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August 31, 2015
Cool Video Game Facts That Didn’t Make the Cut
When I’m working on a book project, I always do more research than I actually have space to include in the text itself. In general, this is a great strategy, because it helps me be confident that I’ve found and selected […]
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August 29, 2015
Facepalms and Flights of Fantasy
Do you ever do a thing that causes you to seriously question your own intelligence? Last year I bought a 5-download subscription to Shutterstock, the stock photo site where I’d previously found many of the photos appearing in Fox Talk and Fuzzy […]
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August 27, 2015
Rainy Thursday Syndrome
There’s a distinct whiff of fall in the air today, and a more-than-distinct whiff of wet. What is it about waking up on a grey and rainy day that makes it so hard to get stuff done? Then again, the sunny […]
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August 24, 2015
Cracking the Code: Computers and Cryptography
As anyone who’s seen The Imitation Game will know, the first modern computer was designed with a single purpose – to crack an unbreakable code. Alan Turing’s invention outwitted the Enigma machine, allowing the Allies to read the Nazis’ encoded messages and […]
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August 20, 2015
Noises and Night Owls
I live in the forest. There’s a lake in my backyard, with a protected wilderness area on the other side, and it’s not unusual for deer, raccoons, porcupines, beavers, bobcats, and coyotes to wander through the yard. But last night, […]
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August 17, 2015
Video Games: Kids Take Control
Tech Support raises his eyebrows over some of the book projects I agree to write. Before I wrote Hybrid and Electric Vehicles, the only things I knew about cars were things I’d learned from Top Gear. And when I agreed to […]
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August 15, 2015
Reflections on the SCBWI Summer Conference
I sat in a bustling, cavernous ballroom, pen in hand, poised to capture enough knowledge to improve my writing and enough energy to get me through the next Canadian winter. It was my first time at the SCBWI Summer Conference, […]
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August 13, 2015
Teens React to Encyclopedias
The video’s a bit long, but it’s worth watching the whole thing, especially if you (like me) fondly remember paper encyclopedias. It’s really incredible how quickly our relationship with information has changed (and will continue to change). For my part as […]
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July 30, 2015
I’m Leaving, On A Jet Plane…
…for the 2015 Society of Children’s Writers and Illustrators Summer Conference in LA! I am super stoked about this opportunity, one I wouldn’t have had without the Martha Weston grant (thanks, grant committee!). I’m looking forward to learning new writing […]
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July 27, 2015
Zao Fox Village in Japan
A Facebook friend brought this to my attention and it was just too cute not to share. I do have questions, though, like where the foxes came from in the first place. The Village doesn’t seem to have a website (at […]
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