/01/10

Friday Funnies

Thanks go to Steven for the funnies! Who knew cats were so literary? And because cats have imagination, too . . . Happy Weekend!

01/28/10

Where do the Ideas come from?

The idea fairy, of course. Mighty Mite (age 6) was tasked with completing 4 lines of written work, resembling a paragraph, for his Wednesday Writing homework. If the teachers thought using alliteration would make the 1st grader more excited about writing, they were wrong. Might Mite loathes writing. Abhors it. Would rather roll his eyes at me for a half… Read More

01/27/10

One of THOSE Days

Do you know how there are days where time is a slippery eel that escapes your grasp, no matter what you do? When you stay up waaay past midnight, and only the kittens are up scampering around and everyone, including your spouse, has ditched you for dreamland, because you’re obsessively trying to finish that chapter? And then, a mere seconds after your… Read More

01/26/10

Where are the Science Fiction Books for Kids?

I happened upon a great post decrying the dearth of science fiction novels nominated in the Cybils Awards (Children’s and Young Adult Blogger Literary Awards). Out of 134 nominations, only 11 could be considered “real” science fiction – books that relied on science, not fantasy. Given that I’m writing a middle grade science fiction novel, this confirmed what I had observed on… Read More