From time to time, I post news on my blog relating to conferences, books, events and memorable experiences. You can access the blog entries by clicking on the posts, below. Please feel free to make comments or ask questions!
News
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Breakaway – My Third Soccer Novel is now in Stores (and on Amazon)!
I am excited to announce that my third novel, Breakaway, was published in mid-September. This novel is particularly special to me because the main character, Adam, comes […]
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Reflections on Learning 2.011
Reflections on Learning 2.011 I must admit that I began this conference feeling quite skeptical about the over-emphasis on technology in classrooms. It also felt like a […]
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What’s the Point of a Writers’ Conference? – My Thoughts After Attending the 40th Annual Summer Conference of the SCBWI (Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators) in Los Angeles
I was extremely fortunate to attend the 40th annual SCBWI (Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators) Summer Conference in Los Angeles over the past three days […]
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Asian Festival of Children’s Content – Singapore 2011
From the 26th to the 29th of May, I visited the 2011 Asian Festival of Children’s Content held at the Arts House in Singapore. It was my […]
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大震災の三つの本当のことが言たいです/Three Conclusions About Natural Disasters
For English, click here. 1)映画や写真や記事からは、震災の全部のことを知ることはできません。 例 えば、家を一つ見た ら、人や家族を一人の悲しい話がちょっと分かれるけど、全部の本当のことが分かることができません。に対して、宇宙から撮った写真のスケールは日常の生活 と違うから、分からないと思います。石巻の道で住んでる人と喋れたり、自転車を乗ったり、歩いたから、人のレベルの津波経験の理解はちょっと上達するかも しれません。 One person’s damaged house in Ishinomaki Satellite photo of post-tsunami Ishinomaki 2)大震災の後で、ニュースは壊れていない所をあまり見せません。 石巻町の 運河の北からは普通の日本の小さいな町みたいです。モスバーガーもコンビニも酒屋もあるし、電気もあるし、お湯もあります。ラブホテルもあるから、びっく りしました! でも、運河を渉って、15分歩いたら、景色は壊れた近状から広島原爆みたいな震災所になります。一番悪い夢をみたと思います。 3) […]
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Three Conclusions About Natural Disasters/大震災の三つの本当のことが言たいです…
ここ日本語で読めます。 1) No single photograph, video or article can adequately convey the scale of this disaster A photograph, for example, of a single destroyed house focuses on […]