Tag Archives: john steinbeck

A few reviews and such

Posted on January 30, 2011 by

In an effort to get my "grade level" seniors to actually read a book, I’m breaking the classes into four groups of four to five kids and assigning each group a different novel. The novels are The Hobbit, Nineteen Eighty-four, … Continue reading →

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The game is afoot!

Posted on March 16, 2010 by

I met with Gayleen Rabakukk today and we sealed or Spring Break Pact. I dropped off about 40 pages of Nadia’s Children with her, and set a goal of writing another 75 pages before Friday. That’s a pretty ambitious goal. I … Continue reading →

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The game is afoot!

Posted on March 16, 2010 by

I met with Gayleen Rabakukk today and we sealed or Spring Break Pact. I dropped off about 40 pages of Nadia’s Children with her, and set a goal of writing another 75 pages before Friday. That’s a pretty ambitious goal. I … Continue reading →

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Lick It Up!

Posted on October 17, 2009 by

First, thanks to Gayleen and Paul for meeting me for lunch today. I needed that. Thanks for all your kind words and encouragement. I’m working on a query letter for The Girls Nobody Wanted to Date Gayleen. I swear it. I finally … Continue reading →

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Oh, the angst!

Posted on March 28, 2009 by

Being the father of a teenage girl is the hardest thing ever! I won’t go into detail about everything that’s gone on this week, but let’s just say my oldest daughter and I have … not been seeing eye to … Continue reading →

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Oh, the angst!

Posted on March 28, 2009 by

Being the father of a teenage girl is the hardest thing ever! I won’t go into detail about everything that’s gone on this week, but let’s just say my oldest daughter and I have … not been seeing eye to … Continue reading →

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Feelin’ lucky?

Posted on March 10, 2009 by

I swear, all this bleeding heart stuff about kids in the military and fanboy adoration of Steinbeck … the GOP’s gonna come and revoke my Republican voter registration card pretty soon. Continue reading →

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Feelin’ lucky?

Posted on March 9, 2009 by

I’m feelin’ lucky. So far. You may recall how, last week, my three youngest young’uns were sick. Early Sunday morning the bug got my wife, then my oldest son a few hours later. Wifey was really bad off for a … Continue reading →

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