Greetings from a basement out here in the middle of Minnesota. Hope this missive finds you all doing well, and feeling hearty and hale. Today is Independent Book Store day, and to participate I traveled to Red Balloon Bookshop in Saint Paul for the launch of Max Brallier’s latest entry in his Last Kids on … Continue reading The Last Independent Bookstore Day on Earth
Tag: Max Brallier
March Reads: Eerie Elementary, The End of Orson Eerie by Jack Chabert
Adventures in Middle Grade: The Last Kids on Earth and the Forbidden Fortress by Max Brallier and Douglas Holgate
August Reads: The Last Kids on Earth: Quint and Dirk’s Hero Quest by Max Brallier and Doug Holgate
Learning to Tell Stories in a New Way: Adventures in Reading Middle Grade & Young Adult
Hello from, well not quite a basement out here in the middle of Minnesota, but more so the lobby of a fitness center waiting for my daughters while they have their swimming lesson. Hope this missive finds you and yours doing well, and feeling hearty and hale. And if you’ve got the doldrums or some … Continue reading Learning to Tell Stories in a New Way: Adventures in Reading Middle Grade & Young Adult
May Reads: Galactic Hot Dogs: Revenge of the Space Pirates by Max Brallier
April Read: Galactic Hot Dogs 🌭: The Weiner Strikes Back
On Surf Ninjas: Lessons Learned From Bad 90s Cinema
I feel like an Iggy in a Surf Ninja movie, waxing my board rather than climbing on and carving some waves. I talk a good game, and do just enough to convince myself I'm doing good work [...] Can't rightly be a writer if I don't actually write, can I?