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Due to a family medical crisis I haven't been blogging lately, but find I
don't miss it at all. In fact, it's shown me how much of a distraction blog
chat...
1.
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So I just glanced sideways and these words caught my eye:
the hours dissolve.
Somewhere in the junkmail on my bookshelf.
I panicked. I thought: YES. YOU ARE...
Podcast #800
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[image: 8] [image: phone_0] [image: number 0]Wow. I just posted my 800th
podcast! And considering that I just took a month's hiatus, that is pretty
incredi...
In Flanders Fields - a Memorial Day poem
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I know I've posted this poem twice before (most recently as part of my
"Building a Poetry Collection" series for National Poetry Month), but it
seemed appr...
Spotlight: Snappy Sounds
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This pop-up series with sounds by Silver Dolphin Press is a big hit with
children. I've read two of the series, Woof! and Roar! during the storytime
sessi...
Getting the Juby
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I'll confess. I haven't read any of Susan Juby's other books. I started Another
Kind of Cowboy, but after a few pages I realized I was still scarred from
...
Brighton Festival Events
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The weekend is over, and my Brighton Festival events complete. All went well, thankfully, and I really enjoyed both of them.On Friday evening I chaired a pan...
Poem in Your Pocket Day
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Happy Poem in Your Pocket Day! For weeks, my students have been reading and
writing poetry. Today they chose a favorite to keep in their pocket
throughout ...
They're evil! They're brilliant! They're reviewers!
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Everyone loves a librarian, except when that librarian is also a reviewer
for Kirkus. In addition to writing reviews on my personal blog, I've worked
as a ...
Why you should attend the Sutherland
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I swore to myself last year after attending the annual Zena Sutherland
lecture at the Harold Washington Library that I would hound my fellow NSLS
youth ser...
What's on your shelf?
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[image: Work Space shelf]
Work Space shelf,
originally uploaded by hdoe.
Wouldn't you like to see what books are on other book lover's shelves,
especiall...
I would like you know
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I would like you to know that the other day I got all the way to work before
realizing I had split my pants right up the back.
I was saved by dashing out ...
Reading in March 2009
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I’ve posted on my facebook page about the books I read in March. Check it
out. Apparently I can’t link to it since it’s on facebook, but add me if you
have...
The World of John Bellairs
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This blog is a bit like a secretary desk into which bills and correspondence
have been stuffed willy nilly…because of neglect I keep reaching into an
over...
[1-7] Reader's Digest: The Forgotton Books
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I'm trying to do away with my REALLY LONG LIST of stuff to reaction shot!
Unfortunately, the books at the top of the list are from SEPTEMBER.
... Yeah, the...
Two Levels Of Marketing
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The Excelsior File has a post on the way the Horrid Henry books are marketed
to boys. I had never heard of this series, but a lot of other people have.
Che...
A PIZZA-A-DAY AND OTHER WEIRD ACTIVITIES
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So here's the thing: Cyn's gone for the next twelve days at Vermont College,
where she is teaching at the summer residency in the Master's program in Writin...
links: faith, regret, and 77 days of fiction
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Amanda Coppedge interviews me on her blog about Once Was Lost, and about
being a writer who is a Christian, but not a “Christian writer.” I expect
I’ll be ...
Uncle!
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I give up.
2009 is destined to be a year of change. As a planner and an organizer, this
kind of thing really throws me. As an eternal optimist, I see this ...
Mini blog: ALA
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Hey everybody!
If you or someone you know is going to the American Librarian Association
convention in Chicago this week you should be sure to stop by the ...
THANK YOU, CHICAGO!
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I have just returned from a most inspiring Association of Jewish Libraries
Convention in beautiful Chicago. The Sydney Taylor Book Award Committee
honored ...
Kristof Keeps Recommending
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In the comments on Siobhan's Monday post, Augusta Scattergood points out
that Nick Kristof has followed up on his recommendations from Sunday's
column. Bes...
15 Words or Less - PhotoPoetry
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Laura Salas, aka[image: [info]]*laurasalas* , is taking the month of July
off from blogging. She asked if I would like to host 15 words or less
photop...
why are we doing this?
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Goodness gracious. Painting fatigue. Still so much to do. Ai ai ai.
Visualizing the final product as I limp-waddle to bed . . .
Good night!
It Ain't No Tea Party
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Boston is *exhausting*. Everything seems within walking distance, but by the
time you've hit all the "within walking distance" sites, you've traveled
prett...
Sunscreen Choices Redux
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My pal Caryn wrote today, looking for a post I wrote a while back about my
struggle with the question of daily sunscreen use. What’s worse, I wondered
(and...
Choosing Something to Read
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I was at the library today and had an epiphany of sorts.
My son was at tennis, my daughter at the camp program at the playground, so
I had a few minutes to...
Winner!
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We have a winner and her name is Amanda! Thanks all you guys for sending in your answers to the questions. Amanda, I'll put a package in the mail to you tomo...
I Heart Stand-up, Except When I Hate It
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I'm really liking this chapter book manuscript I'm revising. However, I tend
to fall in love with most of my writing, because I'm just that conceited.
And ...
Red and Yellow, Gay and Straight...
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*"It is ridiculous how many books are published each season with characters
who look the same, sound the same and come from the same economic
circumstan...
Smart people write and read romance novels
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This article is like the one I posted about coffee drinking. Again, love it
when someone backs me up on something I already want to do. Read and enjoy!
Tec...
Cynsations Summer Hiatus & VCFA Summer Residency
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Cynsations will be on hiatus from now until sometime shortly after July 22
while I teach at the Vermont College of Fine Arts MFA in Writing for
Children an...
Barracuda
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So both Lauren Conrad and Miley Cyrus have written* books that are in the
top ten on the New York Times Children’s bestseller list this week (Lauren’s
is n...
Absolutely Arf and Maybelline Mini-Movie
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Besides the stretch limos and fabulous free jewels and lavish tropical
vacations, there are some pretty cool benefits of being an author. (BTW, the
first p...
Away We Go!
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Okay, my two newest most favorite fabulous characters ever on Earth:Maya
Rudolph and John Krasinski in Away We Go. Has anyone else seen this movie??
Holy c...
Crash Into Me
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Today, Crash Into Me, the debut novel by YA author Albert Borris hits the
shelves. Normally as an author, when your book comes out, particularly your
first...
A Bird Came Down the Walk . . .
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I went to the library yesterday to get some books I needed--research for my
newest book. I came home with three. I always joke that research is a
grea...
One more reason to wish you were Barbie
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Forget the fact that even at 50 Barbie looks great. Forget the dream house,
convertible, and an endless supply of evening gowns (and apparently
somewhere t...
Take Me Away, Fiction
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If you can't afford a lavish vacation this summer, here's a list of books
that make you forget where you are by creating a great sense of place. I
haven't ...
Kids' workshop
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One of my local libraries is conducting a workshop over the next few days to
help kids who want to write picture books - I think for next year's
Scholastic...
The Pitfalls of Self-Employment, Part I.
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In my neverending quest to become more organized and efficient, I thought
that this week I'd take a page from my fiance's book and start by making a
daily ...
Quotes & Dangling Carrots
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Sometimes I need little carrots to keep me motivated when I'm on deadline. I
heard about a great etsy company at I Heart Daily.
I love how life sends yo...
Book sketch and J.I.G.T.R.T.D.H.F.
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This was the drawing I did in the inside front cover of an ARC of Laini's
upcoming DREAMDARK novel "Silksinger" for the winner of the online benefit
aucti...
Not just because I love French Bull Dogs...
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From a Chronicle Books tweet (and, yes, I am getting addicted to Twitter even more than Facebook) I learned about this great new book coming out by Catherine...
Cover Story
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[image: ?]I love book covers. I admit it. And I often do judge a book by its
cover. Then later on I judge it by the story, etc., But a cover is your
first ...
Grown up book recommendations?
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I've only been reading YA for a while and am looking for some "grown up"
book suggestions. Anyone read anything wonderful recently?
Christmas In May
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The Guys Lit Wire Book Fair has generated hundreds (YES, I said HUNDREDS) of
brand new donated books that will go directly to the new library we are
creat...
Something's Wrong Here
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First off--since I have to admit up front that I watch reality TV--that's
sort of admitting that I'm operating without use of a brain and should not
be all...
This Old Blog
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I'm doing a little renovation of the old Bartography place. Posting will be
slight-to-nonexistent (except for posts like this) until I get all that
squared...
Chinasprout Promotion
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Did you miss the free bookplate offer from my online booklaunch? Don't
worry! You can still get an autographed book!
Chinasprout is offering 10% off copie...
Sweet Home Chicago: ALA Bound
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I'm off this morning avec bebes to Chicago, for the 2009 ALA Annual
Convention. If you're at McCormick, too, I'll be in Booth #1627.* Please
stop by and sa...
The agent's hat
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My first day at the office at Sanford J. Greenburger. What I did today:
solved a contractual problem and signed a visionary and innovative client;
waited f...
Eye on Flux: June 2009 Edition
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*Overview:* Two really great interviews this month (and a special sneak peek
behind the scenes of the Printz awards) plus YOUR questions answered in the
Fl...
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9 comments:
Have a great vacation.
Have a great time, Liz!!
Have a great vacation, Liz!
I hope you'll have fun while you're here! (Because NC is where I live.)
Have a great vacation, Liz!
Oh I love NC. Beach or mountains? Have a wonderful time.
Beach; south of Wilmington, just north of Myrtle Beach SC.
Taking a few quiet moments to check in!
Have a great time!
I am really looking forward to your weeklong celebration of Ellen Emerson White when you get back. I just re-read Life Without Friends and realized anew what a very, very good book it is (though The Road Home is the one that made it onto my top ten list. I was addicted to China Beach as a teen).
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