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The backstory (feel free to skip if you’ve read before!) I’m playing along with other picture book writers on this blog, setting some goals for the week and reflecting on how I did. I really wanted to do this because I’ve sort of been in a writing slump. I AM writing, but not as consistently…
I’m playing along with other picture book writers on this blog, setting some goals for the week and reflecting on how I did. I really wanted to do this because I’ve sort of been in a writing slump. I AM writing, but not as consistently as I want to be. I’m taking a step back…
The song: The story: This one sort of ties into the one from last week. Almost like I planned it, though I didn’t. My brain may have; totally possible. Anyway, last week I was talking about my AmeriCorps team that I served on for most of 2007. We were a group of eight 18-24 year…
Here’s the song: Here’s the story: I must have heard this song before I joined AmeriCorps NCCC, but I listened to it A LOT MORE once I was in. AmeriCorps is an national service program, and the NCCC division is pretty awesome. They put you in teams of eight, with other people ages 18-24, and…
THE SONG: THE STORY: I grew up listening to country music and oldies. That was what we were exposed to at a young age, and I never stopped loving them. I remember, in 5th grade, we had to do a lip syncing thing for school. We had to pick a song and then lip sync…
The song: IF I WERE A RICH MAN. The story: I think I saw Fiddler on the Roof as a little kid; my school put on a production of it. All I remember was, ironically, the fiddler on the roof. I was VERY impressed that someone got to be on the roof and was not…
Note to readers: Sorry I’ve been missing in action. I’m trying to figure out what kind of blogging schedule I can actually keep, what I actually want to blog about, and I’m even going to be simplifying the blog look a bit! I’ve decided I want to share much more about writing here. Writing prompts,…
Usually I wrap up books and leave them out at Christmas in Little Free Libraries, but this year I was NOT on my game. Maybe it was because I was already wrapping books for a job? Anyway, I vowed to make up for it on Valentine’s Day. Last night Danny and I went out and…
Hello everyone! Happy 2016! Sorry I’ve been MIA lately; I took a break from social media, and a slight break from reading while my Dad was here visiting from the East Coast. We went on so many trips and did so many things, I’m tired again just thinking about it. But now I’m back! I’m…
Intro in case you don’t know about the Sunday donut: (it’s sort of like that chapter at the start of every Babysitter’s Club book that you can skip if you know the world already! If you know, just scroll down to the donut pic. That’s where it gets started!) Ok, I just had a blast…