I first heard of the world of fandom two years ago, but did not think much about it until this session. The world has existed for a long time. Many teens have grown up in a remix culture. A world where they have been able to build an AU or alternate universe where they change the words, […]
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Last weekend brought the biennial writers conference presented by the Chicago North chapter of RWA – Spring Fling. This year the exciting event was held in a new venue, Marriott at Hoffman Estates. Things began with two-hour master class on pitching presented by Carrie Lofty. She gave us a great overview on pitching graciously stayed
Last week was one of my busiest ever!!Things started in Milwaukee at Barbara Vey\’s 1st readers luncheon. I was there Monday night for her library event, and then for the Tuesday luncheon. I especially thank the lovely, hardworking WisRWA ladies who greeted everyone when they entered. I shared a table with another YA author, Erica
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On February 15, I visited the Oswego East High School\’s Reading Club where I did a book talk with members of the club and other individuals. There attentive audience watched the Book Trailer for PULL, listened to a reading from the book and learned some inside secrets on how the book came to be. There were questions about
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Maybe I should have been a teacher the way my high school instructors claimed. I enjoyed teaching my on-line Man Talk class with the Low Country RWA chapter. And last week I loved being part of the guest faculty at the DePaul University Summer Writing Workshop. (As the new kid on the block I got the
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On Friday I spent a day with members of the Service Over Self (S.O.S) students from John Hersey High School. This group of students reaches out to members of the community. I participated in the Senior Olympics with some of them last year for a day of inter-generational fun that included games like pool, Wii bowling,
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I decided to kill the proverbial two birds with this post. I belong to a writing group that puts out regular writing prompts and for February the prompt is … traffic problems. For me, that means writing about my day in traffic court. Let me admit that I did break a rule. And everthing the