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Archive for April, 2009

A Drop of Golden Sun . . .

Friday, April 3rd, 2009 Posted in Fun Clips | 1 Comment »


A friend posted this on Facebook, saying that it "made her day," and hopefully it will make your entire weekend. Enjoy. [youtube:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7EYAUazLI9k]

This Week’s Greatest Thing Ever: A Storyteller’s Mother Lode

Thursday, April 2nd, 2009 Posted in Around the Web, the writing process | No Comments »


This blog post -- about the original "Raiders of the Lost Ark" story conferences between Steven Speilberg, George Lucas, and screenwriter Lawrence Kasdan -- is about as fine an example of Good Blog as anything I've come across lately. A ...

Fan Mail Wednesday: Thursday Extravaganza Edition, #’s 36-38

Thursday, April 2nd, 2009 Posted in Fan Mail, Jigsaw Jones, School Visits | 1 Comment »


Every morning, after I have my cup of coffee, push the kids out the door, and delete my daily email from moveon.org, I like to gather up my accumulated fan mail, pour the letters on my bed, and roll around ...