Archive for the ‘General’ Category
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Thinking Of You On My Birthday
Thursday, April 28th, 2011
I think this title is appropriate because it sounds like something I would write if I wrote greeting cards, and then someone would point out that it’s supposed to be “thinking of you on YOUR birthday,” and I would walk out mad because I like it better this way and besides, I’ve always known I [...]
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Being One
Wednesday, April 13th, 2011
There was this poster hanging in my junior high: The best vitamin for making friends is B1. You know how sometimes when you read something to yourself, it doesn’t sound the way it sounds when you read it out loud? So the first time I saw it, I was thinking, “Seriously, B1 helps you make [...]
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What You Don’t Remember
Wednesday, April 6th, 2011
Lately I’ve had a lot of time to remember. Or just ruminate in general. When I haven’t been confined to bed, I’ve been somewhere much worse–the dental chair. My itty-bitty baby bad tooth–right lateral incisor 7– needed to be replaced. Real 7 simply never showed up to the party that is my mouth, so it [...]
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What You’ve Been Waiting For (Okay, Or Maybe Just Me)
Wednesday, March 23rd, 2011
It’s just ONE MONTH until the release of BACK WHEN YOU WERE EASIER TO LOVE! So it’s time for the launch of…. If that doesn’t make you want to pre-order your own copy of the book, I don’t know what will. P.S Along with trusty video editing from Animoto, I made this trailer completely by [...]
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What’s Better Than Camp? Everything, But Especially This
Thursday, March 17th, 2011
I first came to the Writing and Illustrating for Young Readers conference (WIFYR) the summer of 2000, after my freshman year in college. I come back for the same reason people become counselors at their old summer camp–I want to share the magic, but I also want, in some way, to reclaim it. I remember [...]
