My daughter wanted a story. So I began with "Once upon a time" (which parents probably recognize as the stalling technique employed while a distracted multi-tasking mom thinks of a story to tell)... but I got no further than this opening before she interrupted. "No, Mommy--a LIVING story." Evidently Elena Grace shares my predilection for … Continue reading Growing a Writer: Just Add Marker
Tag: Books
Looking for YA Reading Recommendations
It occurs to me that I have a marvelous resource here--of readers and writers--so I'm asking for your input! Here's my challenge: finding suitable reading material for someone who reads at a post-graduate level, but has the interests of a 10-year-old boy. I'll be trolling the used bookstores for Christian's Christmas, and I'd love your … Continue reading Looking for YA Reading Recommendations
A Smashmatician Ponders Relative Time
Galileo and Newton measured linear time with pendulums and water clocks—and that type of time measurement is one I can wrap my head around. Einstein had more flexible ideas about time and relativity, and though I confess the physics of Einstein-time are fuzzier to me, there has to be something to it, just based on … Continue reading A Smashmatician Ponders Relative Time
Amazing Grace, how sweet the SOUNDS
When my youngest daughter was born, I didn't know if I'd get to keep her. She arrived three months early, weighing in at just over two pounds, and I scrapped her intended middle name in favor of "Grace"--if she stayed with us, it would be entirely a matter of Grace. In her three months … Continue reading Amazing Grace, how sweet the SOUNDS
Breaking my own Rules: Observations from the NaNoWriMo Lab Notebook
So I signed up for NaNoWriMo this year—the Extreme Writing Event wherein crazed participants skip sleeping for the month of November and work to turn out a 50,000 word novel in 30 days… And those of you who have been reading here for a few weeks know that I pledged not to blog about the … Continue reading Breaking my own Rules: Observations from the NaNoWriMo Lab Notebook
A Day of Dragons, with Chocolate Pi
It's been a day of Dragons in our household. Christian's long-anticipated pre-order of Christopher Paolini's "Inheritance" arrived (as did his invisible Dragon-friend's pre-order, a book which apparently features small dragons who ride people)... nicely timed with a released update to his favorite DragonVale game on Mom's iPad, and arrival of the movie "Eragon" from Netflix … Continue reading A Day of Dragons, with Chocolate Pi
A worm by any other name would be… a Hobbit
Our son Christian is NOT a "Chris." He doesn't even acknowledge "Chris" as a version of his name--doesn't respond to it at all. I had to explain that to his first T-ball coach (not because I'm a fussy mom who insists on a full name--in fact, I had assumed when I named him that he … Continue reading A worm by any other name would be… a Hobbit
Kana's Chronicles 