I don't plan how to teach college classes so much as I plan how to tell them. For me, each class is a story, the students are the protagonists, and the topic is the plot arc. Stepping into class is like opening to Page 1, and there's always an activity or a question that's off enough to get them … [Read more...]
Release Party
I threw a book release party, and girls came to it! Writing is lonely work. I don't claim to have completed Lu without help - reference my Acknowledgments page in the book for further details - but in its basest form, writing was me choosing to go off by myself, sit my butt in a chair, and type … [Read more...]
All About the Binding
So how do you come up with a book title and cover? I’m not really the girl to tell you because I didn’t come up with either for my book. I’m a decisive girl … until I’m not. Take the birth of my third son. Take his whole gestation. He was a surprise, and it’s not so much that I couldn’t wrap my … [Read more...]
Also Known as Sharing
If I didn’t write about chickens, what did I write about? Despite what I wrote on my Book page, I’m not trying to be coy. It’s just really, really, really (really, really) scary to share my stuff. Sharing is a childhood lesson. Share! We’re admonished 88 times a day, but we don’t wanna because … [Read more...]
How the Sausage Got Made
Greetings from Comma Land! Actually, I’m just back from Comma Land, otherwise known as the line edit of my book where I’ve spent the last couple weeks answering important questions, like: Do you need to “glance over” when you can just “glance?” What else do you shrug if not “shoulders?” Just why … [Read more...]
