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Part II: Why Junior High is Better as an Adult than as a Teen

Yes, indeed: Two posts in one week! I am, in fact, supacool. Some people are amazed when I even manage ONE post per week (Sara Z. and Bree, I’m looking in your direction. DirectionS, actually, since you’re in different places. I’m talented like that–I can look two ways at once).

But blogging twice it must be, because I have too much love for just one post. And this love is for junior high and all the cherished memories I have made there. Not when I was an actual junior high student, of cou

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Published on May 28, 2009 18:20

Part I: In Which I Wax On About DI

So, do you remember a few posts ago when I mentioned that I go wherever I’m invited? Well, this mindset transcends my writer-life and exists in my regular-person life, as well. If someone asks me to go somewhere, I do, which has led to some interesting experiences.

Today I was asked to volunteer at Deseret Industries, or DI, for those in the know. For those not in the know, DI is a thrift shop similar to Goodwill. Most of the locations are in Utah (as DI is run by the Church of Jesus Christ

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Published on May 27, 2009 13:06

Indie-rama, plus: what must go? YOU decide!

So, first off: If you didn’t know already, May is National Independent Booksellers Month. Rock on, Independent Booksellers! To celebrate in my own way, I wrote this spotlight on local Indie the King’s English. The spotlight appeared on the Shrinking Violets blog, which is devoted to helping introverted writers with publicity–both for themselves and for their favorite bookstores. Jenn Northington (Marketing and Events Director at the King’s English) and I ate brownies in order to fully ob

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Published on May 19, 2009 21:17

Happy Mother’s Day

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Everything else on this blog is late, so I figured I had to follow suit with Mother’s Day. You know, to be consistent. Consistently late.

The week leading up to Mother’s Day always makes me yearn for my youth. Or, not necessarily MY youth, but youth in general. For those of a certain age, the week before Mother’s Day offers a host of activities: Paint a flowerpot for Mom. Plant a pansy for Mom. Decorate a cookie for Mom. Bead a bracelet for Mom. Make a picture frame for Mom. Best of all

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Published on May 12, 2009 16:14

What I Did in April Instead of Blog

Why is it so hard for me to blog?

It’s a rhetorical question, of course. Those of you who read this blog regularly (probably more regularly than I post) know the myriad reasons it’s hard for me to post. Still, I did such cool things in April I want to post about now, even though it is admittedly lame to post about things weeks after they happened. Like, don’t you have anything going on NOW that you’d rather post about? Yes, I do. But not at this moment. So I’m doing the lame thing and blogg

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Published on May 07, 2009 13:10

Everything Is Fine

This is a super-clever title for today’s post (if I do say so myself) because:

1) Even though an evil facebook-version-of-swine-flu sent my friends a phony and non-functioning link at 2:39 this morning, I changed my password so it should never happen again. AND I got a bunch of email messages from some of the coolest people I know this morning. Who cares if they all wondered the same thing, which was, in essence, WTF? I still got messages from them. So everything is fine!

2) Even though I hav

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Published on April 30, 2009 09:31

Remakes

Last week was crazy for me with all things NOT writing related! In fact, I only worked one day, when I met my Posse for our weekly Writing Day (can’t miss that). The rest of the week I performed Bridesmaid Duties, as one of my BFFs from high school was getting married. In high school we were known as “The Crew,” and in some circles, we still are. True, these are usually circles we form ourselves…but anyway, back to my beautiful friend The Bride.

Friday was The Wedding and at the reception, I

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Published on April 13, 2009 11:05

My First Photo (with the LHA)

Yes, I know I’ve actually had lots of photos in my posts. But this is the first time I added one 100% by myself! Okay, actually that’s not QUITE true…my friend Valynne actually took the picture, and then emailed it to me. But I was the one to figure out how to post it. That counts for something, right?

Below, feast your eyes on young adult writing sensation Laurie Halse Anderson! I first fell in love with her stunning novel Speak in 1999. Now not only is Speak a YA classic, its ten-year-

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Published on April 06, 2009 14:41

Finding Nebo

Sorry I didn’t post last week. I really try to do the whole once-a-week-blog tradition, but last week I was just too tired. Don’t worry, Dan still got to play game night with Julie and Reo. I just put my head down on the kitchen table in a state of pseudo-sleep.

Why was I so tired? I had spent the day presenting at the Nebo Young Writers Conference at Springville High. Although it was exhausting, it was one of the best events I’ve ever attended.

For one thing, the authors were treated like

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Published on March 28, 2009 20:58

I Get Two Thumbs Up

On Thursday and Friday I attended the Utah Valley University Forum on Childrens’ Literature. I gave a lecture on voice on Thursday afternoon and signed my book both days. I made new friends, saw old friends and ate lunch next to award-winning and best-selling author, Shannon Hale. Best of all, during one of Shannon’s speeches, when asked what her favorite reads of the year were, she chose The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins, The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman, and The Way He Lived by Emily Wing S

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Published on March 14, 2009 21:14