S.R.R. Colvin's Blog, page 5
November 20, 2009
I'm Leading Another Tour
I'm giving a tour of our backyard cavern this coming weekend, and I was just making some notes on the talk I'll be giving during the tour. Here is a link to one of the resources I've found for great cave information: http://www.nps.gov/archive/wica/Speleothems.htm
I have several major topics on my cave tour. The most important one is cave safety, but the most fun one is speleothems. Speleothems are the different types of formations found in caves. I try to include information on the science be...
I have several major topics on my cave tour. The most important one is cave safety, but the most fun one is speleothems. Speleothems are the different types of formations found in caves. I try to include information on the science be...
November 19, 2009
November 15, 2009
We had a blast!
Halloween was a blast!
Grandpa Rocky had a haunted party planned down at the abandoned rock quarry he used to operate on the edge of town. And crazier yet, my mom and dad were able to keep it a secret from me and my brother. They had decorated the place with moving, colored spotlights that were shining onto the quarry 's rock walls and making the minerals sparkle like glitter. I could see the light beams shooting into the sky and reflecting off of the clouds while I was in town and I thought a...
Grandpa Rocky had a haunted party planned down at the abandoned rock quarry he used to operate on the edge of town. And crazier yet, my mom and dad were able to keep it a secret from me and my brother. They had decorated the place with moving, colored spotlights that were shining onto the quarry 's rock walls and making the minerals sparkle like glitter. I could see the light beams shooting into the sky and reflecting off of the clouds while I was in town and I thought a...
October 29, 2009
Halloween
Galloping grape groundhogs! It's Halloween time in Cavern City.
I like trick-or-treating, but not for the candy. I like it because when I'm wearing a costume, I can walk all over town and nobody knows it's me—not even Jacin.
Jacin Means is a terror who just happens to be in the fifth grade with me. He pesters me constantly at school and everywhere else for that matter. At least on Halloween night, I can walk right past him and he'll never know it's me. I wish I could do that every day.
The only ...
I like trick-or-treating, but not for the candy. I like it because when I'm wearing a costume, I can walk all over town and nobody knows it's me—not even Jacin.
Jacin Means is a terror who just happens to be in the fifth grade with me. He pesters me constantly at school and everywhere else for that matter. At least on Halloween night, I can walk right past him and he'll never know it's me. I wish I could do that every day.
The only ...
October 10, 2009
Book Availability
The Krybosian Stairpath is available in the bookstore at: http://www.iuniverse.com/Bookstore/BookDetail.aspx?BookId=SKU-000129650You can also find it at:
http://www.amazon.com/
http://www.barnesandnoble.com/
http://www.abebooks.com/
http://www.alibris.com/
http://www.booksamillion.com/
and other online retailers.
The Kindle version is available in the Kindle store at www.amazon.com .
You can also order online by clicking the picture at the top right. That's me and my little brother and Onyx on our wa...
October 1, 2009
More to come . . .
Due to some galavanting around the globe, posts here have been delayed. More to come soon . . .
August 30, 2009
Mystery to Solve
Ugh! Does anyone else endure the endless torment of an eight-year-old brother constantly prowling around? Good grief! Mica is driving me nuts. What really annoys me is that he enjoys doing it so much.
I decided to come down here to the public library to spend some uninterrupted research time online, since I know my little brother wouldn't dream of stepping foot in here. He never gets past the video arcade anyhow.
I've got several big mysteries to solve, and one of them is here in my hand. I sur...
I decided to come down here to the public library to spend some uninterrupted research time online, since I know my little brother wouldn't dream of stepping foot in here. He never gets past the video arcade anyhow.
I've got several big mysteries to solve, and one of them is here in my hand. I sur...
August 25, 2009
Hey! It's me, Madison!
Hey, guys! My name is Madison Terrence, but my friends call me Maddy. Sometimes I even let Mica, my irritating little brother, call me Maddy. We live in a cool underground house that my Grandpa Rocky built in western Virginia. You can't tell it from the street, but it's a four-story mansion. I like that it's hidden. Sometimes I wish I was hidden. Whether it's the mysterious weirdness down at Grandpa's old rock quarry, or my personal curse, being able to remember everything I've ever seen or r...
August 24, 2009
The Krybosian Stairpath
My first novel, The Krybosian Stairpath, will be published this fall. It is the first in a series of middle-grade novels featuring a brilliant young heroine named Madison Terrence. She is a fifth-grader during the week, and teaches college geology classes on the weekends.
Madison will be posting updates here on her life, her world, and the world of Krybos.
Madison will be posting updates here on her life, her world, and the world of Krybos.
