Tuesday, December 19, 2006

Why I got into this field in the first place

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From my early childhood I have loved old movies. It never mattered to me if they were in black and white or if the subject was dated. There ...
Tuesday, November 28, 2006

Review: Team Moon by Catherine Thimmesh

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Team Moon purports to tell the story of "How 400,000 People Landed Apollo 11 on the Moon." It does that, but I never truly felt dr...

Review: Writing Magic by Gail Carson Levine

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I'm planning to use this book myself! Some of the exercises are directed toward younger writers, but hey, I can live with that. I wish I...

Review: One Kingdom: Our Lives with Animals by Noyes

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I love animals, so I looked forward to reading this book. The cover says the book is about the human-animal bond in myth, history, science, ...
Monday, November 27, 2006

Review: Freedom Walkers by Russell Freedman

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First, in the interest of full disclosure, I read this book with some prejudice. This is my area of major interest, and I was extremely inte...
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Review: Kids Make History

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Study after study indicates that today's students are sorely lacking in knowledge about history. This book is a nice introduction. I lik...

Review: The Buffalo and the Indians by Patent

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I don't find much to dislike about this book. The text is engaging and provides interesting information about the role and the importanc...

Review: Robert Cormier Daring to Disturb the Universe

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I really enjoyed this book. I thought it was an interesting examination of Cormier's work. I love getting insights. It reads almost like...

The First Review: Something Out of Nothing

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I am on the nominating committee for the Cybils middle-grade and young-adult nonfiction category. I will be posting my reviews here, and thi...
Thursday, November 16, 2006

Holiday Time

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Food was always important to our family while I was growing up. I guess it's logical to say, then, that Thanksgiving was always my favor...
Wednesday, November 08, 2006

What Do You Do . . .

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when you're between projects? I'm going to have some unwelcome down time, and I've been thinking about how to use that time most...
Friday, November 03, 2006

Raining and Pouring

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I'm about to be laid off from my full-time position. When things pick up, I'm supposed to be hired back under better terms. Well, th...
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Monday, October 30, 2006

Project Update

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A while ago I told you how words could make a difference and the Village Earth Press's book A Gift of Hope in the Wake of the 2004 Tsuna...

Changing Dreams

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I remember as a teenager and young adult in Iowa the fascination New York City held for me. I don't recall ever wanting to move to Los A...
Tuesday, October 24, 2006

Back in the Saddle

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Well, it's been a while. Though I've not blogged, I have been thinking about projects. It seems as though there are more projects th...
Tuesday, August 15, 2006

Just Tryin' to Roll with the Flow (Stay Away from T-Mobile)

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After many years of using prepaid cell service, I decided to bite the bullet and subscribe to a T-Mobile plan. Big Mistake. I order the serv...
Friday, June 30, 2006

Thinking Outside the Box

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When I was an undergraduate student at the University of Northern Iowa in Cedar Falls, I had a graphic design professor who stressed the nee...
Monday, June 19, 2006

Getting Started

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At the BEA conference in Washington, DC, last month, I attended a workshop on historical fiction. One of the panelists there said that being...
Saturday, June 10, 2006

Our Words, Our Strength

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We all know that words can make a difference. They can move a nation, change a law, affect the entire world. Deep in our hearts, many of us ...
Tuesday, May 16, 2006

Welcome

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Everything I read says that writers should have a blog. But, they don't say what the blog should contain. So, I'm going to wing it. ...
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