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A Parent’s Guide to Surviving Your Child’s Homework
Last night, I spent almost two hours helping my sixth grader with his math homework. Both of us survived, thank you very much. But it reminded me of this helpful, um, advice for parents I wrote a few years ago way back when the same kid was in third grade. The passage of time has…
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Taco the Wonder Crab: A hermit crab and the many times he almost died
Once upon a time, on a hot, summer day in July, I took the kids to the pet store and came home with a hermit crab. I’m not sure why I allowed this to happen. I wasn’t sitting around earlier that day thinking, Hmm, I don’t have enough things to keep alive around here. Let’s get…
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How I Got My Agent, Part Two
A few months ago–okay, a year ago–, I shared with you the first part of my journey to signing with an agent. I told you how I came around to writing the book with the support and encouragement of many people. You can read it HERE. But writing the first draft is just a first…
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