1. I’ll be at the library in Martinsburg, West Va., on Monday, Aug. 5th, to talk about the books that shaped me in conjunction with the National Book Festival and the library’s A Book that Shaped Me contest. http://www.loc.gov/bookfest/events/
2. Huge thanks to Heidi Estrin from the Book of Life Podcast for featuring Happy Birthday, Tree in her recent broadcast.
3. We just returned from a family trip to Busch Gardens, where the kids had complaints about The Curse of DarKastle, a 3-D thrill ride. It was a little scary for them, but that wasn’t the biggest problem. The biggest problem, they said, is that it needed a better story. Now I have a new goal! And something else to do with my English degree…