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Sunday, October 30, 2011 9:21:17 AM
Laura Salas wrote a blog post titled It's Not Me, It's You (LiveJournal):
Laura said, "I just can't take LJ anymore. It doesn't call. It doesn't write. Or, more accurately, it won't let me write! Between all the system hacks and the fact that posting something takes forever because LJ constantly decides I am not..." more
Thursday, October 27, 2011 9:13:29 PM
Laura Salas wrote a blog post titled Poetry Friday: Chocolate-Covered Ants (by J. Patrick Lewis):
Laura said, "It is a well-documented fact that J. Patrick Lewis can write a poem about anything! And so today, in honor of National Chocolates Day (who knew?), our U.S. Children's Poet Laureate shares this poem about chocolate-covered ants. I was..." more
Thursday, October 27, 2011 6:59:33 AM
Laura Salas wrote a blog post titled 15 Words or Less Poems: Unicycle:
Laura said, "Image: LukianWake up your poetry brains with 15 Words or Less (guidelines here)! Someone commented on the frog on the unicycle on the cover of BookSpeak, which sent me looking for a unicycle photo! Here's what this one makes..." more
Tuesday, October 25, 2011 4:00:13 AM
Laura Salas wrote a blog post titled Happy Birthday, BookSpeak!:
Laura said, "Today is the pub date of my second poetry collection with Clarion!Happy Birthday, BookSpeak!In BookSpeak!, 21 wild, wacky, and winsome poems showcase the magic on a single bookshelf. Characters plead for sequels, book jackets strut their stuff,..." more
Monday, October 24, 2011 5:04:12 AM
Laura Salas wrote a blog post titled Shabo Saturday:
Laura said, "I spent Friday evening and all day Saturday with 7 talented pre-published picture book writers. As the Shabo Award mentor for this year (for the Loft Literary Center in Minneapolis), I chose the manuscripts and spent all day critiquing, talking,..." more
Friday, October 21, 2011 6:58:20 AM
Laura Salas wrote a blog post titled Poetry Friday: Dogku (Andrew Clements):
Laura said, "Stories told in haiku often don't work for me because in needing to move the plot forward or summarize a lot of stuff in one short poem, the haiku become prose-y and very distant from the qualities I love about them--their photo-of-an-instant..." more
Thursday, October 20, 2011 5:30:20 AM
Laura Salas wrote a blog post titled 15 Words or Less Poems::
Laura said, "Image: NASAWake up your poetry brains with 15 Words or Less (guidelines here)! I went looking for a light switch picture this morning, but came across this while browsing. This image makes me think of:* Is she the Big Bad Wolf being..." more
Wednesday, October 19, 2011 12:34:21 PM
Laura Salas wrote a blog post titled One Book I Love: The Sniffles for Bear:
Laura said, "Bonny Becker's latest Mouse and Bear book, The Sniffles for Bear (Candlewick, 2011), had me laughing the other day.The very first page clues in the careful reader to the conflict:Bear was sick, very, very sick.His eyes were red. His snout..." more
Tuesday, October 18, 2011 5:31:02 AM
Laura Salas wrote a blog post titled They Couldn't Have Said "Veteran" or "Classic?":
Laura said, "I know any publicity is good publicity, and I'd love my books to be on special display table at B&N, but..." more
Monday, October 17, 2011 6:51:08 AM
Laura Salas wrote a blog post titled Money Matters:
Laura said, "After a tragic budget session yesterday, my husband and I realized we are in big trouble. Lots of causes: not sticking to our budget; a decrease in work-for-hire assignments this year; and a long series of big, unexpected expenses (in..." more
Friday, October 14, 2011 5:39:23 AM
Laura Salas wrote a blog post titled Poetry Friday: Desert Moon (by Marilyn Singer):
Laura said, "Marilyn Singer's latest free verse poetry collection, A Full Moon Is Rising (Lee & Low, 2011), is framed by a set of lovely poems about a girl watching the "Broadway Moon" from New York City. In between the opening..." more
Thursday, October 13, 2011 4:21:21 AM
Laura Salas wrote a blog post titled 15 Words or Less Poems: Soft Landing?:
Laura said, "Image: böhringer friedrichWake up your poetry brains with 15 Words or Less (guidelines here)! There was a moth clinging to our screen door last week, and I took a picture of it from the underside. I've been waiting all week to..." more
Wednesday, October 12, 2011 4:30:14 AM
Laura Salas wrote a blog post titled On Exhibit:
Laura said, "A couple of weeks ago, I went to a reception for a poetry/photo exhibit at the Minnesota Center for Book Arts. Lovely poet and visual artist Georgia Greeley had paired up with photographer Anna Botz for Shared Space: An Exhibit About..." more
Tuesday, October 11, 2011 6:04:58 AM
Laura Salas wrote a blog post titled Great News on Eight Great Planets!:
Laura said, "I received the very fun news last week that one of my books, Eight Great Planets (Picture Window Books, 2010), won the 2010 Eugene M. Emme Astronautical Literature Award - Children's Category.This is one of my Science Songs books, which each..." more
Monday, October 10, 2011 4:25:05 AM
Laura Salas wrote a blog post titled What's New?:
Laura said, "Here's my What's New page on my website for October. What's new with you?And I'm having display issues on my laptop (or problems with my site--not sure which). Can you visit my About Me page and then tell me here if the grid looks..." more
Friday, October 7, 2011 9:35:08 PM
Laura Salas wrote a blog post titled Poetry Friday: p*tag, a poetry e-thology for teens:
Laura said, " Sylvia Vardell and Janet Wong, pioneers of spreading kids' poetry via e-books, are at it again. Their last outing was Poetry Tag Time, which I posted about here and shared my poem from here. Their latest Kindle release is p*tag, another..." more
Thursday, October 6, 2011 10:31:13 AM
Laura Salas wrote a blog post titled 15 Words or Less: Precision:
Laura said, " Image: Łukasz Golowanow at Konflikty.pl websiteWake up your poetry brains with 15 Words or Less (guidelines here)! When I taught 8th-grade English, my team was called the Thunderbirds, in honor of the U.S. Air Force..." more
Wednesday, October 5, 2011 4:41:23 AM
Laura Salas wrote a blog post titled CYBILS Time!:
Laura said, "It's October, and you know what that means. What? You don't?It's CYBILS time, people! Time to nominate your favorite children's/young adult books, e-books, and book apps for a CYBILS award. Go here to read about the CYBILS and..." more
Tuesday, October 4, 2011 5:56:04 AM
Laura Salas wrote a blog post titled New Kids'/YA Poetry Blog:
Laura said, "If you want more kids' poetry in your life (and who doesn't), be sure to check out Poetry at Play. It's the new blog by Poetry Advocates for Children and Young Adults (PACYA). PACYA defines itself as "A grass-roots, not-for-profit..." more
Monday, October 3, 2011 4:38:09 AM
Laura Salas wrote a blog post titled Author Photos -- My Epic Fails:
Laura said, "With my new book, BookSpeak!, coming out, I knew it was time to update my official author photo. The last time I put one up was just before Stampede came out in 2009. (Fiona Bayrock and I posted our thoughts on author photos then on our..." more
Friday, September 30, 2011 5:18:16 AM
Laura Salas wrote a blog post titled Poetry Friday: Two Twosomes from Marilyn Singer:
Laura said, " Marilyn Singer comes up with the best ideas. Hello! Reverso fairy tales in Mirror Mirror? I often read her books and think, I wish I'd thought of that.I just read Twosomes: Love Poems from the Animal Kingdom (Alfred E. Knopf, 2011). Each..." more
Thursday, September 29, 2011 6:44:18 AM
Laura Salas wrote a blog post titled 15 Words or Less Poems: Gunslingers in Fog:
Laura said, " Image: Franconia Sculpture ParkWake up your poetry brains with 15 Words or Less (guidelines here)! I was driving home from the Redbery Writers' Retreat Sunday afternoon and passed by what I thought was just a huge lot with some huge..." more
Saturday, December 5, 2015 11:36:13 AM
Laura Salas wrote a blog post titled Puerto Morelos Real Estate +52 1 998 845 7036 call/text/whatsapp