Galesburg, IL is a town I consider my second hometown–I went to elementary school there for several years, and my mom has lived there for most of her life. I’m actually from Galva, a little town about 1/2 hour from …
Can’t afford a prom dress? Check it out from the library. Read more »
Looking at the subject, that could be interpreted a couple different ways. 😀 But what I mean today is that I’ve decided that with the way the economy is currently headed, it might be best for me to continue to …
This Wednesday (as in, two days from now) I’ll be speaking at the Salt Lake Public Library for the monthly SCBWI meeting. That’s at 7pm, at the 4th South main library. Topic of the evening is the state of YA …
A random thought that has occurred to me as I’ve done a number of critiques in the last few months: A lot of people say that grammar doesn’t matter because the editor fixes that anyway. Wrong. The voice of your …
I had a really great time meeting somewhere in the neighborhood of 23 local writers on Saturday at the Provo Library. We talked about writing science fiction and fantasy for children and young adults, and in that context we talked …
I’m getting ready to head out the door to the Provo Library for the seminar I’m teaching on writing science fiction and fantasy for children and young adults, but wanted to post this first: One of my favorite writers, who …
Laurie Halse Anderson at the King’s English, Mar. 26 Read more »
Childlit blogger Cheryl Klein is the editor of the translated novel which I will be seeking out tomorrow because I must read it. Having seen the anime of Moribito: Guardian of the Sacred Spirit–which I now find out has been …
Readergirlz and Laurie Halse Anderson ([ljuser]halseanderson[/ljuser]) are celebrating Speak‘s 10th anniversary with a poem. Prepare with tissue before watching.
My newly minted Nikon D300 arrived today. I decided to go ahead and order the camera body and use my old lenses for now–the kit lens from my N55, the nice but not exactly versatile 50mm lens, and the zoom …
Well, nonscientific in that I am not going to even Google anything about the science on this (yet). Jericho was on TV yesterday in reruns–a big block of four episodes that I DVRed but ended up deleting when I realized …
Completely non-scientific thoughts on EMP-type doomsday stories Read more »