- If you are in Utah, there’s this very cool event coming up on July 19 – Writing for Charity. It’s a workshoppy-type thing that is going to get you lots of up close and personal time with authors and illustrators talking about process and craft and all that good stuff, and the best part is the faculty are donating their time so that the entire registration fee (a cheap, cheap $45!) goes to The Wheelchair Project. You can read all the details and registration info at Shannon Hale’s blog. It’s going to be held at my favorite place – The Salt Lake City Public Library. I am just sorry to be out of town and missing this.

- The enchanting and hilarious Katie Davis has created this site where you can create your autobiography in comic form. I haven’t tried it yet, because I’m not allowed to do such things until I finish my book, but if you don’t have a book to finish or homework to do, you totally should. And post it on your blog and tell me because I want to see. Also, you should tell your favorite kid about this because it would be fun for them – and maybe they could wrangle some extra credit when school starts up again?

- Laurie Halse Anderson has thrown down the WFMAD challenge  (Write 15 Minutes a Day), and if I didn’t feel like had to write 15 hours a day right now, I would totally be doing it. You’d be surprised how much you can do in 15 minutes, for real. And, it’s a great way to create a habit. Dorothea Brande would approve.

Okay, that’s all I have. Happy Thursday! We are over the hump!