http://magicalchild.handcraftedpagan.com Sun, 30 Nov 2008 22:32:40 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Merry Hi Friends! I don't know about all of you, but my November has been quite full. In fact, it's been so chock full it got away from me when I stopped to regroup. When I came up for air it was already the 24th! The month started with my leap ... http://magicalchild.handcraftedpagan.com/2008/11/30/november-update-comes-screcching-under-the-wire/ Things I've done are in bold. What about you??? 1. Started your own blog 2. Slept under the stars 3. Played in a band 4. Visited Hawaii 5. Watched a meteor shower 6. Given more than you can afford to charity 7. Been to Disneyland 8. Climbed a mountain 9. Held a praying mantis 10. Sang a solo 11. Bungee jumped 12. ... http://magicalchild.handcraftedpagan.com/2008/11/29/things-ive-done-meme/ Magical Child Books http://magicalchild.handcraftedpagan.com/2008/11/29/a-perfect-gift-for-the-little-ones-on-your-list/ I really tried, and in fact I am pretty pleased with what I managed to accomplish. But with only eight days to go in this month's National Novel Writing Month challenge and my measly word count of just over 13,000 words, I don't think it is physically possible for me ... http://magicalchild.handcraftedpagan.com/2008/11/22/im-not-going-to-make-it/ I love getting emails from the readers of my books. It's what makes this all worth while. Today, one of my newsletter members Magical Child News sent a request to update her email address and a short anecdote about how Watchers help her granddaughter deal with her fear of ... http://magicalchild.handcraftedpagan.com/2008/11/17/fear-of-fairies/ Mama Dragon aka Trudy Herring, the coauthor of our upcoming picture book "Rabbit's Song" has graciously invited Trickster to use her livejournal page http://uglygrandmother.livejournal.com/ to record his diary of his search for animal representatives. Read the story behind the story while you wait for your copy of the book to ... http://magicalchild.handcraftedpagan.com/2008/11/14/the-trickster-diaries/ It would be wise to get out of this little hooligan's way. I sketched this out in early September but never finished it as other more pressing projects kept me occupied. She's been yelling at me ever since. So I finished her up today. Maybe now I'll have some peace ... http://magicalchild.handcraftedpagan.com/2008/11/07/illustration-friday-wise/ Hello Again, Many of you have already received multiple notices of the upcoming Benefit Auction for Beltana and her Family. Since the last post, listing the items to be auctioned, we have receive several more exquisite items. Although the following list looks familiar, please ... http://magicalchild.handcraftedpagan.com/2008/11/07/benefit-auction-this-weekend-11808/ This just in from Publisher's Weekly: As bedtime books go, Goodnight Moon by Margaret Wise Brown, illustrated by Clement Hurd (HarperCollins, 1947), remains one of the gold standards. But author/illustrator Michael Rex thought the classic tale could use a healthy dose of spookiness, so he set to creating Goodnight Goon: A ... http://magicalchild.handcraftedpagan.com/2008/11/06/goodnight-goon/ This month the ABC of Lessor Known Goddesses features Kebechet. She is the daughter of Anubis the Egyptian God of the Dead. Her job is to carry water to Her father for the purification of the dead's souls. Join the Magical Child News Yahoo group to download this and previous coloring ... http://magicalchild.handcraftedpagan.com/2008/10/08/october-coloring-page-is-ready/