The National Council for Teachers of English (NCTE) recently held a #WHYIWRITE campaign for its National Day on Writing celebration. I participated in it. It was fun. Many people ask me why I write. I know why I don’t write, right off the bat, so here goes: I don’t write to make money (Stephen King has that taken care of). Plus, I’m not sure I’ve made enough royalties after three books to pay for a one-night’s-stay up the road in Niagara Falls, NY near my hometown. I don’t

Last month, Tara Martin, a remarkable educator from Lawrence, Kansas wrote a guest blog for Dave Burgess regarding #BookSnaps. When I read the blog, at first glance, I thought, "Pretty cool . . . that's a neat tool . . ." Boy, was that a generic self-reflective response. Then, something incredible happened . . . As Tara and I networked through #TLAP, I found out that something deeper was happening with this whole #BookSnaps thing. I asked Tara if she would take a look at a