The New Cards Are Here!

August 4, 2011

My new promo cards arrived. Very happy with how they turned out (process shots are over in this post if you’re curious). Now to get folding 250 cards so I can hand them out in LA!   I feel like Navin R. Johnson when the new phonebooks arrive.

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Prepping for #LA11SCBWI

August 3, 2011

Since the Reluctant Dragon wound down I’ve been busy prepping for my first national SCBWI conference in Los Angeles. Mostly that’s meant working on manuscripts, trying to lose weight (fail), shopping for presentable grown man fashions and readying a new self-promotional business card. Oh, there was a bit of homework for the Monday Writer Intensives [...]

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A Father’s Day Poem

June 19, 2011
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On Father’s Day On Father’s Day the sound of feet running to your room is a wonderful thing. On Father’s Day breakfast with your son squirming in your lap elbowing you in the head and eating your fruit is a wonderful thing. On Father’s Day thinking about your Dad, wondering about the things you might’ve [...]

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#NaPiBoWriWee After Party

May 9, 2011

Just like last year, #NaPiBoWriWee had a “blink and you will miss it vibe”. The daily writing task coupled with Twitter conversations and Paula Yoo’s excellent blog posts made this week blow by. And I don’t want it to end. Do you? You see, I have these six (yes, six, I fell one short this year) rough [...]

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Poem in Your Pocket Day

April 14, 2011

Groo-some by Jim Hill Of all the noises I can make the one that always takes the cake, surprises some, and spooks a few, is the mating call of the Groo. Now don’t look shocked it’s not obscene, The Groo is chaste and most serene. When he finds he’s in the mood He strikes a [...]

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Twitter 101

April 14, 2011
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I’m sure you’ve heard “you have to be on Twitter”, and you may have wondered why bother. Twitter has been lampooned for updates on what strangers have for lunch, and worse, their bathroom schedules. Who needs that? You do. Twitter can be inane, but if you put a little time and effort in, it can [...]

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April is Poetry Month

April 11, 2011

Today I’m heading to the local high school to help judge a poetry slam. Should be a great day. I wrote this to read there. A little more slam-like than my usual. Hope you enjoy it. Morpheus Likes It Light with One Sugar by Jim Hill My nightly routine includes setting up the automatic coffee [...]

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Thinking About Japan

March 18, 2011
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I wrote this poem in January during the Queensland, Australia floods. The sentiment remains the same for the people of Japan who are facing unthinkable hardship. Through their courageous acts they, and the world, will find the strength to carry on.  Want to help? Google has a list of aid relief efforts here, or text redcross [...]

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Surprise, Surprise, Surprise!

March 13, 2011
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I’ll admit it, I gave up on this one. Way back in December I entered this contest on KOrtizzle’s blog. In January I learned I was the winner, and then all kinds of USPS shenanigans intervened. I was sure the gods had consigned this package to postal purgatory. But, lo and behold, it arrived! Maybe [...]

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Awarding Experience

March 11, 2011
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Originally published in Feb 2008 as a Goals Gone Wild newsletter. Last Sunday brought us that annual festival of glam, the Oscars. What a night! The red carpet, the low cut dresses, the botox and Jon Stewart. I felt like a celebrity myself, safely ensconced on my couch, dribbling nacho cheese down my chin and giggling [...]

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