Happy Easter!!!
“My spelling is Wobbly. It’s good spelling but it Wobbles, and the letters get in the wrong places.”
Research :)
Animals Take Over the Paris metro in an Enchanting Photo Series
Photographers Thomas Subtil and Clarisse Rebotier have imagined in their surrealist series what the Paris metro would look like if it had just as many animals using it as people.
You can’t expect negotiations with French to be like negotations with Americans, and the same holds true for cultures around the world.
These diagrams reveal how to negotiate with people around the world.
Bit of inspiration for the MS I’m working on today. I’m not sure why the two men are mooning the Bard or if that would appropriate in a picture book MS…
Writing Nook and Library :)
Hello from Praha! Thought I would share my writing space photo, now that it is completely done. Since we live in a Czech speaking country, my personal book collection here is *almost all digital and can be seen here. :)
Happy Writing!!
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Mouth-watering maps created with countries' most famous foods
New York-based photographer Henry Hargreaves and food stylist Caitlin Levin created snapshots of countries using ‘iconic’ delicacies from each region.
How I write Husband and Wife Edition Lemony Snicket and Lisa Brown :)
They sound like a very cool couple. I say that not just because there are several similarities in their routine as I have with Scott. Can we just one to San Francisco already? Law & Order is the best on bad days.
“They were all in their early thirties. An age at which it is sometimes hard to admit that what you are living is your life.”
― Alice Munro, The Moons of Jupiter
elephants are conspicuously expressive and joyful creatures. when celebrating a birth or reuniting with old acquaintances, elephants will intertwine their trunks together and engage in friendly trunk wrestling. when trying to console a loved one, elephants will stroke or caress each others’ heads and backs with their trunks.
demonstrations of true consolation in animals are rare, and have only been documented in the great apes, canines, and some corvids. this might be because complex cognitive abilities are required for consolation, such as the ability to empathically take the perspective of another. elephants are one of the few animals to pass the mirror test.
with their strong social bonds, it’s not surprising that elephants show concern for others. elephants get distressed when they see others in distress, reaching out to calm them down. the consistency with which elephants responded to a friend in distress is quite remarkable. rarely does an elephant give a distress call without a response from a friend or group member nearby.
photos by mario moreno. some text from a february 2014 wired article
Jerome and his here’s behavior makes so much sense!
#NY14SCBWI
Well it has been nearly a month since the SCBWI New York Conference. I can say I went, I saw, and I left knowing exactly what I’m meant to do forevermore. There was every fiber of me that was nervous about not only reading my MS during roundtables, but also, attending the event.
There was a huge amount that I learned and there is no question that it wasn’t one of the best decisions I made for my new career. Not enough can be said about the friendships and connections made. I’ve always been a bit of an odd duck, but there I was among folks that I instantly bonded with. Going to the NY14 SCBWI conference made me feel a lot more prepared, a lot less isolated, and more inspired than I imagined.
My favorite key note was without question Jack Gantos. As a youngly I was swept away by Rotten Ralph. It was a surreal moment to then be inspired again as an adult and a writer by Mr. Gantos. His writing had a profound influence on me at a particular moment in my childhood, a time when I needed humor the most. Flash forward 21 years and there I was sitting in the audience and at a crossroads with my picture book MS. Mr Gantos, words were helping me as a writer to create a better character, plot, and over all picture book. It was FANTASTIC!
Here is hoping I can swing the LA Conference in August!
After a quick trip in New York and Boston (to see my Mother, Step-Father and Brother and try on my wedding dress). I jetted to Miami to meet my dear friend Kate for a four day musical festival cruise! As evidenced by this photo we Lived Loud!
