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Hiya, Forest High School!

Me, Today w/ Funky Hair

So, today I had a Skype Video Chat with Forest High School (which is, incidentally, the rival high school of Vanguard HS, where I attended 9th and 10th grade). It was a lot of fun, though it’s a much different dynamic than if you are in a room with the students since you can’t really see them and gauge their reactions to your babbling.

Not that I ever actually intend to babble. But it happens. And could someone please poke me with a cattle prod every time I say “um”?

At any rate, I hope they had a good time. I did (even though my hair really didn’t behave…I swear it has a mind of it’s own and it always goes kind of funky if there’s a camera involved)!

They asked some good questions about writing and getting published and so I wanted to kind of reiterate what I said.

On how to get published…here’s something I’d written up before with advice for aspiring writers and how to get published.

On writing process…here’s something I’d written up before about my writing process. (Basically, I outline). And I try to do some “butt in chair” time every day. My goal is always a 1000 words. Sometimes I don’t hit that (er, like yesterday), but other days I knock it out of the park. :-)

Oh, and they wanted to see The Max, but he was out at a park with his babysitter. So here’s a gratuitous picture of my little guy:

The Max

The Max!