I’m speaking at a school in Cedar Rapids next week. Besides the general presentations, I’m also doing a workshop (I’m always really happy when a school asks me to do workshops as well as general presentations!), and the librarian had all the students who wanted to be in the workshop write a “letter of application” stating why they wanted to be in the workshop. (What a great idea! If any other school did that, I never knew about it.)

I can tell by these letters that these are going to be some GREAT kids to work with! I sure hope they all got in to the workshop.

A couple of them (i.e. MORE THAN ONE!) said they hoped I would teach them about empty or dangling modifiers. Sorry to disappoint, but we won’t be doing anything like that. I would like to think that what I’m going to be doing is a lot more fun, but maybe I just don’t have the right attitude when it comes to dangling modifiers.

I’m really looking forward to this visit!


Letters of application

6 thoughts on “Letters of application

  • April 26, 2007 at 7:40 pm
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    Good luck to you!!!!!!!!!

    Your blog is full of great news. I am happy for your success!

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  • April 26, 2007 at 10:09 pm
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    I remember for an article I wrote once, someone said I had “created a dangling gerund modifier.” Then she snickered and her underlings snickered with her. I felt stupid.

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      • April 27, 2007 at 1:40 pm
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        People have explained it to me a couple of times, but it’s like explaining stockcar racing to me – it just falls out of my brain.

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        • April 30, 2007 at 1:59 pm
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          Ha! I know the feeling!

          BTW, I had an opportunity to write a kids book on stockcar racing a few years ago. I think I did EVERYONE a favor by turning that one down!

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