Two things over the weekend inspired me to take a bit of action. This first, I reread Sugarbeet Falls Volume 1. Once again I enjoyed it while cringing slightly at things I would change. Reading the book wasn’t the inspiration though. Inspiration came when I took my daughter to the park and saw this: …
I am humbled. http://www.kfbb.com/story/38453154/montana-treasure-great-falls-author-encouraging-creativity-with-sugarbeet-falls?autoStart=true&topVideoCatNo=default&clipId=14430694 The link above is from the same video as the home page of this site. It was really cool to be featured as a ‘Montana Treasure’ by KFBB. The story came out great. While I was certainly humbled by the story itself, I reached a new level of humility …
I have a blast when I talk with students and other kids about Sugarbeet Falls. We discuss everything from being kind to others, to the writing and publishing process. The best part of the visit however, is when we create our own superhero. I tell the kids to be as creative as they can possibly …
This is Aurora Rainfall. She is a hero drawn for me by a student from one of my school visits. I’m not sure of her specific super powers, but she appears to have a pink unicorn horn which has to do some pretty amazing stuff. The creativity I have seen from kids of all ages …
Sometimes when I am writing I hit a snag. I don’t really know to what I attribute it, but its not writers’ block. I just get tired of writing a story for a while. I feel like I get to a point where I just want to finish and I don’t enjoy the process as …
I love school visits. I love the fans I get from the visits even more. My office is literally covered with drawings and stories I’ve received from students I met at the schools I’ve visited. Some of the heroes they’ve created are insanely creative! I recently got a big stack of drawings from an entire …
Getting a new shipment of books is such a writer nerd holiday! Sugarbeet Falls Volume 2 is officially here in all of its glory. It has been available on Amazon, and I had a proof copy, but now we have actual inventory I can get out for others to read. It really is a rush. …
Happy Wednesday! I’m making my 932nd attempt at ending my addiction to diet soda this week. I’m on day two and while I’m a pretty easy going fella, I kind of hate everyone. I hope this is just an early phase of the soda kicking stages of withdrawal. Since I have been calling myself an …
Sugarbeet Falls – Volume 2 – The Duel I am so pumped. After a long, long, looong process of working to get my book finished and published through our new publishing company (www.thegetitfactory.com), I’m finally back to writing for fun again. Don’t get me wrong, the process of finishing a book is a blast, but …
I love to talk to kids about creativity. All of my favorite teachers growing up were the ones that loved creativity, even if the assignment wasn’t perfectly met, a crazy fun writing idea got a little bit of extra attention. In my chats with the fifth and sixth grades at Meadowlark elementary in Great …
