Reading Anita Silvey's, "Children's Book Almanac," I discovered things about author Bill Martin I never knew. He had a Ph.D. and started his career in publishing. He mentored Eric Carle. He's no longer with us.

The journey we take as life moves along and careers progress is rarely a linear, predicatable one. My journey has had twists and turns too numerous to count. I've done work in my "career" that is vastly different than what I plan to do for the next 20 some-odd years. (putting electrodes...
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I thought the term "personal branding" was edgy enough. Now I find another term, "Micro Celebrity," that encapsulates the idea even better. As we busily create another blog post, website update, tweet, profile pic, or other momentary announcements, what is our real hope? Recognition. Look at me! See what I can do! I'm a Celebrity!

Granted, some of the things we share are worthwhile, entertaining, or thought-provoking. Thank goodness. So many, however, are just that much more blah blah in the c...
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