Make a Cool SHIFTY CARD

Check out my latest videos on How to Make a SHIFTY Card.
The first one is a short (90 seconds) video of the completed SHIFTY Card. The next one is the 8 minute "How To."

You can download the free pdf pattern to make your own SHIFTY Card at www.ShiftyTheBook.com. Once you are there, click on the Students & Teachers link.

Thanks for taking a look. And if you make your own SHIFTY Card, please post a vid and let me know where so I can see your personal artistic touches. Thanks!

The SHIFTY Card Completed (short version) from Lynn H on Vimeo.

How to Make a Cool SHIFTY Card from Lynn H on Vimeo.

SHIFTY was chosen for VOYA'S Top Shelf Fiction, as a CCBC Choice, and a Smithsonian Notable. More info about my YA novel, SHIFTY, can be found at www.ShiftyTheBook.com. Please forward to interested teens, teachers and librarians. And tell them I'm available for high school, middle school, and library visits!
I have a few other author videos I created on Vimeo. You can see more info on my profile there.

Cesar Chavez Day, Middle School & High School Visits, and Totally Cool Teen Art

I've been doing some San Francisco middle school, high school and juvenile hall visits recently with my YA novel, SHIFTY. I've really enjoyed meeting youth, teachers and librarians at S. F. Juvenile Hall, Horace Mann Middle School, John O'Connell High School and Mission High School. I'm inspired by the questions from the youth about SHIFTY and their interest in the writing process. Writing is usually such a solitary process so meeting teen readers has been great fun (and has given me ideas for new stories)!



I took all these photos of the inspiring student art work in the hallways of Horace Mann Middle School. Wow!














Imaginary Readers, isn't that some of the coolest art you've ever seen?

Forecast: More school visits and maybe someday I'll even catch up on downloading the rest of the photos off my camera!

Urban Moon Over The Mission

No Parking Moon

A similar moon shows up in my new YA novel, SHIFTY.

In my books you will not find overly flowery descriptions of my characters--or setting either. But I love San Francisco and the juxtaposition of urban life, man-made objects and the natural light you'll find here. I like the diversity of people in all neighborhoods, the beauty of things we want to see. But I also try to be aware of the people and parts of the city we pretend not to see or frequently turn away from. So I've begun to carry my camera around with me to try to capture some of what I see in "my setting."

I took these photos Wednesday evening on a "not quite full moon" night.

Stop Sign Moon (above)

Telephone Pole Moon (below)

Forecast: A free online interview chat between the author (that's me) and the English class of the first middle school or high school student (this could be you!) who comments below on where you'll find the moon in my YA novel, Shifty. (including the page numbers).