Generous “SCBWI” Children’s Book Authors

I am a member of the Society of Children’s Book Writer and Illustrators – Illinois Chapter. I joined years ago when Princess Shayna Invisible Visible Gift was published. I loved attending SCBWI-IL chapter author events, meetings and critique groups and reading the newsletter and subscribing to the Listserv. I continued my membership even though Princess Shayna…

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Building A Strong Collaborative Community: Princess Shayna Musical

5. Students Plan, Compose & Connect Emotions to Music & Lyrics: Princess Shayna Musical Yesterday, I sent out my March BrainBuzz Newsletter and was delighted to receive copious congratulations and lovely inquiries about attending the Princess Shayna Musical in May. Now, I am eager to share this 6th Journal entry/blog post from Kim Woycke, the “Blue Brain“ Director Extraordinaire of the…

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Students Create Their Own Kingdom of Kindness – Princess Shayna Musical

3. Auditions, Rehearsal, Casting & Music – Princess Shayna Musical This is the 4rd Journal entry/blog post from Kim Woycke,  “Blue Brain” Director Extraordinaire of the Princess Shayna Musical. “This week I was really excited for rehearsal.  Thanks to Sheila’s networking, we were able to add two wonderful additions to the cast, Tristin and Sidney!  Both…

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Auditions, Rehearsal, Casting & Music – Princess Shayna Musical

2. Diabetes, An Actress and A Royal Wizard- Princess Shayna Musical  When I read “Our first rehearsal for Princess Shayna was exhilarating” I knew I had to figure out a “Efficient Green Brain System” to help you and me keep track of my Princess Shayna Musical blog posts from director, Kim Woycke. A huge “Blue Brain Thank…

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Children’s Book Author Online Interview – LIVE TODAY!

Below is the announcement I received about my interview on Bookmark online book club, TODAY! “Welcome to Bookmark Radio, the World’s Premier Online Bookclub. Our show guest today will be: Sheila Glazov, author of Princess Shayna’s Invisible, Visible Gift Where: Online When: TODAY: Monday February 27, 2012 Time: 3:00 PST (West Coast), 4:00 MST (Colorado, etc), 5:00…

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A Radio Interview, Self-Esteem & Princess Shayna

Join Michael Scott, Wendy Duncan and me on Book Mark Radio for an engaging interview in honor of National Self-Esteem month on Monday, February 27th at 5:00-6:00 pm Central Standard Time. You can listen to the Bookmark Radio broadcasts on your iPhone, iPad, and IPod touch via the Castle Rock Radio app. We will be discussing the…

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Diabetes, An Actress & A Royal Wizard – Princess Shayna Musical

1st blog entry about the Princess Shayna Musical This is the 2nd entry about the Princess Shayna Musical. Thursday is my Yellow Brain scheduled blog post day about diabetes. I thought the message I received from Kim Woycke, the director of the Princess Shayna Musical, would be the perfect blog post. On February 13th Kim sent me message and said, “I did cast…

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Princess Shayna: A New & Original Children’s Musical

My Orange Brain is excited to tell everyone about my Grand News! This morning, Anna Berman, the Executive Director and owner of Trilogy School of Performing Arts in Lake Zurich, Illinois and I signed our agreement for the first original musical performance of Princess Shayna’s Invisible Visible Gift. The director of the play is Kim Woycke. Kim graduated from…

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Ebook Publishing Research & Suggestions

In my February 6th blog post, I wrote about my decision to commit the month of February to writing the Teacher & Parent Activity Guide for Princess Shayn’s Invisible Visible Gift . This supplement/accompaniment to Princess Shayna will be in an Ebook format. This week, I began my fascinating and frustrating Green “Techie” Brain investigation for Ebook formatting methods, compilers and/or publishing software. Princess Shayna…

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Magazine Article: A Children’s Diabetes Fairy Tale

Today, my Orange Brain was delighted to receive a Google Alert letting me know that my interview with Amy Mercer about my children’s fairy tale, Princess Shayna’s Invisible Visble Gift was now online. Amy is the author of The Smart Woman’s Guide to Diabetes: Authentic Advice on Everything from Eating to Dating and Motherhood.  Amy, who has Type 1 diabetes is a free lance…

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Incognito and New Writing Projects

My Blue/Yellow Brain needed to apologize for being incognito for the past several weeks. January was filled traveling and developing, preparing and delivering five What Color Is Your Brain? Programs for legal secretaries, lawyers, parents, early childhood teachers and administrators and sales representative for a book distributor. Now, I have decided to commit the month of February to writing the Teacher & Parent Activity…

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