Month: December 2008

Totally Wild

Crikey! The animals of Australia are totally wild. While there, we visited the Australia Zoo (home of the Crocodile Hunter) and a wildlife preserve. It amazed me how unique Australia's animals really are.I mean, where else in the world do you have to worry about...

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Journaling- Capturing Senses

I'm back from the Land Down Under! It was a 10 hour flight but our two boys took it all in stride, happily playing with Leapsters, writing and drawing in their journals (What can I say? They have a mother whose obsessed with writing), watching unlimited movies...

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Writer’s Rendition of the 12 Days of Christmas

In just a few hours we’re heading to the Gold Coast, Australia for Christmas where it’s nice and hot. But before I do, I wanted to leave you with my Writer’s Rendition of the 12 Days of Christmas.On the twelfth day of Christmas, my true muse gave to meTwelve story...

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Twilight Comes to Korea!

Twilight is here! I begged my hubby to take me and so it was a proclaimed date night. We scootered down to Sinchon (it’s a district near our apartment) all bundled up.A large crowd had gathered outside the Mega Box Theater. Though there were no screaming fans, there...

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Why Live Overseas?

A couple of you have asked what brought my family and me to Korea. So here's the short of it. About 9 years ago my husband and I were bored. We weren't ready to settle down to the same job for the next twenty years, buy a house, and pop out five kids. (Don't worry,...

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The Slush Pile

The slush pile. It's talked about and you may have read about it. Editors rather burn it, writers fear it. So I thought it would be fun to show some pictures of slush piles from different publishing houses.Chronicle Books- note: each bin is known to hold up to 100...

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An Author’s Christmas List

Do you have an author friend? Or perhaps you are an author and need to give your family a Christmas list.If so, here are some ideas to take along with you as you head out to the stores this holiday season:1. Books! 2. Children's Writer's and Illustrator's Market3. The...

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Show and Snow!

Yep that's right. We had a flurry of fresh morning snow. From our window that looks down into the city (we live on a mountain side), it was breathtaking.And even better, it was Caleb's big Christmas show at church. They preformed the County Fair Christmas Spelling...

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Decorating for Christmas

I love Christmas! Our house is all decked out after hitting the local market for white lights and a tree skirt. We even picked up a dozen red roses from the flower market for 4,000 won. (That's less than $4.00- don't get jealous). Our cat, Misty, is very excited too....

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What do you feed an author?

Spaghetti? Chicken? Pizza? Bee-bim bop? Not too long ago, my family and I were totally thrilled to have picture book writer Sandra Horn over for dinner. After all, she was flying all the way from England to Korea. I’d like to say she came all that way to visit little...

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