children | steadily skipping stones

Apr 29

Magic Man Ricky Anderson

moving the podcast – interview from May 29, 2013

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I loved this chat. I was so unprepared, my first question was “Ricky is nice”. But the magical Ricky kept the conversation flowing! We talked about fatherhood, being a blogger vs a writer, his work-in-progress and our fear of failure. And then he did a magic trick.

I’m still trying to figure it out.

0:00 ~ Who is this?
6:30 ~ fatherhood
9:50 ~ “I’m a blogger, not a writer”
14:45 ~ the fear of failure
18:30 ~ Changeup (which I keep calling “The” Changeup)
25:10 ~ computer stuff
28:10 ~ Ricky does magic

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Connect with Ricky
on his blog RickyAnderson.net
on Twitter @Arthur2Sheds

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References

Clay Morgan ~ claywrites.com
Chad Jones ~ RandomlyChad.com
Sherideth Smith ~ sherideth.com
Leanne Shirtliffe ~ ironicmom.com
The Gift (Ricky’s letter to his son)
Changeup (Chapter 1)
Guest Post Swapping, Agent Smith edition (sherideth’s guest post)
What the Dell?

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Apr 16

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Leanne Shirtliffe: Don’t Lick The Minivan (and other things I never thought I’d say to my kids)

moving the podcast – interview from May 22, 2013

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Leanne Shirtliffe is a busy woman! And still she took a big chunk of time out of her evening to sit down and talk to me about her new book Don’t Lick The Minivan!

After we figured out how to work the Google Hangout thing, we talked about her writing process, depression and raising twins. And she gives us a special sneak peek at her upcoming projects!

0:00 ~ “I guess I’m an author” (meet Leanne)
8:00 ~ the writing process
18:00 ~ sappy files, depression and found humor
28:00 ~ a husband, twins and lazy parenting
40:00 ~ what’s next for Leanne

Connect with Leanne

on her blog IronicMom.com
on Twitter @LShirtliffe
on Facebook

Buy the book!

Also!! Renee Schuls-Jacobson is giving away a copy of Leanne’s book. Hop over to read her review and find out how to enter!
RasJacobson.com
Hint: tell her something naughty.
You’ll stay to read the other stories, trust me.

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Items of Interest:

Writing Lessons: On Characterization, with Leanne Shirtliffe (more about changing how her husband was originally portrayed)
Don’t throw your pee out the window! (my review of my review of Don’t Lick The Minivan)
Leanne Shirtliffe answers her fan mail (a bit of video cut from our interview)

Apr 16

moving the podcast

Since I’m not actively doing the podcast, it makes no sense to keep paying for the site. So I’m moving all the posts over here and deleting the podcast standalone site. I can’t remember if I ever posted this here or not, but this was my first “official” podcast chat.

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Amanda flies to Mars with sister; parents never suspect

This is a little interview I did with my 5-year-old niece, just for fun. We talk about her boyfriends (“he’s not my boyfriend”), her siblings, trips to Mars and her talent for turning flowers into wood. Oh, and farts.