Things I Love Thursday

This wedding photo of my in-laws.

Quote of the Day

Old authors never die. You can find them at a Comfort Inn.

-- Jack Gantos.

Um....

I'm not sure how to answer this letter:

You are the best author that I have ever talked to. In How to Steal a Dog I saw that you put a lot of excretion to the book.

How to Make a Yoohoo Boat

A student wrote to me asking how to make the Yoohoo boat from The Small Adventure of Popeye and Elvis.

Here is how:

How to Make a YooHoo Boat from Barbara O'Connor on Vimeo.

Thanks to the original Yoohoo boat builder, B.

How I love you, Scrivener

Why I Love Scrivener, Reason #578

My work-in-progress has multiple points-of-view (point-of-views?).

It's getting complicated to ensure that they flow correctly along the timeline of the story.

In Scrivener, I can make "collections" - inserting each POV into a separate folder.

Then I can see how that POV reads on its own, without the others.

(Does that make sense?)

Where's the beef?

There's a barbeque grill under there somewhere!

Popeye and Elvis

The Small Adventure of Popeye and Elvis has been nominated for the California Young Readers Medal 2011-2012.

Yay

The happy snow family

The happy snow family is growing!

Last week when I drove by:

Yesterday when I drove by:

Things I Love Thursday

This music box from the Great Smoky Mountains.

It plays "On Top of Old Smoky."

Thank you, Mrs. Wight's Class!

To all the students at Poland Community School, thank you so much! I read every single letter and loved every one!

Thank you, Mercer, Pennsylvania!

Check this out!

Mercer, Pennsylvania chose How to Steal a Dog for their 2010 "Mercer Reads" program.

Exposed

I'm anxiously awaiting the publication (this month) of Exposed by my dear friend, Kimberly Marcus.

It's just been named one of Amazon's Best Books of the Month.

I've read early versions of this book and I can assure you that it will knock your socks off.

Yay, Kim!

And the snow nook again!

In Shelf Talker, Publishers Weekly's blog.

Work in Progress Check-In

Look at my pretty outline!

Snow Nook

What better way to spend these snowy days than reading?

This 4th grader's mom sent me this fabulous photo of her daughter reading How to Steal a Dog in her snow nook:



This photo was so popular, lots of others have posted it: Seven Impossible Things Before Breakfast, SLJ's Bowlian Blog, School Library Journal's Photo of the Week and Robin's Roundup.

Thanks to Katarina Krek for the photo.