Happy Halloween! And, Happy NaNoWriMo Eve! When I started this project to list and connect the book bloggers participating in National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo, a challenge to write a 50,000 word novel in November), I thought there might be … Continue reading →
We’re a little distracted around here — watching baseball, drinking sparkling wine, and lots of cheering. So, here’s a quickie post that happens to be appropriate both for Weekend Cooking and for the Bloggers Alliance of Nonfiction Devotees topic of the … Continue reading →
November is National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo) — write a 50,000 word novel in 30 days! I learn, and re-learn, a lot about time management when I take on this challenge. Laura Vanderkam, author of the terrific book about time 168 … Continue reading →
It’s Monday! What Are Your Reading? is a weekly meme hosted by Sheila of Book Journey. Be sure to check out her post today to see her selections and the list of links to all the other participating bloggers. Read … Continue reading →
I did get up in the night and cheer a little more, so here are my final stats for Dewey’s Read-a-Thon: Minutes read: 0. Total minutes: 275 Pages read: 0. Total pages: 223 Minutes spent cheering: 45. Total cheering minutes: 185 Pathetic, really, … Continue reading →
This is my second Dewey’s 24 Hour Read-a-Thon; I also participated in April’s event (Dewey’s Read-a-Thon Wrap Up). I will be adding to this post all day to update my progress. This is the first time I will be an … Continue reading →
As I wrote yesterday, I’m posting a couple of “reading tales” about learning to love books in honor of Dewey’s Read-a-Thon tomorrow. Yesterday featured A Reading Tale — Guest Post by a friend of mine, Kathy Carlton Willis. We grew up in the … Continue reading →
In honor of Dewey’s Read-a-Thon on Saturday, my friend Kathy and I are posting our reading tales, childhood stories about reading. We grew up in the same small town, so we share similar experiences but focused on different ones when … Continue reading →
Two of my communities are having big days on Saturday. Kirkwood, Missouri has two events. Hands on Kirkwood is a volunteer blitz on Saturday morning. In the afternoon, the Kirkwood Human Rights Commission is hosting a symposium with booths, speakers, … Continue reading →
This is the third Literary Giveaway Blog Hop hosted by Judith at Leeswammes’ Blog; the second that I have participated in. I really enjoyed it last round, both the comments I got on my blog and hopping about on all … Continue reading →