Out of all hooping

I'm Melissa Wiley.
I write books for kids and teens.
This Tumblr is my linksharing vehicle,
a companion to my blog,
Here in the Bonny Glen.
I'm also a contributing writer at Wired.com's GeekMom.

I cowrite a webcomic, Into the Thicklebit,
with my husband, Scott Peterson,
and illustrator Chris Gugliotti.

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Social is Not a Channel

jaynepimentel:

The NewFronts the Digital community puts on each year always gives me one takeaway I keep for the rest...

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OSC, DC, and Freedom of Speech: it's not what you think it is

Another day, another brick in the walls on all three sides of this debate.

They are...

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Pilfdrox had read the old poems about the beauty of waterfalls, but they never made sense to him. He saw waterfalls every day of his life. They were...

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The Slow Web

One of the better spots to enjoy a bowl of ramen noodles here in New York is Minca, in the East Village. Minca is the kind of...

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childrenslitumn:

Queen Elizabeth, front and back covers. Written by Jeannette Covert Nolan, illustrated by Marie Lawson. 1951.

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“The city… whispered in the splashing of its fountains and breathed in the tides of its harbour. It spread its net of lights to shut out the stars,...

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Wonderful sketch blog by Vancouver artist Won Kang. Click to embiggen.

(via Urban Sketcher: Sun Tower in the Twenties)

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