Writing, reading, and living a creative, awesome life.
Happy Tuesday, everyone! Here’s the report from week eight of just listening to podcasts for my commute time: Driving this past week was: Not bad. I had two days off, so not a lot of driving! Feeling: awesome. Can I have three day work weeks all the time? Loving: all the different ways that people approach podcasts.…
What’s takin it to the streets? Click here to find out. This was week two of heading out the door with my backpack chair, a bag of books, and a sign. This Sunday was a bit crazy, because it was also the Night of Writing Dangerously, a NaNoWriMo fundraiser in San Francisco that we had…
Happy Wednesday, everyone! Here’s the report from week six of just listening to podcasts for my commute time: Driving this week was: Not that bad. I had one day that was sort of crazy, then one day when I was only ten minutes away from my final destination (staff meeting!) Feeling: calm. Something about listening to someone…
(yes, I’m singing it over here) I read a lot of picture books as a picture book author. And I always read them aloud. Why? Well, that’s how they’re SUPPOSED to be read! You sort of have to read them aloud to get the full effect. There are no children in the house I live…
Hi everyone. It’s KE DEBT FREE paycheck #2! To learn more about this project, click here and check out the first post! Happy to report that the budget for Paycheck #1 went well. Some highlights: Food: We had to get creative with our budget, but we made it! We went out to eat a few…
Ok, yes, longest title ever. Anyway, I was listening to this podcast today, when I heard Tara talk about Reading is Fundamental. If you’re a PiBoIdMo’er, you know that $3 dollars of every CafePress purchase from the PiBoIdMo store goes to them. Here’s some info from them, straight from their site: The thing is, I’m going…
Happy Monday, everyone! Here’s the report from week six of just listening to podcasts for my commute time: Driving this week was: Not that bad, really. A few days that were pretty short, but then one day that was supposed to take 1 hour but took 2.5 instead! Gotta love the unpredictability of traffic sometimes! Feeling: good…
It’s Kidlit Tea Party time again! Click this guy open! Speaking of winners, who won the prize? Well, I had two lovely people play along with this kidlit tea party idea. And I’m sending you both a prize. I really appreciate you taking the time to post and share your goals 🙂 My goal…
I just heard about this one at Hicklebee’s and was SO HAPPY to see that they had it at the library! Huzzah for a great library system, I say! Title: Sebastian and the Balloon Published by: Roaring Brook Press, a Neal Porter Book, 2014 Written by: Philip C. Stead Illustrated by: Philip C. Stead Word…
This summer I was at a gathering at my sister’s house. Someone suggested we do the states quiz. A few minutes later, my sister comes running out of her house with pencils and blank maps of the US. Then, for five minutes, 15 or so of us started to fill them in. I only missed…