Today is the last day of March which means I have finished my 12th year of writing a slice of life for 31 days. It’s easy to think this is some great accomplishment. But who matters more to me are the bloggers I do this with. Through the Two Writing Teachers blog, we have connected over time and space and supported each other. I always end with the wish that I had read more and commented more. What a wonderful community of teacher-writers! Thank you!
I also want to express my pride over my students who stuck with the daily slicing challenge. Julian wrote “This is the final day for writing and I cannot believe I actually did it. Before I ever did this challenge I was having trouble with writing 1 SOL a week. I never would have thought I would be able to write one continuously for a month straight. But I did and I’m very proud of myself.” You can view their posts at Fanschool/ GT Allstars
Tomorrow begins another writing adventure: National Poetry Month. Many of my poet blogger friends are doing projects. I will be writing with Ethical ELA VerseLove as I have done since 2020. At Ethical ELA, there is another great community of teacher writers who support each other.
I coordinate a gathering of children’s poets to write the 2025 Kidlit Progressive Poem. Linda Mitchell has bravely agreed to start us off. You will find her post at A Word Edgewise. We have three slots left at the end of the month if you want to play along. Kidlit Progressive Poem 2025 Sign Up.
Tomorrow is a big day for me. Release day for Were You There? A Biography of Emma Wakefield Paillet that I co-authored with Phebe Hayes. I will be presenting this weekend at the Books Along the Teche Literary Festival at the Shadows on the Teche Visitors Center at 11:15 AM on Saturday. My co-author Phebe Hayes and I are excited to launch this important book about the history of New Iberia, LA. If you are local, please join us for this long awaited release.
Reflections on the Teche 
Very exciting! Congrats! This is very cool! So glad you let us know!
Congratulations on the book release to both of you. I read amd commented as much as I could. Unfortunately I missed out on many.
Margaret, congratulations to Julian! That’s so awesome that they wrote every day of the month. I’m excited that the Progressive Poem has already started, and I like what Linda did. Congratulations to you and Phebe. I’m glad the book will be in the world finally.
I just purchased this book..so proud of our cousin Phoebe…I’m spreading the word!!
so proud of you Cousin Phoebe ❤️ 💙
Your life is rich with writing! I can’t wait to get my hands on your book and am thrilled that it’s releasing today. Congratulations!!! (Do you have a link or a preferred site for purchasing?) I’m hoping to play along with VerseLove, but may well limit my efforts to my notebook. We’ll see how it goes. Happy National Poetry Month!
Last time I checked, Amazon didn’t have any copies yet. I’ll let you know. I need to check with our local independent seller. Thanks for all you do to support me as a writer. (And friend)