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Can’t afford a prom dress? Check it out from the library.

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[…]

Extending my personal economic stimulus plan

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[…]

Upcoming events

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,[…]

The writer’s toolbox: grammar

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[…]

Seminar report

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[…]

Laurie Halse Anderson at the King’s English, Mar. 26

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[…]

Moribito: in the recommended column

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[…]

Celebrate Speak’s 10th Anniversary

Readergirlz and Laurie Halse Anderson ([ljuser]halseanderson[/ljuser]) are celebrating Speak‘s 10th anniversary with a poem. Prepare with tissue before watching.

FINALLY!

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[…]

Completely non-scientific thoughts on EMP-type doomsday stories

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[…]

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