Writing
1 Year = 100 Books
Remember, awhile ago I said that I was keeping track of my reading for a year? Well, now that years over, let’s see how I did. Grand total: 100 books. Pretty amazing eh? Remember this was not a contest or a goal. I just wanted to record my normal, daily reading habits to see how &hellip Continue reading
I’m on Lost Laowai!
I’ve recently become a contributor to Lost Laowai, and today my first post was published! (And it already got 5 comments, not bad!) If you live in China (or are thinking of moving here) then you probably already know Lost Laowai. It’s been around for a long time and is a major web resource and &hellip Continue reading
Another, smaller, Goby
This is unrelated to China, or traveling, or writing or tea drinking, but as I was writing the Gobi desert post, I kept thinking of my former high school science teacher Mr. Goby. It might come as no surprise to you that I was not much of a science person. Instead of biology or chemistry &hellip Continue reading
Book of the Week
It was rainy, cold and I only had about 45 minutes before I had to face a roomful of kids when I got an e-mail saying that my first book, Sword of the Ramurai, was picked as the New Hampshire book of the week! How exciting! It’s a very short blurb, but they say that &hellip Continue reading
What Story is Inside You?
I just got the bad news that my Friend Joyce McNeill passed away. I first met Jo several years ago, when I was invited to join a writers group for children’s book writers. There were only 5 of us, and for a couple of years we would meet every week, drink hot tea and read &hellip Continue reading
MCFC World Tour
That’s right everyone, take out your calendars and save up $8.95 because the world book tour, which started last month in China, will continue this month in the good ole U.S. of A. (Two countries is international, so there.) This is the only time we will be in the US to promote our newest book, &hellip Continue reading
Letters Across the Pacific
Last year, my friend Erick and I came up with an idea. Erick teaches writing (among other subjects) to 5th graders in Massachusetts, and I teach writing to college sophomores. Was there a way we could somehow bridge the Pacific and have the students interact with each other through writing? Of course: international pen-pals! At &hellip Continue reading
China Blog Network
I’m happy to report that I am a new member of the China Blog Network! This is a website that collects information on blogs from all around China and puts them together on one website so you can discover a number of new blogs. I think this is a great idea because there are many &hellip Continue reading
Did You Get Your Copy Yet?
Ta-Da! That’s right, the latest adventure of the MCFC gang is on sale to buy JUST in time for holiday shopping! We recently got another great (5-star) review from Midwest Book Review. Educational sidebars contain excellent bytes of information about Greek philosophy and history, and humor and adventure play a major role in teaching kids &hellip Continue reading
Ladies and Gentlemen, May I Introduce to you…
It’s Ramses and Moo-Cow!!!! Okay, maybe it’s not really Moo-Cow and Ramses, but rather two of our super cute, and talented, students dressed up in the costumes they made to look like Moo-Cow and Ramses. For our new book, The Fuzzy Philosopher, we are making a book trailer using student actors and student helpers. Pictured &hellip Continue reading
