http://bookstotheceiling.blogspot.com/ Nancy Smith, avid reader and language arts teacher, has started Books to the Ceiling, a book talk blog. It’s a great palce to find something new or talk about something you’ve already read. The fun part is that Nancy really loves books, and she reads all the time, and always has something worth saying about what [...]
The American Library Association Conference in Seattle was an amazing place to connect with people who love books. The SCBWI booth at the ALA. I’m on the left with Bonny Becker http://community.livejournal.com/wordygirls/in the middle and Randy Powell http://www.randypowell.com/ on the right. One of the highlights was getting to know both of them. Bonnie writes [...]
“Do all the good you can, by all the means you can, in all the ways you can, in all the places you can, at all the times you can, to all the people you can, as long as ever you can.” John Wesley
This weekend the librarians leave the library to attend the American Library Association Mid-Winter Conference in Seattle. I will be at the SCBWI booth–so all you librarians, I’ll see you there. It is also the weekend for the Future Cities Competition at Seattle Center. Teams of three students, from all over the state of WA., [...]
My new chapbook, Relentless Light, is now available for pre-order : www.finishinglinepress.com Click on new releases. The limited edition book gets shipped April 6th, but if you order before that date, you get free shipping. My son, Brennan, is responsible for the cover art. He took the original photo in Florence, Italy. The collection of poems [...]
A joyous New Year to you all! There hasn’t been much posted on this site of late because I’ve been finishing the first go round of Wolfproof’sThe Travelers’ Market. And I’m happy to say that my first readers, and invaluable critics, have the manuscript in their hands. But more about TTM later. Now on [...]
Words as Gateways My friend Nancy, one of the finest Language Arts teachers I know, mentioned an assignment she plans to use as part of a final exam. The assignment is based on the idea of words as gateways to ideas. To be fair, the idea of words as gateways came from a discussion [...]