Monthly Archives: May 2010

Jumping on the Wagon

I’ve never been the kind of girl who has to run with the crowd. Nor have I ever been particularly afraid to do that, if the crowd is running in the direction I’m going. Today I’m going where a lot of blog writers are going – toward Motherhood. It’s Mother’s Day weekend. I love this...

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Messy Creation

I’m two days away from the half-way point of my WIP. Is that completely unclear? If When I continue to do my 1000 words a day, in only 2 more writing days I will be at 25,000 words. Big deal. It is. A big, big deal. In fact, it makes me happy to meet a...

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Rat Poison

Remember that last week I did school visits to the 7th and 8th grade honors kids? Remember that? They do. Maybe. But here’s something we talked about. Healthy literacy is like a healthy diet. To eat well, you need a blend of this and that. Lots of variety. Lots of color. Would it hurt you...

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Home-Style Scrabble

Hey, Kids: This just in. New favorite board game at the Wilhites’? Personal Scrabble. You’ve probably seen Bananagrams (which makes me giggle with its cleverness) and other packaged Scrabble-type games, but here’s the drill, if you don’t know it: Put all the letter tiles face down on the table. Put the board away, because you...

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