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Once upon a time, and for a very long time, I kept note cards around. When I got those sud­den bolts of inspi­ra­tion we all get, I would grab a note card and hastily jot down the new idea for a story, a char­ac­ter, a line of dia­logue, etc. Then, being per­pet­u­ally and grotesquely unor­ga­nized, …

Title: Whole Enchi­lada Micro Tour Loca­tion: Hol­land, MI Descrip­tion: April 20–22, I will visit Hol­land, Michi­gan for a whirl­wind tour chock full of talks, walks, and some­thing else that rhymes with ‘alk’ but I can’t think of at the moment. Caulk? Chalk? Any­way, if you’re in the area, come on by. A detailed list of …

April 20–22, I will visit Hol­land, Michi­gan for a whirl­wind tour cock full of talks, walks, and some­thing else that rhymes with ‘alk’ but I can’t think of at the moment. Caulk? Chalk? Any­way, if you’re in the area, come on by. A detailed list of events will be posted closer to the date.    

Call for 2010 Amelia Eliz­a­beth Walden Award Selec­tion Com­mit­tee Mem­bers Those inter­ested in serv­ing on the ALAN Amelia Eliz­a­beth Walden Award Com­mit­tee may self-nominate by com­plet­ing a self-nomination form. Mem­bers of the selec­tion com­mit­tee must be: 1) ALAN mem­bers and 2) class­room teach­ers, uni­ver­sity pro­fes­sors, or librar­i­ans. To avoid poten­tial con­flicts of inter­est, authors and …