JAIME ADOFF

SOUR CHERRIES IN THE SNOW

Knees and things . . .

June 16, 2010

Just had knee surgery on Monday. Just a little repair work on my meniscus. I'm already walking without crutches!! But what I really wanted to say is that I'm at work on some new and exciting projects. New novels and picture books are in the works. I'll update more as things progress!!

More later,

Jaime

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As real as it gets

May 21, 2010

Still reeling over a childhood friend's suicide. Hadn't kept up with him as adults but my memories are crystal clear of him as a kid. Me and my wife visited his father a few days ago, just unimaginable grief. Growing up in a small town losing a childhood friend is like losing a family (more…)

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Time flies

April 29, 2010

2 months just went by, what happened?!!!

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February 26, 2010

Tags: PROJECT JERICHO-CHANGING LIVES-Clark County Detention Center . . .

I recently had one of the best and most inspiring experiences of my career. I was asked to speak at the Clark County Juvenile Detention Center in Springfield Ohio, just a few miles from my home. The day which included two more talks at Clark State Community College with High School students and the general (more…)

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Mom

February 19, 2010

Eight years gone

mom

I think of you every day
see your smile and your beautiful face

I can hear your voice say Jem--

just like it was yesterday but

Eight years have passed

and now I have a little girl who you would have loved so much

and when she turns her head (more…)

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"Small Fry" RIP

February 1, 2010

Just got a letter today informing me that my latest published book "Small Fry" which was published in Nov. of 2008 is going out of print. Now books go out of print all the time (especially picture books) but what makes this particularly hard to swallow is the fact that this book took about 8 years to get published (more…)

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11 o three

January 28, 2010

the fire
hisses
pops and giggles
hot
roaring wind

I think about the first time I read
Catcher in the Rye

As I write whatever it is I write.... changing morphing into reason and purpose
clay lives shaped from the outside. Finally seeing what was there

all the time . . .

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Congrats!!

January 18, 2010

Congrats to all the wonderful authors and illustrators who won and were honored today by the American Library Association!! A full list of winners can be found at ala.org

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Happy MLK Day!!

January 18, 2010

Lets take some time out today to reflect on an extraordinary man who helped to change the course of history . . .

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What do you follow?

January 18, 2010

I had a thought . . .

Lets' follow our hearts instead of someone on Twitter . . . .

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