Scholastic has a new social network!

Today, there was a tweet about Scholastic's new social network. It's all about books. You begin your profile with the five books that have been the most influential in your life. Yes, I know...you've read hundreds. They also give you the option to favorite other books. You can connect to other members via your book influences. I've already started my profile. I started with the very first book I ever loved. Here's what I wrote on my profile:

I don't ever remember a time when I couldn't read. I don't remember being taught. I just knew. Being an early reader was nice but no big deal to me, (unlike my fellow kindergarteners). Then one day I received a book, (from where I don't remember), that I was supposed to read. It was "Green Eggs and Ham". I had never read a book written by a "doctor with a funny name" before. I read the first few pages and realized that this was a rhyming book...a very silly rhyming book. I fell in love! I fell in love with "Green Eggs and Ham", with rhyming books, and with reading all with this book. I had to find more Dr. Seuss books. "One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish" was a close second. Unfortunately, I found "Go Dog, Go" a little insulting at the time. I though it was for babies who couldn't read. It's funny how worldly we think we are at 5 yrs old.

Are you you going to sign up? Hope to see you guys there.

You Are What You Read

I'm Back!

I've been gone for a while as you can see. I took time out to take care of family stuff. I also took time out to do something else I hadn't done for a while...read. I hadn't realized how much I missed reading. Catching up on J.D. Robb series...you know the one with Eve Dallas, has been quite satisfying. Also on my reading list was "The #1 Ladies' Detective Agency" series. The HBO series is slightly differs from the book. The order of some events are different from the way they are originally written. Still, the TV version does the book great justice. I told my mom, (who didn't like the book very much), to check it out on DVD instead. She likes Miss Marple, Poirot, Monk, etc. This is right up her alley.
On another note, I've been rethinking my writing for income strategy. The most important criteria was the ability to keep earning for something long after I had originally written it. So not only will I be writing new articles be "revamping" the old ones as well. Be on the look out. There will be links to my articles on my blog. Please read, comment, forward etc.

Thank you guys so much for checking up on me and continuing to read what little I've been posting lately.