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  1. Happy dancing. THUNDER-BOOMER! came out on School Library Journal's list of best books of the year. Yay. www.shutta.com 8:48 AM Dec 2nd from web
  2. 2 gigs: At the Summerfield-Petersburg Branch Li. Sat. 24, 1 pm, & signing at Leon & Lulu, Clawson, Sun., Oct. 25. Details: www.shutta.com 7:50 AM Oct 18th from web
  3. 2 pic. book rewrites in 2 weeks. YAY! Now to tackle that unfinished novel! 9:23 AM Oct 17th from web
  4. Preparing to present publishing program. Saline Lib. (MI) 9/27. Get the details at: www.shutta.com 5:49 PM Sep 23rd from web
  5. 4th star just in for Thunder-Boomer! from the BCCB. Happy dancing in A2... 7:24 PM Aug 20th from web
  6. Teachers/et al: What you need to make a musical thunder-boomer. See updated page with links to buy a thunder tube, etc. www.shutta.com 12:19 PM Aug 11th from web
  7. Updated blog at www.shutta.com. See the proposed cover for THOMAS AND THE DRAGON QUEEN. Due out next summer! 1:28 PM Jul 26th from web
  8. My book, A FAMILY FOR OLD MILL FARM, will rep. KY at the Nat'l Book Fest in Wash. DC! 10,000 copies of a map lists one book per state. Yes! 8:39 AM Jul 6th from web
  9. 3 stars! Roger Sutton of Horn Book announced on "Read Roger" blog that THUNDER-BOOMER! will get a starred review in their July/Aug issue. 11:04 AM May 30th from web
  10. Yes! SLJ just gave THUNDER-BOOMER! A starred review. Gotta celebrate! 8:17 PM May 15th from web
  11. Got the word that David Catrow is contracted to illustrate my next book from Clarion, DOZENS OF COUSINS (no pub. date yet). YES!!! Wow... 1:05 PM May 11th from web
  12. New book, THUNDER-BOOMER! (Clarion. Illus. by Carol Thompson) is out a couple of weeks early! For my A2 buddies--Nicola's got it. 5:33 PM May 8th from web
  13. Just posted a recap to my blog on what I learned from the 30 days/30 poems/30 forms challenge at www.shutta.com. Would I do it again? Yup! 8:24 PM May 5th from web
  14. Only, I forgot to mention, I'm thinking about signing up for national picture book a day for a week challenge! NaPiBoWriWee! Just shoot me! 4:16 PM Apr 30th from web
  15. Finished! Posted a senryu for Day 30 to the 30 day poetry challenge site, and just in time. My brain is about fried. (Sonnet yesterday.) 4:14 PM Apr 30th from web
  16. A villanelle on the 27th, a sestina for 28th. A game: 4 of my 6 words for the sestina: bishop, justice, pound, frost. What's the connection? 7:07 AM Apr 29th from web
  17. Finding new forms to use for the 30 days/30 poems/30 forms challenge. Lately: a choka, limerick, redondilla...staying alive! 5 more days! 8:11 PM Apr 25th from web
  18. Staying alive! A sijo, a haiku, and a pensee are latest poems for the challenge. School visit gig tomorrow! Smile, all. 7:15 PM Apr 22nd from web
  19. Just joined a twibe. Visit http://twibes.com/kidlitosphere to join 5:29 AM Apr 20th from web
  20. New poems/forms for April: List poem, Terza Rima, rhymed tercets, ballad stanza & blank verse. Need to post what I've learned--if anything! 2:54 PM Apr 19th from web