Some of you may remember that in 2012 I participated in the amazing blogging challenge, the A to Z Challenge, in which bloggers post every day in April using the letters of the alphabet as their daily prompts. I made some great friends through that challenge. One of those friends is Mary Aalgaard, who is in the spotlight today. Mary is a freelance writer and reviewer. She is also a…
April 14, 2013
In late March, I was contacted by someone who had read my blog post about reading aloud to the elderly, and wanted to repost it on her blog. After reading some of her blog, I quickly agreed. Those of you who have known me for some time know something of the journey I went through with my elderly parents in the last years of their lives. We had always been…
November 27, 2012
As I continue this week-long celebration of the first year of Perfect Picture Book Fridays (PPBF), I am happy to be able to share with you all an interview with the founder of PPBF, Susanna Leonard Hill. Besides having a blog in which she encourages writers and readers with features such as PPBF, Would You Read It Wednesdays, Short and Sweets, Oh Susanna!, etc., Susanna is also a prolific author…
July 13, 2012
What’s that? This blog is supposed to be on hiatus right now? Well, yes, you’re right, but technically I scheduled this post back on June 30th, so I’m not really blogging in July. Not really. What I’m really doing is pointing you to Marcie Colleen’s blog, The Write Routine, where she has a new series called Friday Friendspirations. Today I’m blogging at Marcie’s about one of the greatest friendspirations in…
June 20, 2012
I am beyond delighted to welcome my friend Brian Sibley to the interview chair today. Brian is a British broadcaster, writer, Disney historian, Tolkien expert, C.S. Lewis expert, many other authors expert, fabulous raconteur, creative blogger, the list “goes ever on and on.” He has written numerous books and radio dramatizations, he has been a presenter for both BBC radio and television, he has interviewed many of the luminaries in…
This mini-series (or rather, brief duet of posts – Part One is here) had its inspiration in a post back in April in which I suggested using the idea of blocking a stage production as a way of approaching outlining a book project. A few people indicated an interest in me pursuing this idea further, and well, I tried. Somewhere along the way, the idea morphed into using concepts from…
June 13, 2012
Imogen Ragone is a teacher of the Alexander Technique in Wilmington, Delaware. She completed the full-time, three-year training course (over 1600 hours) in Charlottesville, VA in 2006, and is certified to teach the Alexander Technique by the American Society for the Alexander Technique (AmSAT). After completing her certification she moved to Wilmington, where she enjoys bringing the benefits of the Alexander Technique to a wide variety of people. In addition…
May 8, 2012
Julie Hedlund is the driving force behind the 12 x 12 in 2012 Challenge — a group of 400 (yes, you read that correctly) writers who have banded together to support, encourage, teach and learn from each other as we each attempt to write 12 picture book drafts in a year — a draft per month. Every Tuesday, Julie gives a pre-published member of 12×12 the opportunity to write a…