Summer. Most people mark this three month period with vacations, BBQs, and outdoor concerts. I mark my summers with books. For example: The summer before my senior year of H.S. I read “Oliver Twist,” “A Long Way Down,” and “Song of Solomon” all the while sitting by a soccer field watching ten-year-olds barely miss my [...]
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Confession
Okay, so here’s a little editorial secret: I haven’t been 100% happy with the interviews we’ve done. Oh, of course I’m thrilled that we’ve had the privilege of interviewing authors like Barry Lyga, Susan Beth Pfeffer, and Meg Cabot who generously gave their time to chat with us. It’s great fun to read, and re-read, [...]
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Suck Less. Write More.
Through no fault of my own, I became my high school’s official Speech and Debate coach for the last month of school. We competed in our first and only tournament last weekend and we practiced for less than four weeks prior to competing. No surprise: many of my students received a fairly solid ass-kicking by [...]
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