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Category Archives: My Thoughts

Behind the Scenes, a publisher’s warehouse:

August 12, 2008 – 11:54 am

So, I went to Philly to sign 2000 books (!!!) for Toys-R-Us. To accomplish this great feat I visited the Simon and Schuster warehouse in NJ. We were able to tour this huge and amazing place!  Wow, do I ever have a stronger appreciation for the heroes behind the scenes. To manage, store and pack [...]

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A Cow and Some Chocolates….

July 26, 2008 – 2:33 pm

I want to share something with you because it really touched me and helped me to realize how much (probably too much) I have. Our family sponsors children in third world countries. I’m a strong supporter of Compassion because the charity watch organizations rate them highly and also  because they allow me to have direct [...]

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Writing Poetry Exercises

May 22, 2008 – 7:01 am

I’m writing another poetry book! 120 poems isn’t just a cake walk (hmm…”Cake Walk” sounds like a fun poem title). Sometimes my muse flies off into the sunset and leaves me sitting in the dark, wondering what I’m going to write about. I found this page and bookmarked it for times I’m low on inspiration. [...]

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Plagiarizing Personalities? Why kids need writing skills!

February 15, 2008 – 12:25 pm

Wall Street Journal had a very interesting article about a new Internet phenomenon.  The explosion of online dating and networking sites has created a new form of plagiarism, and it’s not pretty.  People desperate to impress are apparently cut-n-pasting themselves an extreme personality makeover! According to the WSJ article: “Among the 125 million people in the [...]

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