Posted in Reading and Literacy on Sep 30th, 2008 1 Comment »
My Web stats tell me that my site is getting a lot of visitors, which is great! That you’re all in the silent majority—I’m the only one doing the talking—is boring. So here’s your chance to have a voice…
I’ve heard from a number of teachers that their school’s reading lists (both summer reading and the [...]
Posted in Bagpiping, Book Promotion on Sep 26th, 2008 2 Comments »
The weathermen can’t decide what to call it: tropical storm, sub-tropical storm, nor’easter, and most recently, low-pressure system meets high-pressure ridge (sounds like a date.) Regardless of its name, there’s a nasty storm headed north this weekend. Through tomorrow we’re looking at 3-5″ of rain and 20-30 mph winds with gusts to 40. Pipes in [...]
Posted in Bagpiping, Book Promotion on Sep 21st, 2008 No Comments »
Later today I’ll give a live radio interview on Celtic Crossings, a weekly program on WMUA radio 91.1 FM. I’ll be on at 4 pm, and you can listen live at this link:
http://www.wmua.org/listen.php
Louise Dunphy, the host of the show, will be speaking to me about Through the Eyes of a Raptor, and the upcoming Pipes [...]
Posted in Bagpiping, Book Promotion, General Thoughts, Getting Published, Reading and Literacy on Sep 17th, 2008 No Comments »
The Grey Ghost is now officially under contract! It’s been something of a backward process since the book is written and even the cover art is final, but I’ll take it!
It’s hard to celebrate, however, because there’s just too much else going on—I’m satisfied just finding time to breathe. Last Saturday I spent a busy, [...]
Posted in Getting Published on Sep 10th, 2008 No Comments »
Because I self-published Through the Eyes of a Raptor, I was able to ask my good friend, Marcia Christensen, to illustrate it. Traditional publishers rarely (as in, never) let an author choose his or her illustrator—especially an unknown author.
My new publisher agreed that Marcia could illustrate The Grey Ghost, and this time she’s also doing the cover [...]
Posted in Getting Published, Reading and Literacy, Writing Skills on Sep 3rd, 2008 No Comments »
After reviewing a near-final draft (or so I thought) of The Grey Ghost, my publisher showed the manuscript to her thirteen-year-old son for his thoughts. “It needs a lot more violence: especially blood and gore,” he responded. His feedback gave me pause, and only then did it strike me that I was struggling to write literature for [...]