Delays are inevitable: stuff happens. And so it is with my latest book, Clay in the Potter's Hands. I was on track to release the first printing in July. As it turns out, we've still got a way to go (technical difficulties? human error? life intervenes? all of the above?).
In the meantime, you can still buy [...]
Better than Barney. More creative than Raffi. As much fun as that Peter, Paul, and Mary’s classic “Peter, Paul, and Mommy.” Sierra and I just discovered Hullabaloo. http://www.hullabalooband.com/
As part of its summer reading program, the Glendora Public Library sponsored a folk concert during its regularly scheduled story time. I hadn’t heard of the group, but I [...]
Last week, I was invited to give a talk in my daugher's a second grade class. The students were doing a unit on careers, and I was invited to talk about being an author. Here are some of their questions, and my answers:
How do you prepare for your career?
Get a little notebook. Start writing every day: describe the [...]
I've been working with Lulu.com for several months now, and in general, I am pretty happy with their work. They are fast, affordable, and flexible. I ran into a snag, though, with print quality. About 500 copies of Clay in the Potter's Hands have been ordered. Most orders have been just fine. One order of [...]
Creativity=Skill+Persistence+One Crazy Concept.
http://www.matchstickmarvels.com/MinasTirith.htm
I received this heartening note from my friend David Bratman:
I am reading a small book called Shakespeare's Modern Collaborators by Lukas Erne (London: Continuum, 2008), and found this gratifying, and rather familiar-sounding, statement in the Introduction (p. 1):
"Shakespeare's play texts as they reach us are the result of collaboration. What this emphasis on collaboration entails is a view of Shakespeare [...]
Here's what it is like to read Donald Miller: I've heard all this stuff before, but it was alway spoken so politely that I could keep my umbrella up and my raincoat buttoned, but when Donald Miller says it, I am suddenly chilled to the bone and soaked clear through.
I LOVE this excerpt on the creative process from Frank Cottrell Boyce, author of Cosmic. You can read the rest ofthe interview at http://www.examiner.com/x-19497-Madison-Books-Examiner~y2010m1d24-An-interview-with-Cosmic-and-Millions-author-Frank-Cottrell-Boyce?cid=edition-rss-Madison. Thanks to Lynn Maudlin for the link.
PW: The theme of what it means to be/to have a dad in Cosmic is wonderful. Did that emerge on its own, or was it deliberate?
FCB: No [...]
I will be writing more about my new book, Clay in the Potter's Hands, but for now I wanted to let you know that you can buy the preview edition directly from my distributor, Lulu.com, by following this link: http://www.lulu.com/product/paperback/clay-in-the-potters-hands-preview-edition/5972187
It's priced at $9.99, but you can get an extra 10% off with the coupon code GREATBOOK.
More soon.