A Thank You and A Call for Readers
Thanks to everyone who commented or emailed about my last post on page-turners. The suggestions have helped, and I’m working my way through the text, throwing out chapters and rearranging others. It’s a slog, as most of you know, being master sloggers yourselves. I do have one request, and I admit that I make it hesitantly. My readers have seen several drafts of...
Read MoreWanted: Instructions on Creating a Page-Turner
Desperately Seeking A Page-Turner Primer. If you are one or know of one, please comment below.Edited after reading the comments:Submissions on SOUL TACO are going as well as they could go without a sale. Editorial comment has been very positive and complimentary, with one editor requesting a rewrite, while three others have said that they were on the cusp. The only thing holding them...
Read MoreCan Somebody Explain This to Me?
I read this on davidlubar ‘s blog. It’s important enough to pass along. My other post is about the people I’m thankful for, but first, I’d like to say I’m thankful that Ritchie Partington had the nerve to ask a principal to actually read. If anyone has anymore details about this case, please comment. QUOTE:A day after informing the District Superintendent that...
Read MoreALAN in Review
Other folks did a fantastic job of blogging ALAN/NCTE (yep, we’re now more important than in NCTE in my world), among them jbknowles , davidlubar , professornana , halseanderson . (If I missed anyone, I’ll edit this post.) How they could take phots and update their blogs, I have no idea, and my hats are off to them (both the ballcap and the...
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