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I’ve been teaching a 4-week online class hosted by ALA Learning with Paul Signorelli that’s in it’s final week. It’s been a fun class to lead!

Paul and I agree – when we teach these types of classes, we are facilitators … and we end up learning things, too. Find out more of Paul’s observations on...

This week I’m please to have Shannon Amos, The Untamed Optimist, share her blog on Students Overworking. It’s such a fitting subject for todays’s teens with exams galore and high participation in sports and all the rest and goes hand in hand with sleep deprivation, subject of one of our latest...

RION

Rion had been staring out the back window for the last two miles. “Are you sure they’re still following us?”

“I can’t believe we gave them the slip,” Tuesday said, making a hard left turn. “And yet I still can’t beat Ridge Racer on Hard.”

Rion turned back in his seat. “Aren’t you going to be in...

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Amy was moving right and left, searching for something. This was his mystery woman. He was sure of it.

Henry caught a flash of pale skin, raven-black hair, and the scent of citrus. He closed his eyes and breathed dee...

Happy December, friends! I have been planning this Gift List for FOREVER and it feels so good to release it onto the world! My idea with this list came from my own family, who never know what books I own or have preordered, and so are nervous about what to buy me. It’s my hope […]

The post 2019 Gi...

After nearly fifty years in business, District Hardware & Bike closed last weekend.

Founded in 1971, this small business was where many Washingtonians bought their first bikes. For others, it was a convenient spot to pick up a hammer, a can of paint or a missing screw.

After the store moved...

(From One Half Dozen of Luna City – a short story for the anniversary of the Pearl Harbor attack of December, 1941)

Adeliza Gonzalez-Gonzales – who was never called anything but ‘Adi’ back then – was just thirteen when her older brother Manuel – Manolo to the family, Manny to his Anglo friends –...

Whew! My Secret Project has been sent to my editor, so I’m back to reading new-to-me fiction. Huzzah!

I absolutely loved this sweet and fun YA short-short story from Jenn Reese about fear and courage and superhero girls (and kissing): A Mindreader’s Guide to Surviving Your First Year at the All-Gi...

[image error]Ten Years ago this month, I wrote my first blog post and published my first novel, Maids of Misfortune. I was also anticipating the birth of my first grandchild and about to turn sixty. Over all, a season of new beginnings.

At the time, the self-publishing industry was in its infancy,...

By Ralph Nader

December 6, 2019

Will the Democrats move to impeach Trump for a narrow brace of violations and accept that the Senate Republicans will keep this outlaw in the White House? Or will they present the Senate with the President’s many proven impeachable offenses, thereby requiring the Sen...

[image error]How securing environments just gets more and more complicated over time, but the reality is the basic security issues (e.g., known vulnerabilities) is what is most commonly the fail point.

Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Roger Chang, Len Peralta, David Spark.

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Yesterday I had a long Facebook conversation with an author who had previously done a strong physical book launch (hard book copies to influencers at events). After the launch, the sales dried up, because:

1. You can’t count on humans to do things
2. Physical book launches at events are expensive...

Why not have a listen to this week’s episode of setisoppO, the podcast in which we work out the opposite of things that don’t have a natural opposite. This week, that includes toucans, clouds, and bakewell tarts.

Within, we mention this.

And this.