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Hott Books Gives Vegas an "A"

Full review here.

"I started laughing with the first sentence and didn't stop until long after I'd finished." ~ Hott Books

Writing Challenge: Day #7

Five pages.

Yes! Slowly getting back on track!!

Writing Challenge: Day #6

Yee-ha. 1000 words.

Thank. God.

Writing Challenge: Day #5

281 words (because the words I typed then deleted don't count. Nuts).

Writing Challenge: Day 4

281 words (because the words I typed then deleted don't count. Nuts).

Writing Challenge: Day #4

Only 256 today.

Dang. I know I met the goal, but it feels like "not enough."

Writing Challenge: Day Four

Only 256 today.

Dang.  I know I met the goal, but it feels like "not enough."

Thursday Time: When You Realize You're a Writer

Because you'd rather live in your head than someone else's stories.

Because when you don't write, the world becomes grey and cold.

Because even when the writing's hard and the words won't come, there's nothing else you'd rather be doing.

Because you're willing to go through pages and pages of crossed out words just to find that single, perfect one.

Because the hours of painful writing are always worth it when you hit that soft, easy flow of right-brain story-telling.

Writing Challenge: Day #3

Seriously. Is the month done, yet?  Am I at 15K? 

As crazy wonderful as yesterday was, today was brutal for the writing(maybe because I was putting out fires and trying to get some things to stop going sideways).

BUT I got in 466 words, which was more than I thought I'd get done.

AND in one of my writing classes, I had a mom tell me that her son was writing more, more willing to write, and she felt this was the best program she'd seen.

PLUS I had one of my students come up and say...

YABS is looking for an Executive Director

Executive Director
Location: Edmonton, AB
Term: Permanent

The Young Alberta Book Society has served Alberta for more than 25 years as a nonprofit organization devoted to promoting literacy and a love of reading among young people in Alberta. The Society coordinates programs to connect Albertan students with authors, illustrators and storytellers. YABS' flagship program is Taleblazers, a month-long literary festival for kids.

Key Responsibilities
• Carry out assigned policies and...