Posted on Jul 29th 2011 by Lisa.
As an author, I’ve really enjoyed the opportunities I’ve had to talk with fun and fascinating people. In particular, the variety of interviewers I’ve meet have been really enjoyable.
Yesterday, I had the chance to speak with Dori DeCarlo from MomTV, Word of Mom, and S1™ Safety First, LLC (an ingenious bag company for clear bags). Click on the MomTV link to find archived shows. Dori and I (along with a typed-in viewer) discussed a variety of things: homeschooling/unschooling, parental involvement in children’s lives and advocacy for them no matter how they are educated, and managing a home-based business while raising children.
As everyone here knows, I’m a homeschooling mother of two. We’ve considered ourselves Radical Unschoolers since my oldest, Zoe, became school age. Since she’s nearly fifteen, that means we’ve been living this lifestyle for a long time now! We’re at the point of really seeing the benefits to this lifestyle. In talking about this, the underlying theme of stand up for your beliefs, and especially your children, kept coming up.
In Dori’s bag company, she not only uses the highest quality of materials for the bags she produces, but she always made a point to provide bags for kids in wheelchairs–right from the start. Why? Because it’s important to her to do the right thing, stand up for her convictions, and not let the naysayers win. How inspiring!
I can really appreciate this attitude. It’s exactly what lead me to turn Do Life Right, Inc. into the first (and still only) publishing company that specializes in books for and about realistic homeschoolers of today. When I first wrote my Wright on Time series of children’s chapter books, I was told time and time again that there was no market for books about homeschoolers. Not only do I not believe that to be true, but I’ve based my entire company around it. The result is a well appreciated book series with a growing publishing company.
What convictions do you have? What are you willing to stand up for? Inspire me and send me your story!
Posted on Apr 2nd 2011 by Lisa.
Yes! The proof copy, otherwise known as the “galley” for Wright on Time: South Dakota, Book 4, has arrived!
We’re very excited! 
Orders can be placed starting on Monday, April 4th. Books will be shipped around April 15th, or as soon as my first large order arrives. They’ll be for sale on Amazon, Barnes & Noble, etc. sooner than that date, if you are anxious!
There are now FOUR books in the Wright on Time series!
Posted on Apr 1st 2011 by Lisa.
Happy April Fool’s Day, and Happy Birthday to Aidan Wright, the Wright family’s youngest!
Aidan, very appropriately, was born on April Fool’s Day. Since he’s always been a jokester, his family has found this birthday quite appropriate.
In celebration of the holiday, here are a few of Aidan’s favorite knock-knock jokes:
Knock, Knock
Who’s there?
Interrupting Cow
Interrupting Co-?
M0o000000o!
Knock, Knock
Who’s there?
Harrison
Harrison, who?
Har-is-another present
Knock, Knock
Who’s there?
Stephanie
Stephanie who?
Steph-anantly a good day for a birthday!
Knock, Knock
Who’s there?
Lettuce
Lettuce, who?
Lettuce tell Prince Pumpkin the Third about our day!
Knock, Knock
Who’s there?
Aidan
Aidan, who?
Ay-didn’t ya get my birthday present?
Knock, Knock
Who’s there?
Nadia
Nadia who?
Na-dia know who’s birthday it is now?
Knock, Knock
Who’s there?
Turtle
Turtle who?
Turtle-loo, see you later!
Posted on Jan 28th 2011 by Lisa.
Let’s fill the void in homeschooling literature of today!
Do Life Right, Inc., the publisher for the Wright on Time books is accepting submissions for children and young adult (YA) book manuscripts. If you have a manuscript which fits the guidelines, we’d love to see it!
Posted on Dec 12th 2010 by Lisa.
I love reading reviews about the Wright on Time books. Currently there are about 200 total reviews (of which about 60 aren’t on that page yet)! Wow!
Here is the latest one, a fun review about the first three books in the series:
Creekside Learning‘s review of the first three Wright on Time books
I send out several copies a month for review. If your site or blog gets at least 500 unique visitors per month, contact me about a review copy and/or a contest giveaway copy.
