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Friday, September 15, 2017

Book Stack {CELEBRATE This Week: 210}

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This week I'm celebrating a rich book stack.


I can't believe I have COLBY SHARP'S new book in my hands. I opened it late last night while I was waiting for my daughter to get out of band practice. I'm torn between wanting to give it away to every single person I know. I keep reading one more bit and then a little more. This is going to be a sweet resources for teachers of writers in all grades.


Brene Brown's new book was released. I can't wait to read it. I know I should try and savor it, but instead I'm sure I'll gulp it in one big bite.


One day I will be in the same room as Simon Sinek. I hope you know his TED Talk regarding The Golden Circle. This gem is written by David Mead & Peter Docker and guides you in finding your Why...and helping teams and organizations find their Whys. It's written like a workbook and I'm inspired as a human and a writer.


You may remember that I've been inspired by cacti. Christy Rush-Levine did and she gave me this sweet calendar. I'm using it as a writing notebook of sorts -- collecting all kinds of ideas each day as possibilities to write about. My brain is exploding with ideas and there is no way I will ever remember them all. I like the way I'm encouraged to collect snippets so I can have a place to jump off into blog posts, articles and book chapters.



If you haven't had a chance to get the preview of my new book, feel free to do it now. Just add you email to the box below. Right now Stenhouse is offering a free eBook with the pre-purchase of a hard copy



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Friday, April 28, 2017

This is how it starts {CELEBRATE This Week: 190}

I'm glad you are here to celebrate! 

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This is what it looks like when I start a new writing project. It starts to prick at my brain. I find myself thinking through chapters and testing lines aloud while I drive.

This week these things arrived: A nonfiction book about cacti; a new water glass for early morning (and late night) writing sessions; and the pull of the notebook.

It's the insistence of the words...the demand of the story...the swirl of snippets that are becoming harder to resist. I thought it would be many months, maybe years, decades really, before I would be ready to tug at this storyline.

It's time.

My new book, Enticing Hard-to-Reach Writers is going to make it's debut this year...and I'm going to be writing the next one.

It doesn't seem possible, except it's impossible not to write. (This seems like a pretty good celebration.)





Do you have my latest eBook? It's an excerpt from Enticing Hard-To-Reach Writers. (It's the first reveal of 35 moves to make in order to entice kids to write.)