Behind the Scenes, Education, Randomness, Reading, Writing

#BehindtheScenes – Author Visit Booksales

In #BehindtheScenes posts, I share tips and tricks I've learned (or am learning) about writing and publishing. One of the most amazing parts of my life is sharing stories with kids. Sometimes I'm reading, sometimes I'm facilitating their reading, and sometimes they're on stage, and I'm waving my arms frantically teaching them how to tell… Continue reading #BehindtheScenes – Author Visit Booksales

Behind the Scenes, Education, Randomness, Writing

#BehindtheScenes – Mockups

In #BehindtheScenes posts, I share tips and tricks I've learned (or am learning) about writing and publishing. Y'all. This kind of blew my mind. First, I'm old. Like, not "I've lived a lot of years" old, but more "I'm a geezer in the body of a not-so-ancient human." Most of the time, I'm good with… Continue reading #BehindtheScenes – Mockups

Education, LiteraryLife, Randomness, Writing

#LiteraryLife – Six the Musical

I have a rule. I never to listen to musicals before I see them. NEV. ER. Well, ok, almost never. I cheated a little for Hamilton. I watched the first "Cabinet Meeting" on the news one morning. (And then about 20 times later that day.) The night before I was "In the Room Where it… Continue reading #LiteraryLife – Six the Musical

Randomness, Writing

THE First Blog Post

I think the first post is always the most difficult to compose. There's a lot of pressure here. How to strike the right tone? Serious, but with humor. Comedic. Absurd as only real life can be. There are a lot of options. I'm aiming for somewhere between Morticia Addams and Eddie Izzard -- desperately passionate,… Continue reading THE First Blog Post