Unshelved Starts Homeschooling

Unshelved (an online comic I bet a lot of you are already reading) is running an arc on homeschooling. Cool.

PLA 2008

For those of you attending the PLA Conference in Minneapolis this year, I will be leading a Talk Table discussion about homeschooling on Thursday, March 27th from 10:30-11:45 AM. I’ll be bringing some resources from my library for people to take a look at, and I’m really looking forward to seeing who comes and what [...]

Public Libraries Looking for “Perspectives” on Homeschooling

Public Libraries, the journal of the Public Library Association, is looking for essays about homeschooling for an upcoming “Perspectives” feature. Find more information here.
Thanks to Susan from Wizards Wireless for giving me the heads-up on this.

Coming Soon to a Homeschooling Blog Near You…

Hi Friends!
Thanks to a lot of folks linking to me lately, I notice that I’m getting more visitors these days. Welcome!
I haven’t posted in a few days, but I’ve been busy, busy with the homeschooling work and thought I’d give you a preview of what I’m hoping to post over the next couple weeks.
First will [...]

Welcome to Our New Home!

I hope you like it! One thing that I love about wordpress is how easy it is to use categories/tags and customize the sidebar. I hope you like what I’ve done You’ll see that I’ve moved everything (even comments!) over from the old blog. Not only is it easier for me on the writing end, but I [...]

Resolution

Happy new year everyone!
The good news is that I had a wonderful holiday with my family and friends. The bad news is, well, you can see that I haven’t been updating this blog. That’s all about to change, though. The coming weeks will see a multipart interview with Maureen Wittmann (in the meantime, visit her [...]

So What, Exactly, Is This Book You’re Writing?

For months now, I’ve been alluding to this book I’m writing, but I’ve left it shrouded in mystery – mostly because it’s my first book and the whole thing was a little overwhelming when I was first getting started. Now that I’ve written quite a bit and am getting more of a handle on the [...]

Status Report

Sorry to be silent so long. I’ve been absorbed in writing chapter two of my book over the last couple weeks, and I’m happy to report that I finished a draft that I’m really happy with tonight. Woo, hoo!
Next we’ll see what my readers and editor think, and then it’s only ten more chapters to [...]

Homeschooling News Roundup

The Smoky Hill Library (CO) is hosting their 4th Annual Homeschool New and Used Curriculum and Information Fair this Friday at 11:00 AM. Rock on with that cool program, Smoky Hill!
Also from Colorado, two homeschooled boys won the state’s Science Olympiad championship with a machine that (and I am not making this up) unrolls toilet [...]