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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Actually, this is Part One of the Lampman Presentation. It’s the introduction from Korie Buerkle before Marie’s acceptance on my behalf. (You’ll have to skip back a few blog for that. Thank you, Korie!!!! Lampman Presentation 2010 for Roland Smith Korie Buerkle Few of us find our life’s calling […]
Last night I got to the hotel a little later than I expected, so I wasn’t up as early as usual. I did manage to get some work in on I,Q2 this morning, and bit more this evening. I hope to have a more productive day tomorrow. I’m in Chillicothe, […]
I can make the official announcement now… Today I was given the Evelyn Sibley Lampman Award presented Children’s Services Division of the Oregon Library Association. “The Evelyn Sibley Lampman Award was established in 1982 to honor a living Oregon author, librarian, or educator who has made a significant contribution to […]
#20? I thought I’d be finished by now. But I’m crawling closer. Up at 5:30, shower, Starbucks in the lobby, back in the room writing, suspecting I won’t get very far because I’m heading over to The Nevada Reading Week Conference for the day. As we pull up we get […]
