Writing And the next Who Pooped book is… 14 Sep 201219 Aug 2013 We have a contract for my 18th book in the Who Pooped in the Park? series! This one will be titled Who Pooped in the Cascades?, and will cover the…
Writing Poop Talk at the National Bighorn Sheep Center 10 May 20125 May 2023 I will be doing a book signing and "poop talk" at the National Bighorn Sheep Interpretive Center in Dubois, Wyoming on Wednesday, July 18. I will read from the Grand…
Writing A few misconceptions about credit cards 16 Apr 20125 May 2020 "All generalizations are false, including this one." -- Mark Twain When I discuss credit cards at bookselling conventions, or with customers in the bookstore, I hear a lot of absolutes.…
Writing J.K. Rowling makes her transition to grownup books 14 Apr 20125 May 2020 Publisher Little, Brown has announced that J.K. Rowling's new novel for grownups (The Casual Vacancy), will be released on Thursday, September 27th. The big question on everybody's mind seems to be,…
Writing Rolling the Dice: Sacrificing style guides for clarity 17 Jan 20121 Feb 2023 UPDATE 2022: The issue of multiple acceptable spellings came up again, this time in a resume. Am I a copyeditor or a copy editor? If you have a question about…
Writing Facebook: A tool for journalists? 7 Nov 20115 May 2023 Ask anyone what Facebook is, and they're likely to give the same short, sweet answer: it's a social networking site. Indeed, that's its primary use for me these days (once…
Writing Rat Poison: Benjamin the Bookstore Cat disapproves — and so do I 3 Nov 20115 May 2020 About a year ago, Red Lodge Books adopted an adorable cat named Benjamin. He started his life as an alley cat, and was adopted by another business in town. When…
Writing Book Review: Writing with Pictures 26 Oct 20111 Feb 2023 I've finally finished reading the book that I won at the SCBWI (Society of Children's Book Writers & Illustrators) conference in Los Angeles a couple of months ago. Well, technically…
Writing Autumn in Montana 25 Oct 201118 Aug 2013 We now depart from our regularly-scheduled commentary on reading and writing for a photographic interlude. Fall is probably my favorite season here in Montana, and I went outside a couple…
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