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 how to plan a novel … Continue reading →
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 to figure out how to … Continue reading →
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 thought. … Continue reading →
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 new readers I could never … Continue reading →