Steven E. Wedel

I love those AP kids! We read the last 3/4 of Oedipus Rex today in both my AP Literature and Composition classes. Fifth period (last one of the day) is mostly show choir girls. Most of them had a part to read, even if it was taking turns reading the chorus lines. A couple of them…

It’s been an interesting couple of weeks at school. The new block started, so I got my AP classes. I was nervous about that. Could I teach advanced placement kids? The answer is yes. These kids are fantastic. Not only are they well behaved, but we can have actual conversations and they really want to learn.…

I want to thank all the authors (and publishers) who have sent signed books (and related items) to me for the raffle the high school book club I sponsor will be having as a fundraiser. No, the raffle hasn’t happened yet. We had to get school board approval, which was really just a formality, but…

My youngest sister called me the other day. She was furious. She wanted to know how textbooks are chosen. Why? Because her 14-year-old daughter had been required to read a story where "one man cut up another man and put the body parts under his floor boards!" Yes, she was referring to Edgar Allan Poe’s "The…

The Book Smugglers posted a new review of Graveside Tales’ anthology The Beast Within. They review each story individually, which is pretty nice. Here’s a snippet of what they said about my own "Okie Werewolf Seeks Love": This is a fun, very short story, drawing more on laughs and a damn good mocking characterization of…

Yes, it was quite the week at school. It was the week of benchmark testing (aka 9 weeks tests). Fortunately, I wasn’t teaching any subject with a district test, so I didn’t have to worry about the kids facing material we hadn’t covered. However, it did mean I had to write my own comprehensive tests…

12,936 / 60,000(21.6%) Been a while since you saw one of those on here, huh? I could have written more if I hadn’t had to go back and delete a bunch of stuff I’d written because I forgot I’d already included it (and done it differently) last time I worked on the book … more…

Because one hick interview wasn’t enough, I now have another one to offer you. This time, however, I’m doing the interview. At TrickConTreat earlier this month I interviewed Sara Saint John for our Okie Horror site. This, hopefully, will just be the first of a series of interviews that will eventually include all our members. It’s…