Happy Birthday, Beverly Cleary! The author of the beloved Ramona Quimby books turns 101 years old today. A hundred and one! I’m sure she had no idea when she wrote Ramona Quimby, Age 8 that she would start a literary revolution. This post may contain affiliate links, which means if you click on the link and purchase the item, I will receive an affiliate commission. Inspired by letters from readers sharing their enthusiasm for the D.E.A.R. activities implemented in their schools, Mrs. Cleary decided to give the same experience to Ramona and her classmates. In the book, Ramona’s teacher […]
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Another Update—In Case You’re Wondering!
Hello, wonderful readers! I just wanted to make a drive-by post to let you know I’m still breathing. I’m deep into edits of Book One of The Mage’s Gift: Blood and Shadow, and I just want to say ohmygoshhowcaneditingbesoslow?! Yeah. Like that. I would like to give a percentage of progress. Something concrete, like I’m 62% finished. But silly things like “consistency” have me going back and forth in the manuscript until I’m dizzy. But… I’ve got two little snippets to share with you. First, a picture of the timeline: Yes, it’s small. Yes, some of the words look kind of blurry. […]
Interview on NO WASTED INK
The delightful Wendy Van Camp interviewed me on her blog, NO WASTED INK. What did we talk about? Inspiration, style, chocolate… All the important stuff. I hope you’ll hop over and visit — we love comments!
Good News!
“You must be the change you wish to see in the world.”~ Mohandas Gandhi Today’s technology is amazing. Mail that used to take a week now takes a few seconds. Research trips used have to be scheduled around vehicles, library (or other business) hours and/or holidays, but now “google” is a verb. When I was a little girl there were exactly two television channels, and they were black and white; now I read that most cable boxes are capable of handling 999 channels, but there don’t appear to be many actual channels after 600. Six hundred! (We’ve opted not to get […]