New post! Hey Mom, Want to See My Jungle Gym? How to Raise Boys, Part 2 http://ow.ly/16ZVJQ

New post! Momma, Want to See a Snake? How to Raise Boys, Part 1 http://ow.ly/16ZizL

The closest we will ever come to an orderly universe is a good library. Ashleigh Brilliant #quote #libraryweek

"All joy...emphasizes our pilgrim status; always reminds, beckons, awakens desire. Our best havings are wantings." CS Lewis

New post: Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-04-03 - New post: Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-03-27 Middle age is wh... http://ow.ly/16YjEg

New post: National Poetry Month- Write a Poem a Day! - It's National Poetry Month, and there are many ways to celeb... http://ow.ly/16XY3f

Are you inventing things to do in order to avoid what's really important? Do big things first- trivia will take care of itself.

NAIWE News- NAIWE Survey-What Do You Want to See on the Website? http://ow.ly/16XlpJ

Survey- We're beefing up the Nat. Asso. of Independent Writers & Editors sitehttp://naiwe.com. What do you want to see? http://ow.ly/1tmvk

New post: Traditional Publishing vs. Self-Publishing- A Personal View http://ow.ly/16W2Cn

RT @alaindebotton: On rewriting: it is hard to say what you really mean without having another go - an indulgence daily life seldom allows.

New post: Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-03-27 - Middle age is when you're sitting at home on a Saturday night and... http://ow.ly/16UnR2

“Weekends are a bit like rainbows; they look good from a distance but disappear when you get up close to them.” John Shirley #quote

Thought for Thursday: If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader. JQ Adams

Seth Godin's 'Tribes' is excellent. Here's a free e-book companion to it. Just click to get the PDF: http://ow.ly/1q4gw

New post: Is Silence Necessary for Writing? - Learning to write anytime, any place, is a good idea. Until then, is ... http://ow.ly/16SGgq

New post! Give Your Child the Benefit of the Doubt - Do you remember what it's like to be a child? Do you remember ... http://ow.ly/16SGgu

New post: To Publish or Self-Publish? An Unexpected Quandary http://ow.ly/16SJaD

I'll be speaking tonight at Effective Marketing for Entrepreneurs (GKIC- #RVA) on 'You Need a Book.' Join us! http://ow.ly/1q4qk

Anyone who says they have only one life to live must not know how to read a book. Author Unknown #quote

RT @everydayedu: Do you have a child who's struggling? Give him/her the benefit of the doubt! http://ow.ly/1pViV

A wonderful thing about a book, in contrast to a computer screen, is that you can take it to bed with you. Daniel J. Boorstin #quote

Writer Magazine is offering open house this week--the opportunity to explore all they have on the site. http://ping.fm/qPyPT

Why is there thunder & sun, and does it mean I need to quit writing? I don't think so! Neither snow, nor rain, nor heat...whatever....

Middle age is when you're sitting at home on a Saturday night and the telephone rings and you hope it isn't for you. ~Ogden Nash

I'll be at Virginia Festival of the Book today; lunch w/Julia Spencer Fleming of 'In the Bleak Midwinter,' plus workshops. Fun!

RT @Kinderbeten: "All joy...emphasizes our pilgrim status; always reminds, beckons, awakens desire. Our best havings are wantings." CS Lewis

RT @Kinderbeten: "All joy...emphasizes our pilgrim status; always reminds, beckons, awakens desire. Our best havings are wantings." CS Lewis

Writers-editors: Today at 3:30 EDT- NAIWE member class: Peter Bowerman on Strategies for Boosting Your Writing Income- http://ow.ly/1nsJw

New post: The Luxury of Silence - Silence ranks as one of the primary luxuries I crave. When I have a delectably si... http://ow.ly/16OZZY

Okay, I'll admit I have a curmudgeonly desire for silence. Writers & editors-- how do you find it? http://ow.ly/1n5lb

RT @WendiMooreAgncy: If your actions inspire others to dream more,
learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader. John Quincy Adams

By the end of today, I'll have 92 linear feet of new bookshelves in my office. A writer's dream! Next- built-ins on 2 other walls.

NAIWE Member Teleclass 3/17-Peter Bowerman on "Short and Long-Term Strategies for Boosting Your Writing Income"- http://ow.ly/1fMuD

New post: Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-03-13 - RT @roncharles: From GOOD magazine: 10 books to help you slow dow... http://ow.ly/16NqRK

If there's a book you really want to read, but it hasn't been written yet, then you must write it. TMorrison #quote -I'm off to write!

I've been timing it--when a NAIWE member updates a member site, it usually shows up in a Google alert within 90 minutes. http://naiwe.com

Blog challenge-- great posts, and in the drawing-- we have a winner! http://ow.ly/1gP21 #wordsmatter

Do not be surprised when those who ignore the rules of grammar also ignore the law. After all, the law is just so much grammar. RBrault

My spelling is Wobbly. It's good spelling but it Wobbles, and the letters get in the wrong places. A.A. Milne #quote- I love Pooh...

Are you inventing things to do in order to avoid what's really important? Do big things first- trivia will take care of itself.

Sunday-- time with family, a good book, a notebook to catch ideas, & time to reflect and be thankful. Return refreshed Monday...

New post: Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-03-06 - The world is a book, and those who do not travel read only one pa... http://ow.ly/16JGhs

New post: March 4th- National Grammar Day- A Song is Worth. - March forth in honor of National Grammar Day! http://ow.ly/16Jkj1

When a thought takes one's breath away, a grammar lesson seems an impertinence.-TW Higginson #quote #WordsMatter http://ow.ly/1eMVD

RT @ThisisJRWriter: Solid success stands atop a mountain of failures built only by a person who doesn't understand the meaning of give up.

What person in your life helped you understand the importance of words? What would you say to them if you met them today? http://ow.ly/1eGNm

Writers & editors: Don't forget that new members who join NAIWE during #wordsmatter week get a special bonus book: http://ow.ly/1errk

Ignorant people think it's the noise fighting cats make that is so aggravating, but it ain't so; it's the sickening grammar they use. MTwain

NAIWE News- Staying “Well-Fed” in a Changing Writing World: Member Teleclass with Peter Bowerman http://ow.ly/16IKis

If you had to eliminate one word or phrase from the English language, what would it be? Why? WordsMatter Week challenge: http://ow.ly/1envR

"The ill and unfit choice of words wonderfully obstructs the understanding." -Francis Bacon #quote

I've typed so much today that my keyboard is tired. Time for an omelet, a glass of something nice, & Reaper Man (Terry Pratchett).

New post: Words Matter Week Blog Challenge: Writers That Make My Heart Sing http://ow.ly/16Ifo3

Writers & editors- learn to deal with wordiness- listen at 3:30pm EST (soon!). NAIWE talks w/editor Barbara McNichol. http://ow.ly/1dReV

RT @wordsmatterweek: Blog Prompt for Day 3 #WordsMatter Week; listen to "Whack Wordiness" at 3:30 pm EST" - http://grsnip.com/FWDK

Just started a page for "unsung heros of written English." Ideas, anyone? http://ow.ly/1dldU

Wednesday's #WordsMatter teleclass is "Whack Wordiness" with editor Barbara McNichol at 3:30 pm EST. http://ow.ly/1dG4P

"There are three rules for writing the novel. Unfortunately, no one knows what they are." -W. Somerset Maugham #quote

New post! Are You Helpful or Nitpicking? - When evaluating a student's schoolwork, it can be a challenge to find th... http://ow.ly/16HDFg

RT @RoomtoRead: “The more you read, the more things you will know. The more things that you learn, the more places you’ll go.” – Dr. Seuss

Writers & editors- questions about taxes? Listen today to NAIWE expert Carol Topp discuss IRS, taxes, & accountants. http://ow.ly/1dgWm

Communication breaks down when words are misused. What is the funniest/most interesting/worst break-down you've seen? http://ow.ly/1d1bO

NAIWE News- Words Matter: Understanding the IRS, Your Tax Return and Your Accountant http://ow.ly/16H3yk

New post! Most Important Word: Words Matter Week Blog Challenge-Day 1 http://ow.ly/16H3yo

"If you don’t have the time to read, you don’t have the time or the tools to write."
- Stephen King #quote

Blog Challenge Day 1-Words Matter Week: What is the most important word or words in your life? Why? #wordsmatter http://ow.ly/1cKvx

Words Matter Week, Day 1: Join the blog challenge & listen to an interview with Vocabula Review editor Robert Fiske. http://ow.ly/1cjsz

New post: Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-02-27 - Literature, the most seductive, the most deceiving, the most dang... http://ow.ly/16G9u1

"The world is a book, and those who do not travel read only one page."
- Saint Augustine #quote

RT @inkwellHQ: RT @Quotes4Writers: "Fiction is better experienced than interpreted...To fully understand a symbol is to kill it." Ron Hansen

Sponsor links & pages for Words Matter Week go live on March 1st. There are sponsor spots still open- don't miss them! http://ow.ly/1bK3u

If you are planning a give-away/other celebration for Words Matter Week, don't forget to post it on the FB events page! http://ow.ly/1bFGg

Intellectual property rights- an interesting, well-considered article- Chronicle of Higher Ed: http://ow.ly/1bEYA This matters to writers.

The business of the novelist is not to relate great events, but to make small ones interesting. Schopenhauer #quote

New post: Should You Write What You Know? - What do you write and why? Conventional wisdom says to write what you k... http://ow.ly/16EIsA

NAIWE News- Whack Wordiness with Barbara McNichol - In honor of Words Matter Week, March 1-7, 2010, we'll be hostin... http://ow.ly/16EIsw

Sponsor up Words Matter Week (individual pages soon to follow). Still time to become a sponsor before the week starts! http://ow.ly/1aWal

Dante forgot to add a circle for people who lose Tupperware lids.

New post! Are You Helpful or Nitpicking? - When evaluating a student's schoolwork, it can be a challenge to find th... http://ow.ly/16Eboh

New post: Don't Write What You Know - Conventional wisdom says to write what you know, but it can be more authentic... http://ow.ly/16Eejb

Have you seen the Words Matter Week 2010 mini-poster? It's yours to download and print. Pass it on! http://ow.ly/18r6Z

New post: Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-02-20 - There's still time to join the debate on whether school libraries... http://ow.ly/16CPZF

Literature, the most seductive, the most deceiving, the most dangerous of professions.
-John Morley #quote

Literature is news that STAYS news. -Ezra Pound #quote

Just posted a How to Participate page for Words Matter Week, coming up the first week in March. http://ow.ly/18r3b

I always read the last page of a book first so that if I die before I finish I'll know how it turned out. -Nora Ephron #quote

NAIWE member teleclass “Write It Once, Leverage It Many Times” w/ Paulette Ensign today at 3:30 pm EST http://ow.ly/16Vdw

The test of literature is, I suppose, whether we ourselves live more intensely for the reading of it. Elizabeth Drew #quote

NAIWE member teleclass: “Write It Once, Leverage It Many Times” with Paulette Ensign. Wed., 2/17 3:30 pm EST. http://ow.ly/16Vdw

I'll be teaching today- how to prepare for the SAT. Writing an essay (rough draft, really) in 25 minutes is a useful skill!

In literature as in ethics, there is danger, as well as glory, in being subtle. Aristocracy isolates us. C. Baudelaire #quote

Contest for a free Kindle- write 259 words about a thin place in your life. Deadline 2/12. I'm entering! http://ow.ly/16y3E

"The key is to keep company only with people who uplift you, whose presence
calls forth your best." - Epicletus #quote

Writers & editors- have you joined the writers-editors twibe? All members' writing/editing tweets show up in one spot. Fun! twib.es/BUZ

RT @americandream09: In order to live free and happily you must sacrifice boredom. It is not always an easy sacrifice. Richard Bach

It is what you read when you don't have to that determines what you will be when you can't help it. Oscar Wilde #quote

Writers & editors: How & why to use your blog: New post on NAIWE NewsWire- Member Websites Now Even Easier to Use- http://ow.ly/1574F

Snowstorm today; my cable modem keeps flickering. If you don't hear from me, power's out & I'm reading & writing by the fire. Stay warm!

@SairzBillington Hard to pick a favorite SCBWI speaker- here's 2: Jacqueline Woodson & Jane Yolen. Beautiful & inspiring!