This Week’s Greatest Thing Ever: XTRANORMAL Turns Text Into Movies!
Sunday, August 29th, 2010 Posted in In the Classroom, Justin Fisher Declares War! | 1 Comment »I just discovered xtranormal, a wildly fun, easy-to-use, possibly addictive website that allows you to create animated movies on your computer. As they put it, "You type. The 3D actors speak. It's that easy." Intrigued, I checked it out. Without putting ...
JUSTIN FISHER: Recommended for the Read-Aloud Classroom
Thursday, August 26th, 2010 Posted in Justin Fisher Declares War! | 2 Comments »Though I published my first book in 1986, it wasn't until recently that I experienced book reviews. Despite a crazy assortment of books, plus forty titles in the Jigsaw Jones series, the books were never, to my knowledge, reviewed. That's the ...
Fan Mail Wednesday #93 (blog post #500!)
Wednesday, August 18th, 2010 Posted in Fan Mail, Justin Fisher Declares War! | 1 Comment »There are days when I question this blog -- why I do it, if it's worth the time and energy -- and, with less frequency but much more sting, I question if what I do for a living has been ...
Literate Lives Reviews “Justin Fisher Declares War!”
Thursday, July 29th, 2010 Posted in In the Classroom, Justin Fisher Declares War! | 1 Comment »My friend Bill Prosser over at the outstanding Literate Lives blog just read and reviewed my new book, Justin Fisher Declares War! You can read that review in full by clicking here. My favorite part of the review: "It's short!" Ha! Actually, Bill ...
Jack’s Mustache
Thursday, July 22nd, 2010 Posted in Justin Fisher Declares War!, the writing process | No Comments »Does anyone read Acknowledgments? I mean, I know that some folks do, but I doubt there are many young readers among that number. We knew that the Acknowledgments section was a useless body part, a pretentious sixth digit, folderol to ...
“Justin Fisher Declares War!” Brief Commentary & Excerpt
Thursday, June 3rd, 2010 Posted in Justin Fisher Declares War!, the writing process | No Comments »My new middle grade novel, Justin Fisher Declares War!, hits the shelves on August 1. I haven't talked about it much, so figured it was time to share a little background info. The nudge came when a lone copy of ...
Around the Horn
Wednesday, March 31st, 2010 Posted in Around the Web, Justin Fisher Declares War! | No Comments »* Want to know the secret of how to write for boys? I refer you to this post. * If you write a book about bullying, sometimes a guy will give you an eye-rolling response like, "Oh please, you big wuss." ...
Asking “What If” Questions & Pulling on Threads: A Short Sample from “Justin Fisher Declares War!”
Wednesday, March 10th, 2010 Posted in Justin Fisher Declares War!, the writing process | 2 Comments »I've always loved the writing process, how a jumbled ball of yarn becomes an actual sweater. Conversely, it's amazing to me -- pulling on that thread and watching how the fabric unravels. Back in September, 2008, I wrote this on my ...
What I’ve Been Working On: A Brief Sample
Tuesday, February 2nd, 2010 Posted in A Pirates Guide to First Grade, Justin Fisher Declares War!, the writing process | 6 Comments »In college I had a teacher, Dr. Pat Meanor at Oneonta, who said something that I've always taken to heart. He said if you want to write, then you had better shut your mouth. Don't talk about it. Otherwise all ...
Does an Author Have Any Say on a Book Cover?
Tuesday, January 12th, 2010 Posted in Along Came Spider, Justin Fisher Declares War! | No Comments »People frequently ask me, "Do you have any say over a book cover?" Big question, and the answers vary depending upon the clout of the author and the disposition of the publisher. Here's the new paperback cover for Along Came Spider (May, ...