Musings: Feather Brain Lethbridge One School One Book writing
by Maureen Bush
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Writing?
I just realized my blog hasn’t been much about writing lately. That’s because – well, because I haven’t been writing much. I’ve been derailed by travel, pre-Christmas chaos, Christmas chaos, bad weather (all through everything else), and a post-Christmas cold that I could putz through but not write anything new. The kitchen is cleaner than it’s been in years, my desk is excavated, Crow Boy is edited, and I’ve been working through administrative stuff. The best of that is planning two trips to Lethbridge to visit schools using Feather Brain for a One School, One Book program, where all the kids in the school read the same book, as a way to build community and foster excitement about reading.
http://www.readtothem.org/program.php
Somehow, Feather Brain has a big fan base in Lethbridge. I find that quirky and wonderful.
The cold is gone, both in my head and outside. The forecast is for above freezing all week. And I’m hoping this week will be a great writing week.
Maureen
From my office window
The snow is piled waist-high where we’ve shoveled. It’s cold and icily beautiful.
A magpie digging through the snow over the eavestroughing dislodged snow in a shower that glinted in the sun – a little snow-globe moment just for me.
Maureen
Dream On
I have a growing must-have list for when I’m rich and famous. These are not my own fantasies, I have to assert. They come from my kids and their friends in the (forlorn) hope that being a children’s writer somehow equates to being J.K. Rowling. Or at least to earning what she earns. So, if and when, here’s the list: A mansion. With a moat. And a helicopter. A high-end laser tag system to play with in the house (ah, I mean, the mansion). A maze for paintball (in the mansion’s garden). A Secret Agent Laser Obstacle Kit (that’s my own addition, after watching it in The Big Bang Theory). Fencing gear with sensors would be essential, too, I think.
Maureen