Every once in a while, my talking computer barks out an email from the Illinois chapter of the Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators. I listen and think, gee, that event sounds interesting. And then I find out where they are meeting, or when they are meeting, and I hit the delete button. But […]
Last Wednesday Hanni led me to the Union League Club of Chicago to meet with the Barrington Bliss Book Club. Well, I say she led me there, but to be honest, when I asked her to turn at the front door she sped right by. The Union League Club is a swanky private club […]
I have a part-time job moderating the autism blog at Easter Seals. Every Friday I meet with my supervisor for a “weekly download,” i.e., we go over what happened the previous week. For our last download of the summer we decided to do something special – meet at Jake’s Pub, one of my boss’ favorite […]
Hello to fans of Hanni the Seeing Eye dog. My name is Beth Finke, and I plan to dogblog as we embark, pardon the pun, on our book tour for Hanni and Beth: Safe & Sound.