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Mar 08
2010
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Uh Oh, Beautiful Weather in Indiana!Posted by Monique Polak in Untagged |
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Now you may be wondering why beautiful weather in Indiana would cause me to go, "Uh oh!"
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Mar 08
2010
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Uh Oh, Beautiful Weather in Indiana!Posted by Monique Polak in Untagged |
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Now you may be wondering why beautiful weather in Indiana would cause me to go, "Uh oh!"
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Mar 07
2010
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March Break Coming to an End... and a Lovely BookPosted by Monique Polak in Untagged |
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Hello out there, So if you're like me, your March break is nearly over. I have to be back in my classroom tomorrow morning at 8:15. All I can say is YIKES. Not because I don't want to see my
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Mar 02
2010
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Special Day with Another Gang of Talented Young AuthorsPosted by Monique Polak in Untagged |
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Hello, hello, it's me again (well, who else would it be? It's my blog after all!),
So I'm just back from the final day of this year's Young Authors' Conference in Montreal
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Mar 01
2010
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Report from the Young Authors' ConferencePosted by Monique Polak in Untagged |
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I'm just home from a happy day at the Young Authors' Conference here in Montreal. It'
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Feb 28
2010
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Super-Conference!Posted by Monique Polak in Untagged |
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So I'm just back from Toronto, where I attended the Ontario Library Association's
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Feb 24
2010
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Writers Share their Writing SecretsPosted by Monique Polak in Untagged |
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Even when I was growing up and getting published was just a dream, I always loved reading what writers had to say about writing. I remember hoping that if I paid careful enough attention, I'd figure
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Feb 22
2010
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Can You SpellPosted by Monique Polak in Untagged |
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"Theriatrics" was the word that won Christopher Scarvelis the Canwest Canspell Regional Spelling Bee here in Montreal yesterday.
Scarvelis, 13, goes to Loyola High School -- and let
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Feb 18
2010
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A Story That Made My Arms Get ColdPosted by Monique Polak in Untagged |
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The way I know if a story feels amazing to me is that my arms get cold when I hear it (or tell it). Just ask my students -- they've been there in class when this has happened to me.
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Feb 15
2010
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Trouble -- in a Story -- is a Fine ThingPosted by Monique Polak in Untagged |
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If you've read my books or been in one of my classes, you'll know by now that I have an unnatural interest in trouble. Not in my own life, of course, but in my stories! (And for those of us
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Feb 13
2010
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Thinking About ReviewsPosted by Monique Polak in Untagged |
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You write a book and if you're lucky enough, like me, to find a publisher, you send it off into the world... and then, people read it and respond.
I know of one author -- short-listed for