Wednesday, March 28, 2012

Scholastic-ing in San Diego + The Dessert Games

My Peep and I saw THE HUNGER GAMES movie on the first day it was released . . .

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Well, I did. She was too young, so she stayed in my purse. After all, someone had to hand me the tissues.

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Later, we decided to play a totally different kind of Hunger Games. That's because we were in San Diego for the National Center on Family Literature Conference . . .

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What did we play? Why we played the DESSERT GAMES!!! Just take a look . . .

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What did we order from Extraordinary Desserts?

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Why this . . .

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Was it great? Well, yes!!!! Later, we strolled through the neighborhood . . .

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And then headed to our hotel. Luckily we got in before the rain!

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The next morning was GORGEOUS . . .

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Peepy registered for the NCFL conference and then we headed to our Scholastic book signing . . .

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Copies of WARP SPEED were given out for the wonderful price of FREE!!!

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It was fun taking to everyone. Plus, I brought along my little Moo cards that I use instead of bookmarks and biz cards . . .

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After the signing, I had a chance to walk the conference floor . . .

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I even signed the Right to Literacy petition . . .

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What a wonderful time!

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Sunday, March 25, 2012

Writing Books - Taking Notes

A recent blog we covered, HOW I WRITE BOOKS . . .





And the blogs before that covered, I LOVE SCRIVENER BECAUSE IT TIDIES UP MY MESSES . . .

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And before that there was a blog about FREEDOM, the amazing thingy that helps tame my internet addiction . . .

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So, in keeping with the STUFF I DO WHEN I WRITE theme, there's this . . .

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Oops. Ignore that. That was the drawer where I keep the cords and cables from old cellphones, et al. that I don't know what to do with because they might be important someday.

Let's try again, shall we? There's this . . .

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Um. Okay. "What's that?" you ask, or I ask, or Johnny Depp asks, or Colin Firth as Mr. Darcy asks . . .

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Well, let me tell all of you. Those are my NOTES!!!

Yes, NOTES!!!

Notes.

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Why? Because I have this insane scary ability to remember my childhood, including my best friend from second grade's phone number . . .

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(Above: Me, making memories back then that I remember now.)

Yet, I cannot recall yesterday . . .

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So I have to take NOTES!!! when an idea hits me. I write them all down, and after I transfer them to my computer, I rip them out and skewer them (see above), or I cross them out in the small, but delightful, notebooks I have.

How many small, but delightful, notebooks do you have, you ask, or I ask, or Nathan Fillion asks?

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A lot. Here's a brief tour of some of them,

I really like this brand, called Pocket Pads - aria, and I buy them in bulk . . .

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After I use up one, I write on the cover and keep them forever so that they can become a burden to me . . .

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(That says "retired." I know, I know. Handwriting was the only time I ever got a "C" in school.)

I'm no snob, and I also use other brands . . .

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I use bigger notebooks when I know I'm going to write a lot . . .

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Now, since I never know where (and why) an idea might smack me in the head, I leave these notebooks and pads of paper scattered everywhere I am, was, and will be. For example, these are in my car . . .

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Police, please take note: I am a safety-first kind of driver, so if the car is in motion, I have my dog jot down notes for me . . .

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Look! More notepads, this time in the basement . . .

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These are next to my bed . . .

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There's aways at least one in my purse . . .

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(There's even a pad of paper in the bathroom.)

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Sometimes, I have ideas that I don't know where they are supposed to belong. (Egads, was that even a sentence?) Like, maybe they're for future stories. If so, they get their own special place . . .

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Now, with all these pads of paper and notebooks floating around, I need pens, right? My favorites are Pilot G2s . . .

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But I have others . . .

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And if you are like me and have an office supply problem, then you have lots of paper clips, binder clips, fasteners . . .

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What was that???? Oh, those are earplugs for times when certain-people-who-shall-not-be-named are too loud and you cannot hear yourself/myself thinking . . .

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Here's another view of the office supply portion of my desk . . .

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And so, now you know!

Okay, what's top of mind right now? Correct! I'm thinking of working on my speech for the Virginia Hamilton Conference at Kent State next month. . .

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Want to check out Lisa's NEW AND IMPROVED website? SImply CLICK HERE.

Interested in having Lisa speak at your school, library or conference? CLICK HERE for more information.

Upcoming Events . . .

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On March 31, I'll be in Northampton, MA for the River's Family Music Meltdown and Book Bash. To hear a radio promo of the event, CLICK HERE.

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In April, you can find me here . . .

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