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Reading & Signing: Saturday 12/1 French Market Saint Nicholas Day Fair in Dutch Alley

Come out this Saturday and bring the kids to the French Market St. Nicholas Day Fair. There will be plenty of authors there sharing and signing their books and kids get to take pics with good ole’ St. Nick. Can’t beat that! I’ll be there reading at 10 am so wake up early. I hope…

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November 28, 2012

Events, Readings

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The 2012 New Orleans Book Fair

This was my first year attending the New Orleans Book Fair. I met tons of people and got to hang out with my friend and fellow author, Iris Floyd. New Orleans is home to some amazing people and at events like these we get to see just about every type of New Orleanian there is!…

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November 18, 2012

Events

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Communities in Schools: RIF Event at Pride College Prep

I’m going to start naming these post, “Another RIF Event” because it seems like that’s all I’m doing these days! Thanks to Communities in Schools I had the opportunity to visit Pride College Prep in New Orleans East. I read to kids in grades K – 2nd and had the chance to share both of…

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November 18, 2012

Readings

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Communities In Schools RIF Event at Encore Academy

2 weeks ago I had the privilege of reading to the students at Encore Academy. I had a great time working with the kids and even found out one of my friends, Ms. Cat, is the dance teacher over there. I want to give a huge shout out to Lindsay over at Communities in Schools…

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November 18, 2012

Readings

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Gamibt Weekly’s Top 40 Under 40

I’m very happy to be included in this year’s Top 40 Under 40 by Gambit Weekly. The reception was great and it was nice to network with so many people who are making contributions to our world. It’s funny because I actually nominated someone else this year and as I wrote the nomination all I…

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October 30, 2012

Events

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The Louisiana Book Festival 2012

This past weekend, I signed books at the Louisiana Book Festival, held outside of the State Capital Building in Baton Rouge. This was my first time attending this festival and I had a great time. I’ve been to hundreds of festivals to sell my book but this was the best one I’ve ever attended. There…

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October 29, 2012

Events

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THANK YOU for helping our students Write, Read & Illustrate to Educate

Thank you all for donating to my IndieGoGo.com campaign! We raised over $1000 through our online fundraiser and others who just wanted to help out! That will take care of most of our printing costs so it is a huge help. I really appreciate it. This will have a LASTING impact on these kids life..…

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October 9, 2012

WRITE

W.R.I.T.E. LIVE on Real Talk with Wild Wayne on Q93

This morning tune in to Q93 to hear me talk about W.R.I.T.E. and other things going on in our community. We only have 40 hours left to raise $2500 to help 2nd Graders at Sci Tech in New Orleans publish their own books so please check out the interview and donate here! Tune in through…

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October 6, 2012

New Orleans, WRITE

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W.R.I.T.E. Week 3: 2nd Graders Illustrate their Books

Last week our 2nd graders began to illustrate their books. They came out great! It’s funny because before I began the program I considered having professional illustrators complete the drawings in each book. After seeing the artwork their minds had in store for their books, I’m literally blown away. Take a look at a few…

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October 1, 2012

WRITE

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W.R.I.T.E. Week 2 Recap

Today we finished up Week 2 at W.R.I.T.E. and our last day was one of the best. Artist, Filmmaker & Philanthropist Brandan Odums visited W.R.I.T.E. to speak to our students about what being an artist is all about. He also showed two videos & gave each student a book, bookmark and folder and then…….. Mr.…

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September 21, 2012

WRITE

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