Top Of My Head

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 . . .






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

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 . . .

What do you follow?

January 18, 2010

I had a thought . . .

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

Haiti on my mind

January 16, 2010

Please give what you can!!

The loss of life is unimaginable lets all come together and help in any way we can.

God Bless the people of Haiti . . .


This, that & the other . . .

January 14, 2010

What's up Jaime here.
I know it's been way too long . . . but I'm back.
First off I deactivated my Facebook account. I just couldn't take it anymore. Mostly it was a distraction from what I'm supposed to be doing which is WRITING!
You can probably tell the whole self promo thing rings kind of (more…)

NOVELS

The Death of Jayson Porter
Sixteen year-old Jayson Porter wants to believe things will get better. But the harsh realities of his life never seem to change . . .
JIMI & ME
After the sudden and violent death of his father, there remains only one certainty in Keith James’s life: everything is going to be different now...
NAMES WILL NEVER HURT ME
IN THIS GRIPPING STORY, four very different teens reveal their deepest feelings and fears during a day in which the hurts and struggles of high school escalate dangerously . . .
PICTURE BOOKS
SMALL FRY
Fun poems about the "ups & downs" of being small!!
REVIEWS THAT ROCK!/AWARDS
POETRY
THE SONG SHOOTS OUT OF MY MOUTH: A Celebration Of Music
"His free verse is highly rhythmic and demands to be performed." (SCHOOL LIBRARY JOURNAL)
SHORT STORIES/POEMS
Dude!
Check out my poem "Twelve" in this very cool new compilation!
Twice Told
2 Author's inspired by 1 piece of art. Check out "The God of St.James and Vine."
911 THE BOOK OF HELP
"NOT LIKE TV" by Jaime Adoff