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1. Hey!

Hello!

I love writing, art, and running. I'm currently working as a freelance writer doing articles and short stories, as well as working on a novel on the side. I write articles on a variety of subjects, including health and fitness, sports, art projects and activities, but love to learn about new things and don't mind doing a bit of research for any job! My favorite is probably creative writing, in which I draw of personal experiences, funny observations, or anything else that strikes me. I have both a witty and humorous side, but also a more serious one as well. I live in Oregon with my cat and brother, and have another younger brother and sister as well!

I hope you enjoy poking around and I will be adding more of my works soon!
Be sure to visit my Art Website too! :)

*~*~*Cait

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2. Sherman Alexie says it's okay to love Island of the Blue Dolphins

1. Sherman Alexie and Neko Case talk in the new issue of The Believer. (The coolness quotient here is about as high as it gets.) This part blew me away (the Adrian he refers to is Adrian Louis a Paiute Indian poet:

One of the amazing things he did--I mean, I'll never forget this--I graduated college, couldn't get a job. So I ended up living back on the res. All that stuff about getting off, about going to college, about getting a new life, and there I was. I was twenty-three years old, living with my mom and dad on the res, with no job, poor again. And I couldn't even... I mean, I wrote this long, crazy poem-letter to Adrian, feeling sad and desperate. And I didn't mean it for anything other than to express what I was feeling and, uh... he sent back a fifty-dollar bill and he said, "Whatever else is going on, make sure that you keep buying typewriter ribbon."

As someone who moved back home at one point after college, and was depressed beyond words to be there, I know how amazing that letter must have been.

2. Also, see this report on a possible breakthrough for bees.

3. And Oddfellow's Orphanage sounds quite charming.

4. I donated to Planned Parenthood, have you?

5. Your Nome, Alaska trivia for the day: Anvil Mountain Correction Center is the farthest north prison in the US. It's a perfect place for a prison. Where on earth would you escape to?

6. Imelda May is my new music crush; listen & fall in love:

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3. My Favorite Super Bowl Commercial

‘Nuff said!


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4. Weight

I think I captured the sense of weight here,
Carbon pencil on sugar paper, A1 size. Click to enlarge.

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5. Feb. 15 - Apr. 7, 2012: Sun Gallery Exhibit featuring Jessica Lanan

Every year, the Sun Gallery in Hayward, California holds a children's book art exhibit. This year, artist Jessica Lanan's illustrations from Good Fortune in a Wrapping Cloth will be on display. And they have featured her artwork on their promotional postcard! Lovely!

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sungallery23-1.jpgSun Gallery 23rd Annual Children's Book Illustrators Exhibit
February 15 to April 7, 2012
1015 E Street
Hayward, CA 94541



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6. Storytime Resource Links - Thanks Mel!

Melissa over at Mel's Desk just updated her storytime resource list. Check it out.  And you can also peek at a few annotated links I just gathered over at the YSS Blog.  Storytimes are covered. If you can't find content and ideas...well, uh, you're just not connecting ;->

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7. Patricia Disney (1935-2012)

Sorry to report that Patty Disney (Roy Disney’s Ex) died today of Alzheimer’s at her home in Toluca Lake. Also sorry I don’t have a photo of her, but instead a picture (above) of the cancer hospital building, across the street from the Disney Studio lot in Burbank, which she and Roy E. helped create. She was 77.

Before her marriage to Roy Disney in 1955, she lived in New York and worked in advertising. Patty was a great friend to animation and animators, and was an ambassador for the Studio for many years. She and Roy were married for 52 years (before the divorce). A memorial website has been established. In her honor, gifts may be made to: The Alzheimer’s Association, Southern California Chapter, attention John Seiber, or the Roy and Patricia Disney Family Cancer Center, Providence Saint Joseph Foundation, attention Theresa Meyers.


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8. Who Am I?

Simply Marvelous!!  Gervase Phinn and Tony Ross have teamed up to write and illustrate a simply wonderful children's book - Who Am I?  What a wonderful tale - a little chameleon is out to figure out what kind of animal he is.  He bumps into many other animals who share with him why they are each special and then he meets up with Mr. Crocodile who tries to lure him into being a tasty meal.  You will LOVE who finally saves the little chameleon AND then teaches him how special he is!  What a great read for you to share with the little ones in your life!
*I was sent a copy of this book by the publisher for review purposes.

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9. gam

Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day for February 03, 2012 is:

gam • \GAM\  • verb
1 : to have a visit or friendly conversation with 2 : to spend or pass (as time) talking

Examples:
The two strangers discovered that they had a lot in common as they gammed the hours away on the long train ride.

"It always was -- and still is, for that matter -- infuriating to be ignored when superiors are gamming on about an operation in which you are the one about to risk life and limb." -- From Robert N. Macomber's 2010 novel The Darkest Shade of Honor

Did you know?
"But what is a gam? You might wear out your index-finger running up and down the columns of dictionaries, and never find the word." So says the narrator, who calls himself Ishmael, of Herman Melville’s Moby Dick. These days you will indeed find "gam" entered in dictionaries; Merriam-Webster’s Collegiate Dictionary defines the noun "gam" as "a visit or friendly conversation at sea or ashore especially between whalers." (It can also mean "a school of whales.") Melville’s narrator explains that when whaling ships met far out at sea, they would hail one another and the crews would exchange visits and news. English speakers have been using the word "gam" to refer to these and similar social exchanges since the mid-19th century.

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10. Kidlit news and radio #5

The coming week’s bookish radio delights to listen out for include:

  • Alan Garner – Elidor 4/4. Time’s run out for the Watsons and Malebron – can Helen help to save Elidor? 9.00 and 16.00 Sunday 5th February, Radio 4 extra
  • Frances Hodgson Burnett – The Secret Garden 1/5. Young Mary is sent to England after the tragic death of her parents. 9.30 and 16.30 Sunday 5th February, Radio 4 extra
  • Bookclub: Art Spiegelman talks to James Naughtie and readers about his graphic novel Maus. 16.00 Sunday 5th February, Radio 4.
  • Pick of the Week: Former children’s laureate Michael Rosen makes his selection from the past seven days of BBC Radio. 18.15 Sunday 5th February, Radio 4.
  • With Great Pleasure: Current children’s laureate Julia Donaldson, the children’s author, shares some favourite pieces of writing. 16:00, Monday 6th February, Radio 4.
  • One to One: Bridget Kendall talks to author Alexander McCall Smith about his work as an academic. 9.30 Tuesday 7th February, Radio 4.
  • The Essay: Happily Ever After - Every weekday night on Radio 3 at 22.45
    “In this series of five essays, contemporary children’s authors and editors each look at a fictional family from children’s literature. They use it as a focal point to explore the changing portrayal of the family in children’s books, and consider both what it tells us about the society it reflects, and how relevant it is to determining a young generation’s attitudes to the future.”
    • Monday – Anthony Horowitz explores family dysfunction through Roald Dahl’s Matilda.
      Tuesday – Anne Fine gives a feminist view of the nostalgia for our favourite childhood books.
      Wednesday – Trish Cooke explores the importance of children’s books reflecting different cultures.
      Thursday – Julia Eccleshare discusses Jacqueline Wilson’s thoroughly modern fairytales.
      Friday – Michael Rosen considers the changing role of the family in children’s literature.

    As to highlights from the rest of the children’s literature world, I have to share these two items with you:

  • A beautiful animation about the power and beauty of books – I urge you to watch this!
  • “Inspired, in equal measures, by Hurricane Katrina, Buster Keaton, The Wizard of Oz, and a love for books, “Morris Lessmore” is a story of people who devote their lives to books and books who return the favor. Morris Lessmore is a poignant, humorous allegory about the curative powers of story. Using a variety of techniques (miniatures, computer animation, 2D animation) award winning author/ illustrator William Joyce and Co-director Brandon Oldenburg present a new narrative experience that harkens back to silent films and M-G-M Technicolor musicals. “Morris Lessmore” is old fashioned and cutting edge at the same time.

    “The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore” is one of five animated short films that will be considered for outstanding film achievements of 2011 in the 84th Academy Awards ®.”

    And now for another way to share the love of books and illustration…

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    11. How Far Can Family Be Extended?

    For the past two days I’ve talked about people who I’ve adopted into my family after becoming an adult. This post is about those whom we love to distraction and sometimes to bankruptcy, the ones who worm their way into our hearts with soulful eyes and a generous heart.

    I’ve been privileged to be partnered with two such individuals in my life. I lost the last partner in 1997 to cancer and simply couldn’t face the possibility of living through that again afterwards.

    When I lost the majority of my sight in 1979, I refused to crawl into the nearest closet to vegetate for the next 60 years. I chose to fight for a life in the world on whatever terms were necessary. I was fortunate to have a caring family who would put up with having me around during this period and support me until I could support myself.

    After Vocational Rehabilitation, I went straight to Leader Dogs for the Blind to get a partner; my first such pairing. I won’t go into the details of selection, training, etc. It would take a book to do that.

    I will tell you that—at least at that school—the trainers pair human with canine by the dog’s standards, not the human’s. I was chosen as a partner for a specific dog because of how what specific needs the dog had. How’s that for learning humility?

    The system works, though. The trainers had just spent months learning every nuance about their animals. The people were unknown quantities, factors that could disrupt everything.

    I was selected for Penny, a shiny copper-colored Golden Retriever, who was probably as smart or smart than most people I’ve known. She was bred for the program and two years old. I fell in love at first “sight” when was introduced to me.

    As all the dogs did at one time or another, she tested me to see if I would allow her to break training. She ran me ragged testing my stamina. She made me the best I could be with her as a partner.

    With Penny by my side, I attended university the next Fall term. I did have to take her back to the school before during Spring break that first year because my vet thought she had hip dysplasia which would cause her so much pain, she’d been unusable as a dog guide.

    Blessings flowed when the school’s vet discovered, not dysplasia, but a severe withdrawal from antihistamine injections she’d been taking for severe allergies to grass and fleas. I spent the break there getting her back into shape, re-affirming her training, and thanking God each hour that she hadn’t been sentenced to euthanasia.

    Penny could read my mind, I know. She recognized danger from a block away, kept me from injury more times than I could count, and acted as everything from best friend and comforter to confessor. She’d become my other half in more ways than acting as my eyes.

    One of the most unique qualities was comforting those around me who had need, even when I didn’t. A friend who was terrified of dogs and was forced to by in her company each week became desensitized and had his phobia lifted so that he could leave the fear behind. A friend who was assaulted one night and came to us for safety found her lap filled with eighty pounds of retriever as a warm body to hang onto.

    When my mother lay dying of cancer in her hospital bed in the living room, Penny lay beneath the side rail so that she would know if I needed to tend to Mom’s restlessness or pain, in case I dozed off while sitting on the couch. Penny had a special bond with my mother from the day I’d brought her home. The only time she left Mom’s side was for potty breaks and dinner. She grieved as much as I did when my mother died.

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    12. Fake Mustache - a review

    Angleberger, Tom. 2012. Fake Mustache: How Jodie O'Rodeo and her Wonder Horse (and some nerdy kid) Saved the U.S. Presidential Election from a Mad Genius Criminal Mastermind. New York: Amulet.

    (Advance Reader Copy supplied by publisher)


    With another impossibly long title (who can forget last year's hilarious Horton Halfpott: Or, The Fiendish Mystery of Smugwick Manor; or, The Loosening of M'Lady Luggertuck's Corset?), Tom Angleberger is ready to unleash another load of laughs on eagerly waiting middle schoolers in Fake Mustache: How Jodie O'Rodeo and her Wonder Horse (and some nerdy kid) Saved the U.S. Presidential Election from a Mad Genius Criminal Mastermind.

    In retrospect, 7th grader, Lenny Flem, Jr., realizes that he never should have loaned his friend Casper Bengue, the ten dollars to buy the Heidelberg Handlebar Number Seven from Hairsprinkle's own Sven's Fair Price Store.  The mustache, combined with the "man-about-town" suit purchased at Chauncey's Big & Small, Short & Tall Shop, enable a chain of events that threaten the town of Hairsprinkle, the presidential election and especially, Lenny Flem, Jr.  A cast of zany characters, including washed-up teen rodeo queen, Jodie O'Rodeo, fill out this funny, improbable adventure story.

    Midway through the story, the first-person narration switches from Lenny to Jodie, so the reader doesn't miss any of the action.  Angleberger's humor can be blatantly obvious, as in the "first-ever billion-dollar bank robbery" "carried out by a gang of strolling accordion players," or hidden away for those who take notice. 

    One chapter ends,

    "No, thanks," I told the mime. "You clowns can either let us both go or get your heinies kicked.  What'll it be?"
    "First of all, I'm not a clown.  I'm a mime.  Second of all, do you really think you can kick the heinies of Hairsprinkle's top ten karate instructors?"
    "I only see five."
    "Look behind you." 
    And what, you ask, is the title of the next chapter?  Why, "Behind Me," of course!

    Kids looking for a quick and goofy read will devour this book as quickly as a Hairsprinkle Hot Dog!

    I look forward to seeing the finished artwork, which was not ready in time for the printing of this Advance Reader Copy.

    Note: Just in case you're disappointed with our own election season and are seeking another choice, Tom Angleberger has got you covered.  Get your Vote Fako! bumper sticker.  Heck, he'll even throw in a free mustache (but not the Heidelberg Handlebar Number Seven - it's simply too dangerous!)
     
    Other reviews @
    Fuse #8
    Educating Alice

    Coming to a bookshelf near you on April 1st.

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    13. Sea Horse and Shell

    Working on this sea horse took quite awhile. I was holding my breath a lot because I was afraid I was going to blow the tiny bits all over the cutting mat. I know this happens from experience! 



    I created these by using cream colored cardstock and pastels. 







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    14. Hey!

    Hello!I love writing, art, and running. I'm currently working as a freelance writer doing articles and short stories, as well as working on a novel on the side. I write articles on a variety of subjects, including health and fitness, sports, art projects and activities, but love to learn about new things and don't mind doing a bit of research for any job! My favorite is probably creative writing, in which I draw of personal experiences, funny observations, or anything else that strikes me. I have both a witty and humorous side, but also a more serious one as well. I live in Oregon with my cat and brother, and have another younger brother and sister as well!I hope you enjoy poking around and I will be adding more of my works soon!Be sure to visit my Art Website too! :)*~*~*Cait



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    15. Puppicasso Predictions #33

    Groundhog Day again and again and again (I know it was yesterday, but it is still going on…)

    “Here I go again.” http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=69qfXMZoiwA

    They keep repeating the same thing every year… http://www.groundhog.org/

    and ignore the foremost predictor of our time…

    Behold, Puppxsutawney Pupp.

    Puppxsutawney Puppi gazes at his golden shadow.

    Everybody loves a winter.

    And with that prediction, he bids you adieu!  Puppi, Out!

    Yawni, the shadow superstar.


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    16. Let's Hug Carefully. And Often.

    Not only is Mr. Prickles: A Quill-Fated Love Story the perfect, fresh story for this Valentine's Day, but the author and illustrator also happen to be creative busy bees who have put together a few BONUS items sure to enhance Cupid's special day.

    Haven't picked out your valentines yet? Look no further: click here for beautifully illustrated and clever cards and click here for some black and white ones that you can color in yourself!

    We don't have to remind you that everyone loves STICKERS. Print these out on Avery labels (style #5293) and use them as envelope seals or lapel decoration.

    Calling all teachers and librarians! The color-in valentines and sheet of stickers make a perfect activity to follow storytime.

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    17. Ahhhh - Ology Program


    I don't give enough props to the fun stuff our newest Department member Sara B. comes up with. Let me correct that.

    Her newest idea was to hatch an afterschool series based on the wildly popular -ology series (Dragonology, Spyology, Wizardology, etc). Drop by her lively blog Bryce Don't Play for a report of the first successful session.

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    18. What Super Bowl?

    This is the only reason I would watch the Super Bowl... the new Hunger Games trailer will play during this year's game. Goosebumps!


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    19. “The wonder of all wandering…”

    Today we read a chapter from H.E. Marshall’s English Literature for Boys and Girls:

    But of one of the great treasures of old Irish literature we will talk. This is the Leabhar Na h-Uidhre, or Book of the Dun Cow. It is called so because the stories in it were first written down by St. Ciaran in a book made from the skin of a favorite cow of a dun color. That book has long been lost, and this copy of it was made in the eleventh century…

    In the Book of the Dun Cow, and in another old book called the Book of Leinster, there is written the great Irish legend called the Tain Bo Chuailgne  or the Cattle Raid of Cooley.

    This is a very old tale of the time soon after the birth of Christ. In the book we are told how this story had been written down long, long ago in a book called the Great Book Written on Skins.

    That last bit cracked us up and we had to spend a while proclaiming the title in sonorous tones.

    We enjoyed the story of the Book of the Dun Cow even more than the story in the Book of the Dun Cow, if you see what I mean. Marshall drops in intriguing details and doesn’t explain them: “But a learned man carried away that book to the East.” Who? Why? Where?

    We’d have liked to hear more of Mary A. Hutton’s poem, “The Tain,” of which only a snippet was included—the Brown Bull’s death:

    “He lay down
    Against the hill, and his great heart broke there,
    And sent a stream of blood down all the slope;
    And thus, when all the war and Tain had ended,
    In his own land, ‘midst his own hills, he died.”

    Later we decided it was time for Rilla to meet The King of Ireland’s Son, and Padraic Colum’s rollicking, lilting prose swept us off on a grand adventure. Oh, such chills when the Eagle looks at the King’s Son with the “black films of death” covering her eyes!

    Hmm, this is all sounding rather gruesome, but I guess I’m just calling out the gruesome bits. We were laughing ourselves silly at certain parts of the morning’s reading. And Colum weaves in such irresistible poetry:

    His hound at his heel,
    His hawk on his wrist;
    A brave steed to carry him whither he list,
    And the green ground under him,

    and

    I put the fastenings on my boat
    For a year and for a day,
    And I went where the rowans grow,
    And where the moorhens lay;

    And I went over the stepping-stones
    And dipped my feet in the ford,
    And came at last to the Swineherd’s house,–
    The Youth without a Sword.

    A swallow sang upon his porch
    “Glu-ee, glu-ee, glu-ee,”
    “The wonder of all wandering,
    The wonder of the sea;”
    A swallow soon to leave ground sang
    “Glu-ee, glu-ee, glu-ee.”

    I’m using Pinterest to create a little scrapbook of our Ireland rabbit trail—it suddenly made sense to me last night how that’s a perfect platform for collecting all the books, pictures, and websites we tend to explore in the pursuit of a particular interest.

    Here’s a clip of some Irish

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    20. Mama Likey!

    Does anyone know how to make these AWESOME book purses I found on Etsy??!?!?!?




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    21. My Interview with Biologist/Children’s Book Author Sophie Webb

    Please take a few minutes to read my interview on Good Reads with Ronna. Sophie Webb is a biologist and orinthologist who travels the world via ship to do research and brings along her camera and her watercolors to capture the wildlife. She turned her life’s work and passion into several high quality children’s books that I highly recommend. Both you and your children will be interested in what she had to say about life at sea.

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    22. Sick of us yet? More GIRL MEETS BOY Blog Tour stuff!

    I screwed up. Maybe royally. I guess it's not the end of the world, but last Saturday, Jan. 28th, I was supposed to be the host blogger for our GIRL MEETS BOY Blog Tour. With everything going on with Terry Davis, I FORGOT completely.

    When I first agreed to host a day of the tour, I was planning to have a conversation with Terry Davis about our experience writing shared stories...but with him in St. Marys in Rochester, that didn't happen. I had plenty of conversations with him there, but none that you'd want to read about here.

    One of the things I wanted to talk was how it's OKAY to be FRIENDS with your EX.  If you live long enough and perhaps a certain way, you do collect an ex or two. The kids who are characters in GIRL MEETS BOY most likely will all have an ex or two (some already do) by the time they reach 30 or 40 or 50.

    I learned more about writing from Terry Davis than from any other single human being on the planet. Getting to write a shared story with him was an honor.

    I talked about this process in an interview on The Book Cellar that's up and running today. Kelly Milner Halls, the illustrious, prolific, and crazy-delightful editor (and one of the contributing authors) of GIRL MEETS BOY interviewed me. This sums up lots of what I wanted to say about the experience of writing this story.
    Check out the entire BLOG TOUR through the schedule HERE on Kelly's page.


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    23. Studio Coffee Run 2/3/12: Nonplayer adapted for the big screen, Kenny Powers’ brother will NOT be The Governor, Joe Sacco’s going Hollywood, etc.

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    nonplayer1 180x300 Studio Coffee Run 2/3/12: Nonplayer adapted for the big screen, Kenny Powers brother will NOT be The Governor, Joe Saccos going Hollywood, etc.Video game concept artist, Nate Simpson’s, Image Comics miniseries, Nonplayer, is being adapted for the big screen by X-Men First Class co-scribe, Jane Goldman. Nonplayer is a sci fi online game immersion drama. The series netted Simpson the 2011 Eisner Award for Best Newcomer (via Sciencefiction.com)

    While The Hunger Games isn’t out in comic book format yet, all you Twihard haters and lovers out there can be damned sure it will be. To that end, a new trailer for the highly anticipated Lionsgate film will be shown during some football game over the weekend but you can also watch it over at Yahoo Movies now. IGN also put up an interview yesterday with hottie Josh Hutcherson whose been cast in the role of Peeta Mark.

    Listen up, people! John Hawkes, The dude who plays Kenny Powers’ brother on Eastbound and Down (and who was also Miranda July’s weirdo love interest in You, Me and Everyone We Know), WILL NOT, I repeat WILL NOT be playing The Governor on The Walking Dead. In spite of numerous nerd titters to the contrary from all over the interwebs, Hawkes’ “publicist states quite plainly that “John is NOT appearing on The Walking Dead.” I think that’s too bad. Hawkes could’ve been an interesting choice to play the rapist megalomaniacal fiend everyone’s been itching to see The Walking Dead showrunners cast (via MTV Splashpage)

    Director Denis Villeneuve, who most recently released the acclaimed independent film Incendies, is developing an adaptation of Joe Sacco’s Footnotes in Gaza. It’s nice to see a comics work with real world gravitas, important historical implications and political intrigue adapted alongside the more usual superhero and sci fi fare. Not that there’s anything wrong with the latter (good gracious me, no!). It is, however, encouraging to see a live action adaptation of one of the premiere works in the pioneering field of comics journalism in the making. Especially when talented cartoonists like Josh Neufeld, Sarah Glidden, and Susie Cagle are regularly covering serious topics like Hurricaine Katrina and The Occupy Movement in their journo-comics and graphic novels. Here’s hoping they’ll be going Hollywood sometime soon as well.

    GAME OF THRONES SEASON TWO SPOILE

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    24. Reader's Corner - January Update

    And so it begins ... Another year of new books! Yay! Last year I did monthly updates of the Debut Author Challenge books that I read, and I want to do that again this year. But I also want to add any other reading news that I may have to share, so I'm making these entries the more encompassing "Reader's Corner" rather just "Debut Author Challenge." But I will start with January's debut

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    25. Fridays With Agent Kristin: Episode 2 - The Difference Between Young Adult And Middle Grade

    STATUS: We folks here in Denver like to take the Groundhog seriously. If he says 6 more weeks of winter, we say let's kick it off with 2 feet of snow. Bring on the winter. I'm the only who made it in today. Of course I have an advantage. I walk to work.

    What’s playing on the XM or iPod right now? WE ARE YOUNG by Fun.

    Invariably when I'm at a writing conference, I always get asked this question. So last weekend, I sat down and organized my thoughts on what I believe to be the core difference between the two.

    And today's entry is simply the first in a couple of videos I've recorded on this topic. Enjoy!

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