Month: August 2008

  • Dumped on by Fay

    We’ve been dealing with Fay all day. Internet on and off, power on and off. Mostly on, and the big issue is rain, of which we’re getting a lot. But we’ve got the tornado watch too until this evening. Lots of fun. Writing-wise, I’m STILL writing lesson seven, (and saving frequently) which is all about…

  • Breakthrough!

    I had the most amazing breakthrough today. Still writing the Think Sideways course, and was sitting in the little snack area in our local Target brainstorming the whole world-building/pre-planning process for novels (Lesson 7). My two guys were off looking for video games, and I had my carry-along notebook out and was drawing flow-charts, trying…

  • Think Sideways Movie Demo #2

    This is a clip from the How to Think Sideways Lesson #2 movie (movies are once a month and provide an overview of the month’s four-lesson topic and one of six Thinking Sideways Rules). I think this is significantly better than the first one, production-quality-wise. Hope it also gives you a bit of food for…

  • A cool maybe on THE RUBY KEY

    Got news from my Scholastic editor today that THE RUBY KEY could be picked up for books fairs around the country. This would be a huge break for me—book fairs were where I was allowed to buy my own books for the first time when I was a kid. It could allow me to meet…