I just found these and thought I’d share. Query Shark (via Nathan Bransford) Buried in the Slushpile’s One Sentence Pitch Post © 2007 – 2010 HipWriterMama – All Rights Reserved. © 2007 – 2010 Vivian Lee Mahoney – All Rights Reserved.
Vacation, Writing and Research
Since the kids are on spring vacation this week, my husband and I thought this would be a fine time to visit Virginia. His sister and her husband live just outside Washington, D.C., and we couldn’t wait to check out all the touristy things in the city. Like the Smithosonian–see the awesome picture of the…
I Survived…
an eleven hour drive with three children, who were more interested in creating noise than taking naps. But, we had a great vacation. Details later, once I unclog my brain. © 2007 – 2010 HipWriterMama – All Rights Reserved. © 2007 – 2010 Vivian Lee Mahoney – All Rights Reserved.
Frogs and Evolution
When I was a kid, I used to hang out near this teeny, tiny, trickle of a pond in the spring, that dried out by the heat of summer. All the neighborhood children gathered here to watch the tadpoles hatch. Even though I hated touching the slippery creatures, I loved watching them turn from tadpoles…
Poetry Friday: A Crown of Sonnets
Have you read this yet? Cutting a Swath: A Crown Sonnet by Sara Lewis Holmes, Laura Purdie Salas, Tricia Stohr-Hunt, Liz Garton Scanlon, Tanita S. Davis, Andromeda Jazmon and Kelly Fineman. It is edgy, majestic, and beautiful. I bow down to all of you! © 2007 – 2010 HipWriterMama – All Rights Reserved. ©…
Inspiration In Honor of Randy Pausch
Randy Pausch–professor at Carnegie Mellon University, founder of the Alice Project, author of The Last Lecture–has inspired millions and made people believe anything is possible. Please make the time, 76 minutes to be exact, to watch the Last Lecture of Randy Pausch, Professor of Carnegie Mellon University. I know, it’s a lot of time….
The Alice Project…Helping Girls Learn to Program in a 3D Environment
This is so cool. Randy Pausch, Professor of Carnegie Mellon University started The Alice Project at Carnegie Mellon University to help teen girls learn to program. All in a 3D programming environment so teens can learn how to create animation to tell a story or play an interactive game while learning introductory computing. You…
Inspiration Monday: Share Your Good News
Far better is it to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs, even though checkered by failure…than to rank with those poor spirits who neither enjoy much nor suffer much, because they live in a gray twilight that knows not victory nor defeat. -Theodore Roosevelt I told myself I can’t blog until I finish my…
Are Books Recession-Proof?
I found this recent article in Publisher’s Weekly. I’m going to remain optimistic and veer on the side that even with the economy being what it is, people are still going to want to read good books. Be that as it may, it also stands to reason that fewer books may be published in the…
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