HALLOWE’EN 2008
As I have mentioned before Hallowe’en is one of my favorite sort-of holidays. Being an artsy town, we have a Center for Photography here and as a gift to the community and a way of drumming up support for the […]
FAQs + FUN
GETTING STARTED
I lead a lot of writing workshops for kids and sometimes the will is there, all raring to go, but the well is dry, so to speak. My writing teacher- the amazing novelist and memoirist Abigail Thomas- used to give […]
SASE=FREE BUTTON
SEND ME A SELF-ADDRESSED STAMPED ENVELOPE AND I’LL SEND YOU A FANTASTIC FELTUS OVALTON/’BOOKS ARE COOL’ BUTTON. 2 1/2 INCHES OF COOL. WHILE SUPPLIES LAST. 202 TINKER STREET, WOODSTOCK, NY 12498.
AND ONE MORE…
Here’s another runner-up in the PoodleRat picture contest. Sophie Corwin (What a talented family you are!) For some reason I had a glitch in my computer last night and couldn’t post it. Congratulations to the winners and runner-ups and thanks […]
PRESENTING THE WINNERS…
Here are the WINNERS and RUNNER-UPS for the PoodleRat picture contest. They are all wonderful and beautifully executed and it was extremely hard making a decision. Winston and I decided finally to award a 10 -and -under prize and an […]
POODLERAT CONTEST
HI EVERYONE! JUST WANTED TO REMIND YOU THAT THE POODLERAT DRAWING CONTEST ENDS ON SEPTEMBER 30TH 2008. THE GRAND PRIZE IS A COPY OF THE SPIDERWICK DVD, AN AUTOGRAPHED COPY OF “THE CURIOUS MISADVENTURES OF FELTUS OVALTON”, A COPY OF […]
DON’T FORGET…THE POODLERAT CONTEST!!!!
IT ENDS ON SEPTEMBER 30TH 2008 SO SEND YOUR ENTRIES IN NOW. ALL ENTRIES WILL RECEIVE A SPECIAL PRIZE. SO GET TO DRAWING AND SEND THOSE FABULOUS PORTRAITS TO: POODLERAT CONTEST 202 TINKER STREET WOODSTOCK, NY 12498 -JO //////////////////////////////////////////////
THE POWER OF FLIGHT, CHICKEN POX AND PLATYPUSES
Winston, the toad (All apologies to the creature in question but he is a toad, although he prefers to be referred to as Winston, Bufo Horribilis Magnificus which I will endeavor to remember in the future but it’s a mouthful […]
DRAW A POODLERAT CONTEST
Because it’s the beginning of August (the leisure month), and Because I’ve just, finally, after more sleepless nights than I care to think about, finished the manuscript for my new book, Feltus Ovalton and The Lost Warrior, and Because I […]
6 SURPRISING THINGS ABOUT ME (if anyone cares)
I used to be a punk rocker. The photo above is from 1983. I am very superstitious. Knocking on wood, throwing salt over my left shoulder…Yeah I do all those things. When I was a child I wished I was […]