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Book Reviews
The Brave Escape of Edith Wharton Review - “Any dreamy or bookish girl who once loved ‘Harriet the Spy’ should immediately take up this lively new biography…the author brings to life Wharton’s joy, consuming energy and ability to turn adversity into fuel and hunger… I like to picture girls lying on the beach reading this appealing book and receiving its secret message: stop i-chatting and posting on people’s walls — it’s time to write your first novel!”
— Katie Roiphe, New York Times Book Review - August 15, 2010
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Writing Nonfiction (Two Views!)
It would seem that, when you do something as solitary as writing, you probably never meet other writers. But that’s not true. We writers meet each other all the time at book events, presentations, online…somehow we find one another. I’ve known children’s writer Andrea Cheng for quite a few years and when she asked me to collaborate on a project for
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Tagged Andrea Cheng, Connie Nordhie, Etched in Clay, Just Fine the Way They Are, The Brave Escape of Edith Wharton, Writers Tips
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Congratulations To Donna & Ralph Weidenhammer For Winning The Signed Copy of “Just Fine The Way They Are”
There’s nothing like social networks to keep in touch with old friends and former neighbors, especially when you skip a year or two of sending out Christmas cards! Donna Weidenhammer and I lived next door to each other when our families were just beginning – lots of diapering, nap times and playground swings back then. She found me on Facebook
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Teacher Resources & Lesson Plans Available For “Just Fine the Way They Are”
Since school will be starting soon, educators and parents who would like to engage their children in some fun learning activities can download lesson plans that accompany Just Fine The Way They Are; From Dirt Roads to Rail Roads to Interstates. Developed by two elementary educators who are also adjunct professors in the Department of Education at Earlham College, the
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The National Road Brings the Historic Road Conference to Indianapolis
The national non-profit group Historic Roads is holding their annual conference on September 20-22, in Indianapolis, Indiana. Dedicated to identifying, preserving and managing our nation’s historic roads and scenic byways, Indy was specifically chosen because of the region’s unique transportation history, which includes the Historic National Road. Read more about the work of this important group and the conference. >>
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Get a Chance to Win a Signed Copy of Just Fine The Way They Are
To be eligible you must be subscribed to my mailing list. The winner will be randomly selected on July 31, 2012. Details In Celebration of Audiobook Month in June we’re giving away a signed copy of Just Fine The Way They Are, which is now available in school and local libraries on CD and cassette thanks to Recorded Books. To participate, please sign up
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National Road Yard Sale
Beginning on May 30 and running through the early part of June, folks will be setting up shop along the National Road (US 40) and creating one of the longest yard sales going: from Baltimore to St. Louis! For 9 years now, beginning on the Wednesday following Memorial Day, churches, museums, stores, and plain old ordinary people have been selling
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Postscript to Just Fine the Way They Are
You might think that, when a book is published, the story it tells is finished. Not true! In the final illustration for the picture book Just Fine the Way They Are, Richard Walz reaches into a mythical future to imagine what a post-automobile era might look like. He envisions a jet-pack like invention – a personal flying machine – that
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Book Signing – Wayne County Historical Museum in Richmond, IN – Dec 10th
Please join Connie for a book signing at the Wayne County Historical Museum in Richmond, Indiana from 2pm-4pm on December 10th, 2011. Pictures from the event…
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Tagged Book Signings, Connie Nordhielm Wooldridge, Just Fine the Way They Are
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On the Road
One of the joys of writing nonfiction is that your books take you places in the research phase and take you places again when people start finding out what you’ve written and want you to come and talk to them. So I was on the road or, more precisely, on The Road last weekend. Just Fine the Way They Are
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Posted in Just Fine the Way They Are, Scenes from a Writer's Life
Tagged Cobblestone Magazine, Comprehension Lesson Plan, Connie Nordhielm Wooldridge, John and Annie Glenn Historic Site, Just Fine the Way They Are, Muskingum University, National Road/Zane Grey Museum, Social Studies - Transportation Lesson Plan, Teachers Lesson Plans, The National Road, Writer's Craft Lesson Plan
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Shakespeare
I’m just home from the Shakespeare Festival in Stratford, Ontario, reading through the “Twelfth Night,” and trying to pick up anything I might have missed when I saw it on stage. Shakespeare is a challenge and there’s no getting to the bottom of any of his plays. There’s no last word on what the bard was trying to say. There’s
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Come For a Ride?
As the third set of lesson plans for Just Fine the Way They Are (“Writer’s Craft”) is posted and ready for you teachers out there to download, I realize how much I like the illustration my graphic designer chose for the “button” that clicks you to those lesson plans: A car in motion…a car obviously on its way somewhere…a car
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