Writing Retreat at Mouse House

September 28, 2016 · by Deb Miller | in The Writing Life | tagged Arctic Polar Vortex, finding the time to write, Little Free Library, Mary Jane Rieth, Merry Lea Environmental Learning Center, SCBWI, Society of Children's Books and Illustrators, writing retreats | 9 Comments

About this time, the editor (STILL on vacation in Morocco) is probably approaching the Sahara on camelback and wondering why, oh, why, did she think this trip was a good idea? After all, the temps are over 100 during the day. Perhaps a literary field trip to the frozen north of Indiana will help. And here it […]

Little Free Library Interrupted

August 13, 2014 · by Deb Miller | in Brick & Mortar Bookstores, The Necessity of Reading | tagged Andrew Carnegie and libraries, Decatur Georgia Book Festival, doll house and doll house furniture, library funding, Little Free Library, public library, Rick Brooks, Todd Bol | 5 Comments

“Take a book, return a book.” That’s the only rule of the wildly successful grassroots operation responsible for Little Free Libraries popping up in neighborhoods everywhere, including yours. A Little Free Library is nothing more than a weatherproof wooden box, about the size and shape of a dollhouse, mounted on a post near any street, […]