Marketing is About Making Friends Question: Â How do I market my forthcoming book, The Sioux Code Talkers of World War II? Immerse: In Joanna Penn’s book, How to Market a Book, she discussed the importance of “discoverability” or “how do people find you?” Â In addition to the usual social networking sites, your website and email […]
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Happy New Year 2016 Writers and Educators! While thinking of this first post of 2016, the story of the Tortoise and the Hare comes to mind. Slow and steady wins the race. When I opened up and started my website in 2014, the race began. Â I have been slowly learning about website tools and design,
photo via Flicker Changing Teaching Focus Each year, I try something new in how I deliver my instruction. Â This year I decided to change the focus of my lesson from using reading strategies to investigating what do writers do. Â This seems to be a simple change, and I’m excited to see how it affects my
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Itching to be Creative? I read a lot. Â I study the craft of Teaching and I study the craft of Writing. Â (I don’t have much extra time right now to read for pleasure) Â I’m playing with my time. Â Trying to figure out how to fit everything in. Â If I learned anything in September, October, and
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I survived the last 6 weeks! received my first contract! continued working my first job- teaching completed my formal observation…weeks for that one completed quarter 1 grades completed parent-teacher conferences volunteered (my usual gig) at Rochester Children’s Book Fest completed all my tasks for my second job- writing completed one online course- revised WIP pb
Found Treasures Have you ever found treasures tucked in your pockets? Â A crumpled $10 bill is always nice. Â When I was younger, I would find notes from my kids. Â These little somethings put a smile on our face. Today, I opened up a writing notebook (I have tons of them I am trying to corral
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Four Important Values Lakota culture teaches certain virtues for living life.  A post for St. Joseph’s Indian School provides descriptions about these Four Values:  Generosity, Courage, Respect, and Wisdom.  The line I connected with most and made me think was: “It is better to give a lot than to have a lot. To be called “stingy” is
