September 2012
My younger son is in his senior year, and thus September still feels like "back to the books" for me. Last night, I went to "Senior Night" where we were given marching orders on the myriad of details surrounding college applications. I have been down this road before, but I still think the level of abject anxiety in that room was pretty high. A friend once wisely told me that all we want for our children is that they are not disappointed. It's so very true.
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Ralph Lagana is a sixth-grade reading specialist at Gideon Welles School in Glastonbury, Connecticut. As Ralph describes it, “It’s a single-grade building with a student population of around 525.” It’s also a school with an open-minded approach to teaching comics in the classroom.
—San Francisco Chronicle
A few weeks ago on Facebook, I saw author Brian Freeman mention that he was doing a book group event at a women’s prison, something he had done in the past. He mentioned that these readers asked some of the best questions that he has been asked when speaking with book groups. Intrigued I asked this author of seven thrillers, the most recent of which is SPILLED BLOOD, to share his thoughts on this experience with us.
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