Up at 3 and on my way to Texas for the week after a day at the farm… Yesterday after packing, or I should say re-packing, I spent the rest of the day transcribing what I had scratched into the Moleskine the previous week into my laptop. To my horror […]
I did a Skype visit with Brian Hofer and Geneseo Middle School in Illinois last night from my hotel room. They chose “Elephant Run” as their “GMS On the Same Page” book. Everyone read the book then passed it on. 170 people showed up for the virtual Q &A […]
Back on schedule. Up at 4AM, working on I,Q2. Inching my way toward the end. Spent the night in Wisconsin Rapids eating fried cheese curds…this is Wisconsin after all. Left the hotel at 7:00 and headed to Alexander Middle School in Nekoosa (swiftly running water) where I spoke to 4th […]
I woke up in Viroqua, WI a little late this morning because of my late arrival into Lacrosse about 25 miles away from here…which direction I’m not certain. This is my first trip to this part of Wisconsin. I got some very sad news yesterday when I was speaking in […]
Up at 3:30 without an alarm down in the lobby working on I,Q2 with the night crew putting together breakfast. Final day of the Children’s Lit Festival, then off to Lacrosse, Wisconsin this evening for three days of school visits. Amazingly this little hotel I’m staying at in Warrensburg has […]
It’s been quite awhile since I missed a day in this journal, but yesterday was one of those days. I woke up late yesterday (8:30AM) and I got absolutely nothing done on I,Q. I’m at the 42nd Annual Children’s Literature Festival in Warrensburg, MO, which is probably my favorite event […]
This was a great event with a couple hundred fabulous young writers and a very large group of proud parents and grandparents sponsered by the Independence, MO IRA. They could not have been nicer. Signed a lot of books, spoke, then headed east to Warrensburg to pre-sign a few more […]
Up relatively early working on I,Q2… Those waiting for this book to be finished are probably very tired of hearing this, but this is how books are written. You wake up and work on the book over and over again until you get it finished. This is called writing. Some […]
I’m at Fire Prairie Middle School this morning speaking to 5th and 6th grade. I’ve been here before and it’s great to be back with super librarian, Joyce McMurray, and her fabulous students. The 6th grade was joined by Cler-Mont Elementary 4th grader who were bussed over for the presentation. […]
Three middle schools today in Independence Missouri: Bridger, Bingham, Pioneer Ridge, which always makes for a wild day, but it was great fun. Here are the three schools… Up early working on IQ2. I know you’re probably reading about this, but this is the way it works. I love the […]
