Alisse Lee Goldenberg
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2/27/2012

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I have finished the first round of edits on my sequel and am very excited with the direction this series is heading. I already have a whole bunch of ideas for book three which seems like it will be a MASSIVE undertaking. No spoilers, but book two tackles some themes that are a bit darker than The Strings of the Violin, and I relished the challenge to go a bit further this time. Book Two will see the introduction of some new characters and the return of old friends. I loved the chance to take my characters in new directions, and had a lot of fun writing it. Now I think it's ready for new people to read it and give me feedback. Then, on to more edits! Now, editing this book took a bit longer than I had hoped. It is quite hard to concentrate when every single toy the babies own beeps, boops, bongs, and sings songs about lions who roar all day. Why must every toy given to kids makes sounds, light up and be so dang complicated? What happened to blocks and dolls? What happened to kids having to use their imagination? Why must all kids have their toys do all the work for them? This scares me about as much as kids as young as one or two knowing how to use iphones and ipads better than most adults I know. It quite frankly creeps me out when I go to a restaurant and I see hordes of children ignoring their parents and their surroundings glued to tiny screens. I used to colour. I used to talk to my parents. I used to be social. It seems to me that we are teaching our kids to be anti social. We're teaching them to be rude. We are teaching them that it's okay to sit around the dinner table and text, or play Angry Birds rather than have actual conversations with people. I don't like it. It seems the lazy way out of keeping your kids quiet in public. Okay, deep breath, rant over.


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I like to play with cups and Fraggles. Sometimes it's fun to try to put the Fraggle IN the cup!
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This is my favourite toy! It does nothing!
In other news, the book launch is on! I am so excited to be planning it, and can't wait to see everyone there on March 10th. My book will be available for all in attendance, as well as food and drinks. (Cake for sure!) It will definitely be a fun time for all.

I have also joined Google+ and have added a +1 button to my home page, so be sure to click it. I think it helps raise me in Google standings, or rankings, or gets me free chocolate, or something. I'm not really techno-savvy, so I'm not completely sure as to its purpose, but please click it anyways. My new page over on Google+ is found here. I'm still navigating my way around there, so if anyone has tips or thoughts on it, let me know! Hopefully it will be as easy as Facebook and Twitter are. Yet, in the interest of full disclosure, I am resisting Timeline with everything I have. It looks far too confusing and complicated to me. I do not understand how it works, or how to find anything in people's Timelines. Should I give in? Right now, my instincts say nope. Let me know what you think about this as well. More news coming soon...
2 Comments
Rachel
2/28/2012 04:09:42 am

I completely agree with you about the toys!! That's why batteries are removable :)

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Alisse Lee Goldenberg
2/29/2012 01:33:35 pm

What drives me crazy is when the off switch or volume control is so hidden I can't possibly find the darned thing anywhere!

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