Chat with ELLEN WITTLINGER Wednesday, 2/28, 9PM EST
Please join us for an ALAN Online BookChat to discuss FIRESTORM by David Klass. Date: 3/21/07Time: 9:00 PM EasternURL: http://alan-ya.org/bookchat/flashchat.php Here’s more about FIRESTORM: “His mother is not his mother. His father is not his father. But if Jack hadn’t broken the high school rushing record that night, he never would have known and nothing would have changed....
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Does everyone realize that young males in our society are seeing themselves less and less in the literature that is supposed to reach out to them? Share
Read MoreYou’re Not Half as Ugly as the Other People Here
I’ve managed to read my marinating manuscript twice since unwrapping it. As promised, I read without a pen or pencil, and on the first run, I only wrote down comments two times. Both comments were for new ideas that popped in my head as I read, and I knew I would forget them later. On the second pass, I made no marks at all, although I was sorely tempted, especially at the...
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I’ve posted the transcript for last night’s ALAN Online Book Club Chat at http://alan-ya.org/chat_sandpiper.pdf for anyone interested. Thanks to all the lj-ers who joined in the fun and remember that Ellen Wittlinger herself will be joining us on 2/28 for a Q&A about her...
Read MoreWord to Your Mudder
Obviously, my blog is in the gutter. thunderchikin’s Word Usage 1. scrotum (63) 26. with (7) 51. month (4) 76. models (3) 2. to (42) 27. do (7) 52. tagged (4) 77. maybe (3) 3. and (40) 28. them (7) 53. it’s (4) 78. online (3) 4. a (40) 29. not (7) 54. new (4) 79. its (3) 5. in (29) 30. what (6) 55. you’re (4) 80. feel (3)...
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