Archive for the 'School Visits' Category

Why I Love Doing Events

Friday, June 29th, 2012

Yesterday, I had the pleasure of visiting Curious Jane Camp in Boston and talking about writing and fairy tales (and making some origami frogs). It was a small but enthusiastic group of girls, and I had a lot of fun. As I was thinking about the event afterward, I realized one of the reasons I [...]

Some Tidbits

Wednesday, May 16th, 2012

I’ve been wrapped up in grading and writing, so I probably won’t be doing any craft-related posts this week, but I do have some tiny things to report. -You can now subscribe to my blog posts via email. Just enter your email address in the sidebar (under “Subscribe by email”) and my “words of wisdom” [...]

Creating a School Visit Presentation

Friday, April 27th, 2012

I had the pleasure of visiting my local middle school this week where I met with the sixth graders to talk about writing and fairy tales. I was very nervous going into it, but the students were great and the presentation I put together seemed to be a hit. (Of course, I completely forgot to [...]

I’m Off Being Brilliant

Wednesday, April 25th, 2012

I’m off being brilliant at a school visit today (ha ha) but I’ll be back on Friday with a recap. I might also talk about how I went about putting together a presentation for the school visit, if anyone’s interested.