Move to new blog - meet you there

Hello Everyone,

I just wanted to let you know I will not be posting regularly to this blog. I now have a blog under my real name which will cover all types of writing I do; picture book, children's poetry and other genres.

Please see my post at http://madelinebarr.blogspot.com/2012/01/happy-new-year-watch-out-2012.html

Thank you all for following me here and I hope you will continue to follow me over at the other blog.

Madeline Barr

Guinea Pig Surprise - The Surprise

Be sure to see  Episode 1 - The Plan and Episode 2 - One Week Away

Guinea Pig Surprise - One Week Away

The surprise is planned for November 18th, 2011

Be sure to see Episode 1 - The Plan

Guinea Pig Surprise - non-writing post

Who knows, it could lead to a picture book. LOL

Continue to Episode 2 - One Week Away

Halloween Horror Poster Competition

I created this image for a Halloween Horror Poster Competition, on the Lyons New Media Centre Facebook page! I'm in need of votes and they have to be in before Oct. 31, 2011.

Click here to see it in full and vote : http://bit.ly/sKMMFO

JACK-O-LANTERNS - An Acrostic Poem

I've posted this acrostic poem before but I thought I'd post is again since it fits the occasion.

JACK-O-LANTERNS
by Madeline Barr

Jagged tooth grin
And nothing to say.
Candy he guards,
Keeping ghouls away.

Orange, cool armor he wears. His

Life, an internal light.
Armed with an eerie glow and the
Natural darkness of night.
Triangular, flashing eyes
Examine the area for miles.
Relentlessly protecting the sweet treats but
Never forgetting to
Smile!

Dream Soup

Taken from http://madelinebarr.blogspot.com

I had the strangest dream last night. I dreamed I received an acceptance letter in the form of soup. Yes, SOUP.

I got it from the mailbox and it was chicken soup with pasta words. As I stirred the soup the pasta words floated around with the chunks of chicken and carrots. The words started to surface so I could actually read them. YOUR was the first word, then SUBMISSION. As I kept stirring the word that had surfaced just bobbled around a bit but didn't move. HAS and BEEN joined the first two words. The next word was long and stared with an A.

ACCEPTED!



I kept stirring thinking it was a joke and waited for the word NOT to pop into place but it never did. I was so happy I stared to cry. 

Then I woke up.
I can come up with a few meanings for this dream but I want to know what you think.