Fighting Monsters with Rubber Swords

Well, crap. Molly Ivins has died, after a long battle with breast cancer. Following as it does the death of Ann Richards, Molly's passin...

I don't have anything in particular to say about this, other than it makes me think a great deal about what goes on inside the minds of ...

Originally uploaded by Citizen Rob . This time, Schuyler tries her hand at fiction. I say fiction because really, outside of a pet...

Originally uploaded by Citizen Rob . A funny thing happened when I got to the end of my book. I wanted to keep writing. During the...

Originally uploaded by Citizen Rob . Schuyler loves mermaids. If you ask her, she'll tell you that she's a mermaid. We we...

Schuyler (b&w) Originally uploaded by Citizen Rob . This was sent home by Schuyler's teacher, exactly as it was printed off...

I was starting to get a little twitchy, editing and re-editing, adding little bits and generally obsessing over the manuscript. When I fini...

Schuyler Originally uploaded by Citizen Rob . We had our monthly AAC Parents Meeting last night at Schuyler's school. It's...

Sometimes it's easy to feel like Schuyler is the only kid in the world with her particular monster. Statistically, that's almost tr...

Sometimes she makes me happier than I have words for. Sometimes she makes me sadder than I think I can survive. Sometimes I think I'm ex...

Julie Originally uploaded by Citizen Rob . It's strange, not having the book to obsess about every night. I mean, don't ge...

(Originally posted at SCHUYLER'S MONSTER .) I finished the manuscript this week, only two days after my own personal deadline and a full...

84,885 words Originally uploaded by Citizen Rob . I am DONE. Well, aside from the final edit, which I am hoping will take about a w...

Mother Daughter Originally uploaded by Citizen Rob . A funny thing happened over the weekend, the one where I was supposed to finis...

It's crunch week here at the Fancy Pants Book Boy Blog. I am three chapters away from completion, and while I'm obviously cutting i...

Schuyler & Santa, 2006 Originally uploaded by Citizen Rob . Schuyler has always had a strong association with Christmas, being ...

Schuyler at sunset Originally uploaded by Citizen Rob . I was driving home today and listening to NPR, and a story came on about a ...

Happy birthday, Monster Girl.

Don't eat that. Originally uploaded by Citizen Rob . We were sitting for a delightful dinner at Chipotle last night. Schuyler ...