Fiction author Robin Brande talks about writing, reading, and other vital matters

Last night we stumbled out of the wilderness after our eighth day of backpacking, and all I could fantasize about were a shower, bouncy hair, a salad, and more toilet paper, please, since I had just run out with that last pee in the pines.
But aside from the grunge factor, MAN I love getting away [...]

Can’t say enough about how great this series by Kristine Kathryn Rusch is. The latest installment of her Freelancer’s Survival Guide: Emergencies. So much great information in there. Thank you, Kris!

These past several months I’ve been linking to a great series by award-winning author Kristine Kathryn Rusch called The Freelancer’s Survival Guide. If you haven’t kept up with those posts, please do yourself the favor of going back through her index and reading as much of the series as you can. If you [...]

This is just pure fun. And a great reminder that not all engineering is serious, cubicle-trapped number-crunching. Sometimes a rock band might ask you to build a machine for its music video, and you’ll be so happy you paid attention in all those physics and math classes.
There you go, friends. Enjoy!

Dan Meyer is a high school math teacher, but his methods are enough to inspire any teacher–math, English, Social Studies, whatever.
I’ve been reading his blog, where he regularly posts innovative ideas for teaching and draws equally innovate comments from other teachers. It’s a treat for both your intellectual and creative mind(s?).
But first, enjoy this [...]

I loved this talk by Sir Ken Robinson four years ago, and now he’s come back for a new one. Funny, thought-provoking–everything to love in a short speech. Especially love his story about the fireman!
Enjoy.

We all have that sense of who our “people” are. Those people who are passionate about the same weird or lofty things we are. The people who get giddily excited about hashing out details and visions of things that maybe most everyone else thinks is silly or impossible.
For example, I love talking [...]

Wow, I did NOT need coffee this morning, thanks to this guy. If he doesn’t fire you up, no one can.
And thank goodness LOST is almost over. You’ll understand when you get to the end of his talk.

Here’s this week’s video, about how one woman and one idea can make a huge–HUGE–difference.
Love this! Enjoy!

I’ll admit that I get obsessed with some strange things. And one of those is trying to become more and more efficient with my packing–seriously, if I could get by on a 5-day trip with just a toothbrush, a laptop, and some underwear, I would. And even though I can’t quite do that, [...]