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It is a New Year with a New Beginning: 2014

1/9/2014

Hello everyone! It is a new year with new beginnings. I embrace my goals, adventures, and blessings for this year.
I have many new things planned for this year. What about you? Please feel free to mention them in the comments.
One thing that I am doing for this year is making some changes on all of my websites. My author site (this one), my character's site (www.ClarindaCloud.com), and my education site (www.DUOEducation.com) all have some changes for the new year. I hope you will take a moment to check them out.
With this blog, true to it's name, I plan to use more of my own thoughts, whims, aspirations, works in progress, happenings, creations, etc. I will still do author and illustrator interviews. However, I have a new page just for that called "Author/Illustrator Interviews & Book Promotions." I hope you check it out. I already have an interview with Rhonda Patton posted.
Also, some of you may be interested in a new feature on my education site, DUO Education. On Mondays, I will be posting "Story Starters & Writing Prompts." Well, it will be one or the other each Monday. The first writing prompt was posted this Monday.

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Happy New Year! Follow Your Heart in 2014!

1/2/2014

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Hello everyone! It is a brand new year with many brand new beginnings. I wish you and yours a happy and healthy year.
I am looking forward to 2014 as I like new beginnings and think this one will be a great one! I do plan on following my heart this year! I hope you do as well.
I have so many new plans for 2014! I hope to have more posts on all of my sites. DUO Education, my education site, is going to have a blog on Mondays that contains story starters and writing prompts. All of my writing friends might enjoy that feature! Clarinda Cloud will be asking for children to draw pictures depicting feelings and sending them in. On this site, I hope to be offering children's book proofreading services. And...that is just a glimpse.
Oh...and...this blog will be more geared towards my thoughts and whims...not just author and illustrating topics. I hope to have another blog on this site where I provide author and illustrator interviews and the like.
See? There are many, many changes in store for 2014! I plan on following my heart! What about you? I would love to hear about some of your plans, ideas, etc. Have a great year!

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A Little About Me and My Progress 8/7/13

8/8/2013

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Hello! I hope everyone is well. This week, I don't have any interviews or book reviews for you. Well, it isn't that I have any. It is more that I thought that I would share a little about me and my writing. I think it is cool to share a little. I hope that you all take the time to comment.
First of all, I didn't like to write much as a child. I don't remember why I didn't. Maybe it was a low self-esteem and the feeling that I didn't have much to say. Or, maybe it was that most of the feedback was general and not specific, so I didn't know if it was good writing or not.
"Very good" or "Nice work" is not specific. Sometimes it feels good at the time. But, it doesn't tell you why it is good or how to continue.
Now, I enjoy writing and creating! I find the writing community very supportive. I also ask for and receive more specific feedback.
Currently, I am working on two other books about feelings. They are similar to "Clarinda Cloud." Who knows? Maybe I will have an entire line of books about feelings. I have had a few beta readers read the two first drafts with some positive feedback.

The other thing that has been keeping me busy is my educational site, DUO Education. Education, as well as writing and creating, is one of my passions!
Not long ago, I told you that I got myself a Bamboo tablet. Well, I have been practicing with it. I have drawn some simple objects. The more I practice with it, the more comfortable I feel with it. (Drawing is something I enjoyed as a child. But, until this year, I hadn't drawn in quite a while.) I look forward to practicing more with it and improving my illustrating skills.
I hope you will hop over and explore the site. I have some educational and strategy games in "the game room," an educational blog, an online tutoring page, and a page for the Storyteller's Tale webinar series. The latter is a great program for authors and illustrators to have an author visit via the internet.

Now I need your help. I have some questions for you:

1. Not that I don't have my own ideas, but... what are some subjects about which your children would like to read?

2. What kinds of books would you like to see more of?

3. What sort of marketing ideas do you have to share?

4. What sort of activity books would you like to see?

5. Do you have an author or illustrator that you would like to see interviewed? Or, is there an author or illustrator that you would like to see virtually visit your school or library?

I look forward to your answers. Please feel free to contact me or to leave a comment. Thank you!

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A New Poster and a New Bamboo

7/31/2013

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Hi. I hope all is well with you all. Things are going well for me. I have been busy making contacts and working on new writing projects as well as promoting my educational site, DUO Education. I have also been working on creating things.
I created this poster to go on a new friend's blog sidebar. I hope you enjoy it. I would like to thank Ali Dent for connecting and being as passionate about writing and education as I am! Please check out her book, The LITClub, when it comes out! (We may be seeing more of Ali here soon.)
As for me, I treated myself with a new illustration tool this weekend. I now have a Bamboo tablet. If you have one and have any words of wisdom for me, please let me know. I am looking forward to using it.
I am also writing the first draft to my second book featuring Clarinda Cloud. Did you know that Clarinda Cloud has a brother? That's okay. I didn't either until the other day. LOL! Stay tuned to see what happens in this second story.

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It is a New Year with a New Beginning: 2014

Happy New Year! Follow Your Heart in 2014!

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