Posted in Getting Published on May 28th, 2009 No Comments »
There are some nifty things you can do when hatching lunas. The females don’t fly before they mate. They stay in place and extend a small green “wick” from the tail end of their abdomen. This pumps pheromones into the air. The pheromones are very strong and the wind can carry the “scent” for miles. [...]
Posted in General Thoughts on May 28th, 2009 No Comments »
A lot of folks are asking what Project Luna is all about. Many classrooms hatch butterflies when students study the insect life cycle. Painted ladies are the most common, but some teachers spring for the extra cost of monarch caterpillars. So we have a good sense of the butterfly life cycle. But moths are very different, [...]
Posted in General Thoughts on May 24th, 2009 No Comments »
Here’s a wonderful story about Azalea, a bald eagle chick who hatched at the Norfolk Botanical Gardens. Azalea and her siblings can be viewed 24×7 in their nest until they fledge, thanks to a local news stations nest-cam. After she fledges and leaves the nest, you can follow Azalea’s travels since she’s been fitted with [...]
Posted in Book Promotion, Getting Produced, Getting Published on May 15th, 2009 No Comments »
The Indie Next List pre-announcement came out today: http://news.bookweb.org/features/6782.html
It’s hard to believe ten days have gone by since Indie Bound told my publisher The Grey Ghost was #3 on the list! Since we landed in the top ten, we were invited to submit a video “book trailer” to link to the Indie Bound Web site. [...]
Posted in Book Promotion, Getting Published on May 4th, 2009 No Comments »
Blogs work opposite the way they should. When there’s nothing going on, there shouldn’t be much news. Yet, that’s when I have the time to think about posts and write well thought out observations. When events get exciting and great news is bursting out, there’s no time to read each day’s e-mail, let alone think [...]