The article in the NY Times Sunday magazine section was about "Rewriting a bad memory to get yourself back on the slopes." They say that revising a fearful memory is a mental process - an actual neurological thing - and…
8Feb
7Feb
I was listening to a radio program that was debating various careers that were related to children. One of the guests stated that, considering children are the future (sorry, not my choice of cliches!), it's pretty astonishing that jobs to do with…
6Feb
Whenever I'm on the faculty of a conference or I do a school visit, or even just in casual conversation, people will often express their burning desire to be published. The conversation will often go something like this (let's call…
5Feb
I love Serge Bloch's illustration for this New York Time's article from Feb.1. The article, by Tara Parker-Pope, was entitled The Real Body Language. It was all about how our body listens to our mind, whether we know it or…
4Feb
You may wonder what one has to do with the other but if you saw my half-full laundry basket, you'd know. http://feeds.feedburner.com/BrainBurps
3Feb
To me, the world is divided between those who love candy, and those who are not tormented daily - nay, hourly - (minute by minute?) at thoughts of "Where can I find my next piece of candy?" I am…
2Feb
"Yo," the first twenty-something said to the other. "Audio books are like, how lazy do you have to be to listen to a book?" I was dying to ask this guy why he was so angry at audio books.…
1Feb
It's been a month now, and except for three, I blogged a positive thought daily. I'm trying to keep them related to writing, illustrating, and books, though occasionally I've found other stuff compelling. Thing is, I am loving how it's…
31Jan
Pink, on a twirly acrobatic thingy, singing a stunningly heartrending song, spinning, singing and NOT barfing all at the same time is pretty amazing. http://feeds.feedburner.com/BrainBurps
30Jan
...is critiquing a story with amazing potential. And the bonus is when the writer really hears and then LISTENS and makes the changes that makes it go from a story with potential to a publishable manuscript. Receiving a crit…
