I usually don't blog on the weekends, but here I am at the fabulous Main Library up the street from my house. I'm working on creating a spreadsheet to help me with my revision process (I'll share that in an upcoming post). Anyway, of course the library has Internet access and so I felt the need to "ease" in to my revision process (i.e,. provide myself with a procrastination tactic). I read some blogs, including the latest This Week in Publishing post on agent Nathan Bransford's blog. He … [Read more...]
Required Reading
August 31, 2009 Leave a Comment
I read this interesting article in the New York Times A New Assignment: Pick Books You Like. The article talks about a teacher in Georgia who gives her students choices for what they read in class. Here's an excerpt about what some say about the results of this approach: "Literacy specialists say that giving children a say in what they read can help motivate them. 'If your goal is simply to get them to read more, choice is the way to go,' said Elizabeth Birr Moje, a literacy professor … [Read more...]
