by Teri Brown | Jun 12, 2016 | Uncategorized
Before the signing: Do I have enough bookmarks? Enough candy to give away? Stickers? What if I run out of something? Maybe I should have the bookseller get me more caramels, or more water. My throat gets dry if I talk too much. I hope my mom doesn’t show up. People...
by Teri Brown | Jun 9, 2016 | Uncategorized
I feel like an imposter. Now, I don’t feel like this about everything I do. I don’t feel like a sham educator. Even though I don’t have a degree, I’m a great teacher and the kids at the afterschool program where I work would corroborate that, even without bribery. So...
by Teri Brown | Jun 7, 2016 | Uncategorized
I’m delighted to announce that Velvet Undercover received an Oregon Spirit Honor Award from the Oregon Council of English Teachers. I am so incredibly honored. I am also excited for Fonda Lee, whose book Zeroboxer… was the winner! You can read about it on...
by Teri Brown | Jul 12, 2015 | Uncategorized
Today my family got together to remember my father who passed away on Memorial Day at the age of 98. We had a picnic, which is fitting, because dad was known to drop everything and travel for miles for a good picnic. While I was helping mom go through the storage a...
by Teri Brown | Jun 17, 2015 | Uncategorized
So a while back I posted a bucket list of things I want to accomplish in the final third of my life. One of those things was to get a master’s degree and teach college level writing, English or history. Of course, that brave young woman, (I wrote it in April, I...
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