Maureen Bush

Off to California

Friday I’m off to California for 10 days of meditating. I’ll return exhausted, deeply quiet and moving at half-speed, and not at all ready to start my next task, editing the sequel to The Nexus Ring.

First post

My decision to include a website in my story Feather Brain – howweirdcanyouget.com – has turned around and bit me. I’m now working on creating the real website, and of course, an author website to go with it. Derek Mah, website designer and children’s illustrator extraordinaire (see Monsterology and Villianology, written by Arthur Slade) is designing it all, and coaching me through it. He also set me up with this blog.

It feels backwards – creating the website that led to the story after the book was published – my own fictional time loop. Which gets me thinking . . . where else could this take me?

Maureen

Feather Brain award nomination

Feather Brain has been nominated for the 2009 Silver Birch Express. It’s an Ontario Reader’s Choice award, voted on by kids in grades 3 and 4 in May, 2009. There are a total of 9 awards in the Forest of Reading program, and an amazing collection of books nominated.

Library reading

On May 29, 2008, I spoke about and read from Feather Brain and The Nexus Ring to 75 grade 3, 4 and 5 kids, at Nose Hill Library.The reading was organized by Canadian Family magazine as part of their Live Book Readings. The kids were amazing, with great questions and wonderful imaginations.

The Nexus Ring CCBC Best Books for Kids

The Nexus Ring is a Canadian Children’s Book Council 2008 Best Books for Kids and Teens title.