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Thursday, February 27, 2014 2:47:11 PM
Patti Richards wrote a blog post titled Patti’s Picture Book Picks!:
Patti said, "I’ll admit it, I’m a sucker for a well-written, beautifully-illustrated picture book! I love them so much they’re a big part of what I do as a writer. But before everyone starts sending me comments like, “Where can I buy one of your..." more
Thursday, February 27, 2014 2:47:11 PM
Patti Richards wrote a blog post titled Patti’s Picture Book Picks #2:
Patti said, "Today’s installment of my Top 10 Picture Books is a picture-book lover’s dream. Bear Has a Story to Tell, By Philip C. Stead and Erin E. Stead (Roaring Brook Press, 2012) has the biggest, cuddliest-looking bear I have ever seen as the main..." more
Thursday, February 27, 2014 2:47:11 PM
Patti Richards wrote a blog post titled Picture Book Pick #3- Blueberries for Sal, by Robert McCloskey:
Patti said, "Blueberries for Sal by Robert McCloskey caught my attention when I was very young and falling in love with the stacks and stacks of books in the Washington Elementary School library. A long-time favorite of mine, Blueberries for Sal takes me..." more
Thursday, February 27, 2014 2:47:11 PM
Patti Richards wrote a blog post titled Announcing, Snow Angels, My First EBook for Children:
Patti said, "I’m happy to announce that my first Ebook for children, Snow Angels, is available for download from MeeGenius! You can purchase the book..." more
Monday, January 21, 2013 10:19:52 AM
Patti Richards wrote a blog post titled A Year of Miracles (Part 3):
Patti said, "Happy December! Sorry I’ve kept you waiting so long for the next part of our story, but life breaks in and sometimes even the best stories have to wait. I left you all right after I had found the same doctor for Wes that had done surgery on my..." more
Friday, November 30, 2012 6:54:58 PM
Patti Richards wrote a blog post titled A Year of Miracles (Part 1):
Patti said, "Always ready for an adventure! Back to the Beginning I’m not quite sure where to begin a blog series about miracles. But in order to make sense of some of the things that have happened to us recently, I’ll have to go back about 22 years. You..." more
Friday, November 30, 2012 6:54:58 PM
Patti Richards wrote a blog post titled A Year of Miracles (Part 2):
Patti said, "Wow! It’s hard to believe that almost two weeks have flown by since my last post, but life at the Richard’s house gets pretty busy, as I know it does at yours, so I’m sure you can understand! More than busy is a great way to describe how we..." more
Thursday, December 2, 2010 8:59:56 AM
Patti Richards wrote a blog post titled What a Year!:
Patti said, "I began in September of 2009 writing about my son’s senior year in high school and the process of getting him into college. I thought some of the things we were experiencing as a family would be helpful to others just starting on this journey. But..." more
Monday, November 23, 2009 9:32:20 AM
Patti Richards wrote a blog post titled Senior Year 101: The Early Bird Gets the Worm:
Patti said, "On my second installment of senior year advice for parents, I’d like to talk about getting applications in early. Our college financial planner told us how important it was to apply early to colleges for the best scholarships. Of course my main..." more
Monday, November 9, 2009 8:21:15 PM
Patti Richards wrote a blog post titled Senior Year 101- Getting Started:
Patti said, "Senior year started off with a bang at our house when I realized exactly how much there was to do. We had no idea the amount of work that goes into doing college visits, getting applications filled out, taking the ACT as many times as it takes and..." more
Monday, May 18, 2009 12:08:57 PM
Patti Richards wrote a blog post titled Not Your Mama’s Star Trek:
Patti said, "OK, I sent out a status report on Facebook asking for feedback about the new Star Trek movie. I didn’t give my opinion, because I really wanted to see what fellow Trekkies or almost Trekkies had to say. Since many of you have responded, I thought..." more
Monday, May 4, 2009 1:56:32 PM
Patti Richards wrote a blog post titled Five Plus One:
Patti said, "Budding journalists learn very early on, perhaps even in elementary school, the concept of Who, What, When, Where and Why for story telling. It’s simple: Who did it? What did they do? When did it happen? Where did it happen? Why did it happen?..." more
Wednesday, April 8, 2009 5:39:10 PM
Patti Richards wrote a blog post titled April Showers…:
Patti said, "Ah April…new grass, budding flowers, singing birds and spring just “bustin’ out all over.” That is until six more inches of snow fall right before Easter. Then the winter blahs set in, creep up your toes, wrap themselves around your waste..." more
Friday, March 20, 2009 9:30:11 AM
Patti Richards wrote a blog post titled March Madness:
Patti said, "At least that’s what it seems like these days, and in my life it has nothing to do with basketball. It’s the beginning of the end-of-school crunch. I know it seems weird to think of the end-of-school crunch starting so early, but it’s the last..." more
Thursday, March 19, 2009 3:51:05 PM
Patti Richards wrote a blog post titled Hello world!:
Patti said, "Happy New Year to everyone who visits my blog! I don’t know who most of you are, but I do know that I appreciate your being interested in the life and times of a writer and what I’m up to on a daily basis…well almost daily. That’s my goal..." more
Thursday, March 19, 2009 3:51:05 PM
Patti Richards wrote a blog post titled Mind Doodles:
Patti said, "Woo Hoo! I met yesterday’s writing goal by just a little over 1500 words. I also worked on a couple of short pieces that needed some finishing touches. Funny how what you plan to write just takes on a life of its own in the beginning stages. I had..." more
Thursday, March 19, 2009 3:51:05 PM
Patti Richards wrote a blog post titled The Best Laid Plans of Mice and Men:
Patti said, "That famous line haunts me each day now as I push myself to meet my daily writing goals. It seems like each day there are things, both large and small, that try and sabotage my writing time. But it’s like anything, if it’s important to me I..." more
Thursday, March 19, 2009 3:51:05 PM
Patti Richards wrote a blog post titled January Junk:
Patti said, "Days come in the life of every writer when you just have to take time to tend to obligations. That’s today for me. Paying bills, filing, and getting a manuscript out in the mail all take time from the creativity of actually sitting down and doing..." more
Thursday, March 19, 2009 3:51:05 PM
Patti Richards wrote a blog post titled Side Tracked But Not Off Track:
Patti said, "Getting behind is something no one wants to do, especially when it comes to goal setting. As writer, there’s no one else to keep us honest but ourselves. Don’t get me wrong, I depend on my faithful critique group, and see and hear them in my..." more
Thursday, March 19, 2009 3:51:05 PM
Patti Richards wrote a blog post titled A Proud Day:
Patti said, "Today is an historic day for our country. As I write this, the inauguration of our new president is my background music. I wonder, if when I complete my novel, I’ll remember the words I type today and always connect them to the event that changed..." more
Thursday, March 19, 2009 3:51:05 PM
Patti Richards wrote a blog post titled You Can’t Get There From Here:
Patti said, "What I mean is, I can’t get anywhere if I don’t get busy. It’s not like there’s a road map to writing the next Great American Novel, but if I don’t get back to work, it just won’t happen. I’ll admit I’ve been distracted for the past..." more
Thursday, March 19, 2009 3:51:05 PM
Patti Richards wrote a blog post titled Honesty:
Patti said, "I made a lot of good progress on the novel this week, even though I wasn’t really in the right frame of mind when I started. It seems that when the subject matter turns difficult, a scene needs to come out, but is painful, it’s not writer’s..." more
Thursday, February 27, 2014 2:47:11 PM
Patti Richards wrote a blog post titled The Year of Miracles, Grand Finale:
Patti said, "A picture-perfect 50th for my in-laws, Norman and Bessie Richards! I set out a while back to recap last year’s experiences with our son Wesley’s second surgery, and I called it, “The Year of Miracles.” And it truly was. The funny thing is,..." more