Yes, Renee', you have a country accent. If you don't believe it, listen to yourself on Ipadio.

I do not like the way I sound on video. I do not like the way I sound when I create Jing screencasts. I do not like the way I sound on Ipadio. I do not like green eggs and ham. Hah! I would like the snazzy British accent I hear when I call in to Ipadio. Could I have one of those please?

My podcast is a story I began last week with my Creative Writing kids. Can I just share how much I love that class? My kids are awesome. They would literally write for 90 minutes a day if I let them, except for sharing time. They can't wait to share with the rest of the class what they've written, and they insist that I write and share too. This class is really refreshing, and they have encouraged me to retune my creative voice.

We use the writing prompt book, The Writer's Book of Matches: 1001 Ways to Ignite Your Fiction. This book has the craziest prompts, some of which ARE NOT school appropriate, so please be aware. I give my kids four prompts from the book to choose from, and I always give some kind of writer's choice option each day to begin class. To see some of what the kids have come up with, visit my Creative Writing class site. They've posted stories three times, and we've participated in Writer's Workshop twice. We'll finish workshopping their second pieces Monday in class. The piece I read in my podcast was a prompt which had to include, "Despite her current appearance, and the fact that she was in police custody, he knew she was the one..."