I decided to sort the Kinglet's bookshelf into types of books - as opposed to size, like it always has been - so we could start addressing some of the talking-points in reading/literacy educational standards... for example, "this is a picture book, this is fiction, this is non-fiction, this is a poem ( Read more... )

Updates ( Read more... )

I just got a rejection from an agent for a picture book I sent her yesterday. It was very nice but still industry-vague - the ubiquitous "not right for us ( Read more... )

I've been wanting to "review" some books and films that I've consumed recently. But I'm lazy/distracted with mommy-stuff, so let's keep our expectations low, shall we ( Read more... )

Remember:

that giants sleep too soundly;
that witches are often betrayed by their appetites;
dragons have one soft spot,
somewhere, always;
hearts can be well-hidden,
and you betray them with your tongue.

from Instructions by Neil Gaiman

Okay, that's it. I can't take it any more.

My son watches Super Why on PBS almost daily. It's a part of our breakfast lineup, in between Sid the Science Kid and Clifford the Big Red Dog. The Kinglet loves it because he's big on the alphabet, and the show features lots of spelling games and letter hunts and whatnot. But to me the show is vapid, ( Read more... )

I finally gave my Mom a copy of my latest children's story. A couple of days later my father called to tell me he'd read it, and liked it. My father never reads anything ( Read more... )

I've finished a draft of a 10-page children's story, tentatively titled "The Rainbow Chasers" that I'd like to use when I start approaching agents. It's a fine draft, I think, except that I'm waiting for just the right way to wrap it up. A final line or two. I'd... really like to figure that out, like, soon ( Read more... )

The downside to a vacation, of course, is the end of vacation ( Read more... )

The whole "finish this revision by my birthday" thing was (mostly) a joke, so I'm not broken up about not meeting it... though, gee, I still have a few more days. Stranger things have happened ( Read more... )