Month: January 2009

Creative Challenges

Creative Challenges are great for shaking up the routine, forcing you to be creative every day or every week, and flexing those imagination muscles. What is a creative challenge? National Novel Writer’s Month is probably the most ambitious and famous creative challenge: write a novel in a month (November). The idea is to force yourself… Continue reading Creative Challenges

Smirking

…we stomped between piles of snow towards the school, and I wasn’t giving the dress-down day much thought until I saw a gaggle of 8th Grade girls coming towards us…

Newbery Award

Woo-hoo! My Favourite Book of last year just won the Newbery Award (which is a big deal. Like the Oscars of Children’s books). It doesn’t hurt that the author is a really nice guy and blogger (and now Twitterer), which makes you feel like something nice just happened to someone you sort of know. His… Continue reading Newbery Award

It's A Beautiful Day

The branches outside my office window are wearing a layer of fluffy white snow, three inches deep. Through the branches I can see a small orange disk nudging its way upwards, spreading red light over our very white world. And the radio is full of happy news about people having a huge party in Washington.

It's A Beautiful Day

The branches outside my office window are wearing a layer of fluffy white snow, three inches deep. Through the branches I can see a small orange disk nudging its way upwards, spreading red light over our very white world. And the radio is full of happy news about people having a huge party in Washington.

US Riverways

I’ve just been watching the coverage of a US Airways commercial jet floating in the Hudson. One of the passengers called in to NBC’s TV studios. As they talked to him you could hear, in his voice, the realization of what just happened, sinking in (if you’ll pardon the phrase). He started off all excited… Continue reading US Riverways

New Story

I know, I know, you’ve got to finish stories as well as start them, but I couldn’t help starting a new story this morning. I blame Debbie, who asked me yesterday how my writing was going, and Russell T. Davis whose “The Writer’s Tale” I’m reading at the moment. It’s full of the joys and… Continue reading New Story

Bookcrossing Success!

Hey, I just got an email informing me that a book I released into the wild (i.e. gave away) has turned up on the other side of the US, five years after I set it free! So thanks to the anonymous finder who posted the find at Bookcrossing Now the questions are: where has it… Continue reading Bookcrossing Success!