Just pretend this post came on Thursday, as it should have. 

Did a quick drop in school visit at Farnsworth Elementary two days ago—and no, it didn’t take me the  last two days to recover enough to blog.  Though I admit, speaking to ninety fifth graders who just got out of an assembly was an interesting experience.  I wasn’t aware that they were injecting kids with adrenaline at school events now.  Anyway, for a post-assembly, short notice workshop, not too bad.  We did a little exercise that addresses both descriptive language and revision.  It was a good experience to have before I do dozens of these things with my full, big-time presentation in a few months.

Only reason I did this one, actually, is because of Pat Deinert, a friend of mine who works in the library at Farnsworth.  She, apparently, has been a constant and energetic spokesperson for GDC, and the kids and teachers knew enough about me to ask for a special event to finish off this school year.  (I’ll be going back next school year with the standard assembly presentation.)  I should also thank Deanne Mendez, the fifth grade teacher who actually contacted me about doing the event for her grade.  As part of the event, I donated three books to the school library under the agreement that any child who gets to read them before they are available for sale will write a review.  It’s a good way to get kids writing, at least that’s the plan.  If the kids write any reviews—good, bad, or indifferent—I promised to put them up here.  Come on back to see if a nine year old gives me a half star rating.