Archive for November, 2008
The Little Red Hen, er…Jen
I am the Little Red Jen. I picked gallons of blueberries all by myself, washed them all by myself, froze them on trays all by myself, and packed them in bags all by myself. And this bag you see here. I ate them all by myself. Mostly in oatmeal. The good news is, I have [...]
Orphan Day
Where did today go? Can I get it back? I spent many hours today discussing Orphan Works legislation. Chances are good it’s going to come up in this special lame-duck session of Congress. I have a choice to make. SCBWI and TNNA have both officially opposed the legislation. I pay dues to these organizations and [...]
Brainstorm
Put your thinking totems on. I invite you to join the wackiness that is NaNoWriMo for just a few minutes and give me hand. I need a whole bunch of fictional YA book titles, dozens at least. Yes, indeedy, I’m writing about fictional fiction. Or something. It’s still a little confusing. I need a variety [...]
Guest Blogger: Becca, on NaNo
When I invited all you readers to join me on the NaNo adventure, Becca was the only one to accept. That alone is huge, but she’s also tap-tap-tapping toward a win. At this point, I think it’s safe to say that win or lose, she’s going to make a good showing. She already has. Here’s [...]
Stitching for Literacy Update
The Monday “What have you done lately?” accountability post, where I announce my program promotion goal for the week and fess up on last week’s goal. Last week, my goal was to update the Challenge Kit with 2009 materials. This might actually tie into Shelly’s suggestion for a flier anyone can print and distribute. However, [...]
Jinx and The Used World
What’s on my nightstand? The Used World, by Haven Kimmel. No review of this book because I’m just starting it, but oh-oh-oh I’m so eager to read it! It’s going to be a slow read because 1-I’m a slow reader, and 2-Haven’s writing is the delicious kind you want to savor. Thanks, Shelly, for turning [...]
Weekend Site-Seeing
What’s your color IQ? Take this test and find out. Okay, when I first went to the page, I looked at it and thought it would take forever and almost skipped it. I’m glad I didn’t. It really doesn’t take that long. A couple of noodles (needlework doodles) that I keep at my desk for [...]
Radio Praetoria
Most people I know have music, radio, or TV on most of the time, whether they are actively listening or it is on as background noise. I don’t. I got out of that habit while caretaking, and came to like my relatively silent world. That’s part of the reason I can hear owls when they [...]
Go, Go, NaNo!
Today is Day 5 of NaNoWriMo. I have not yet done my NaNo time today, but I will. Current word count 8,294 of 50,000. I hope to smash through the 10,000-word mark tonight. I’m a greyhound at the track when I sit down to NaNo (It’s a verb! It’s a noun! It’s SuperFun!), even though [...]
Election Day
The best story of the day, in my opinion, is that voters are standing in line for hours, and they are doing so patiently and cheerfully. That makes me proud, even though I’m not one of them. I’m glad that people want to vote and are willing to stand in line for hours, though, frankly, [...]
