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National 'non-fiction day' planned for November | theBookseller.com
Hooray for nonfiction! National nonfiction day is planned for November this year. Check it out!
National 'non-fiction day' planned for November | theBookseller.com
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National Poetry Month
My Friday Three.
Here's three tidbits I thought I'd share on a Friday for National Poetry Month.
Check out PBS Poetry Everywhere
I really enjoyed listening to poet Billy Collins read his poem "The Lanyard."
Or you can sign up for a poem a day at Poetry EverywhereThe daily poem helps inspire me to write my own poem a day for the month of April ( Read more... ) -
Friday Five
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I Just Haven't Met You Yet
No matter how many times I hear the song "I Just Haven't Met You Yet" I just don't get tired of it. When I heard it today it began to take on a whole new meaning. I've been revisiting a manuscript that I've rewritten time and time again. Looking into the history of this story I discovered that it has been more than seven years since I first put the ( Read more... ) -
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Yesterday I spent the day with several of my author friends at our New Jersey Council of Teachers of English conference. We met lots of wonderful teachers from many different school districts throughout the state. We were fortunate to attend two very interesting sessions that had nothing to do with writing but lots to do with teaching English. It ( Read more... ) -
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I'm finally getting a chance to read an adult book, The Help. I'm only a few chapters in but I'm really enjoying it.
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Brody
Here's the new addition to our family. His name is Brody and he's the smartest dog ever! He knows how to pretend he's peeing so he gets an extra treat. We're not sure how long he's been doing this since it was only evident after snow blanketed the ground. He knows how to make us laugh by throwing his food one piece at a time with his mouth across ( Read more... ) -
Nonficton Monday
I’m starting the week off by preparing for my school visit to East Amwell Township School on Thursday. I was excited to find out that this school kicks off “Read Across America” the week before with an evening event for both parents and children. I was even more excited that they asked me, a nonfiction author, to be their presenter this year ( Read more... ) -
Friday Five
1. Hope to do a better job in 2010 with my journaling. But, hey, if writing and revising for 12 books being published in 2010 are not good reasons for not having time to blog, what is ( Read more... )
