I was up early working on I,Q2, then off to Chillicothe Middle School to speak to 6th and 7th grade for Laurinda Davison and Pat Nichols. This is my 3rd visit for Laurinda. We were joined by some students from Chula School as well.  Laurinda is amazing!  She manages to beg, borrow, and steal [...]

Marie and I are up so early to catch or flight to Missouri I’m not sure why we bothered to sleep. My seat is still warm from yesterday’s flight. Actually Marie didn’t sleep…much. But she’s conked out now. Below is a photo of what she looks like sleeping in her jet “nest.”
Worked on I,Q2 while [...]

One of those very busy, frenetic days on the road. I was up late last working on I,Q2, packing, getting reading to leave Boise. Up this morning at 6AM.
I spoke twice at “The Young Writer’s Conference” hosted by Stephanie Youngerman and a group of fabulous volunteers, then I signed for a couple of hours, [...]

Up early in Boise.  Started out in a panic because I couldn’t find my Starwalker.  Thought I left it at the bookstore last night, or lost it somewhere!!!  So, I began the writing session this morning using a blue pen cartridge (I told you the pen wasn’t a wand), then I moved my computer bag [...]

I’m in Boise, Idaho, a short flight from Oregon. And I won’t even tell what time I got up to work on I,Q because it would just scare you. But I got a slot of work in before school.
This morning I spoke at William Taft Elementary to 4th, 5th, 6th, with a few 3rd graders [...]

My bag is packed and I’m writing this morning before I fly to Idaho, and of course I’ve switched back to my Moleskine journal to keep I,Q2 moving forward as I travel. There is nothing magic about writing in a Moleskine journal.  I just  like the size and the fact that it lies flat when [...]

Someone wrote toe yesterday and asked how many chapters I had left to write on I,Q2. The answer is that I really don’t know. That depends on how long the remaining chapters have to be to finish the story. What a writer does…at least what this writer does…is to sit down and [...]

Apparently, Marie and I were a bit on the tired side last night after getting back from Nevada.  Asleep by 8:00.  Up at 5:30 with more than nine hours of shuteye resulting in a very perky day for both of us.
Beautiful sunrise this morning.  I love to wake up in  time to see the sunrise, [...]

Up at 4AM and on the 5AM airport shuttle to catch an early flight which (we find out at the airport) is delayed until 8:30. Lost some sleep with that glitch. I had to wait to creep through TSA before I got my first cup of coffee. Tip for you younger readers: Don’t [...]

2:30AM Rise and shine! Little plane to Seattle, headed the wrong direction, to hop on another little plane to Reno.
I managed to get in a few pages of IQ on both flights, and during the short layover at SEA-TAC.
We were met in Reno by our lovely host, and good friend, Ellen [...]