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Mar 11
2010

Just So You Know...

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Just So You Know it isn't only singing in the morning that makes me happy (though today is the perfect day for that old song, "Oh what a beautiful morning, Oh what a beautiful day!" --

Mar 10
2010

I Have an Awful Voice

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I have an awful voice, but I love to sing! When my daughter still lived at home, she'd beg me to stop... and my husband does the same.

This morning, the students in my Writing for Children

Mar 08
2010

Uh Oh, Beautiful Weather in Indiana!

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IMG_333.jpgNow you may be wondering why beautiful weather in Indiana would cause me to go, "Uh oh!"

Mar 07
2010

March Break Coming to an End... and a Lovely Book

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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

Mar 02
2010

Special Day with Another Gang of Talented Young Authors

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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

Mar 01
2010

Report from the Young Authors' Conference

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IMG_22222.jpgI'm just home from a happy day at the Young Authors' Conference here in Montreal. It'

Feb 28
2010

Super-Conference!

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IMG_1111111111.jpgSo I'm just back from Toronto, where I attended the Ontario Library Association's

Feb 24
2010

Writers Share their Writing Secrets

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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

Feb 22
2010

Can You Spell

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IMG_111111.jpg"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

Feb 18
2010

A Story That Made My Arms Get Cold

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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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