{"id":1246,"date":"2016-02-07T10:15:04","date_gmt":"2016-02-07T15:15:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bbark.deepforestproductions.com\/column\/?p=1246"},"modified":"2016-07-01T12:49:05","modified_gmt":"2016-07-01T16:49:05","slug":"help-kids-fill-their-own-heads-with-weird-ideas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bbark.deepforestproductions.com\/column\/2016\/02\/07\/help-kids-fill-their-own-heads-with-weird-ideas\/","title":{"rendered":"Help kids fill their own heads with weird ideas"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/deepforestproductions.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=1899\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1899\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1899 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/deepforestproductions.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/ss-logo.png?resize=206%2C177\" alt=\"ss-logo\" width=\"206\" height=\"177\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>For those that do not know, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.secondstoryindy.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">Second Story<\/a>\u00a0is a charity in Indianapolis that promotes literacy and helps kids to have<\/p>\n<p>Second Story is a community-based and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.secondstoryindy.org\/get-involved\/volunteer\/\"><u>volunteer-driven<\/u><\/a> educational organization that helps young people in Indianapolis form positive attitudes about writing and improve their skills as writers\u2014thus increasing their chances of success in academics and in life.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em><strong>Their\u00a0mission is to help kids 6 to 18 find joy in writing as they discover their voices, explore their world, and embrace a life of curiosity and self-expression<\/strong><\/em>.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><em><a href=\"http:\/\/deepforestproductions.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=1898\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1898\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-1898 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/deepforestproductions.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/InstagramCapture_efce95e1-1540-4793-b6e8-965abbda85d2.jpg?resize=124%2C124\" alt=\"InstagramCapture_efce95e1-1540-4793-b6e8-965abbda85d2\" width=\"124\" height=\"124\" \/><\/a>Mythic Indy<\/em> is the brainchild of <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CoreyMDalton\" target=\"_blank\">Corey Michael Dalton<\/a>\u00a0where the lines between fantasy and reality and fact versus fiction merge. Authors from across the country were\u00a0 invited to take part in this anthology by creating stories with Indianapolis as the backdrop. My story, <em>The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.punchnels.com\/2013\/11\/25\/the-incident-at-methodist-station\/\" target=\"_blank\">Incident at Methodist Station<\/a><\/em>, was chosen to be part of the print edition.<\/p>\n<p>Proceeds from the print edition go to Second City and can be pre-ordered here: <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.secondstoryindy.org\/2015\/09\/pre-order-mythic-indy-and-support-second-story\/\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.secondstoryindy.org\/2015\/09\/pre-order-mythic-indy-and-support-second-story\/<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>To kick off the book, contributors were invited to <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/welldonemktg\" target=\"_blank\">Well Done Marketing <\/a>for a launch party this past weekend. Unfortunately, I was unable to attend because of a schedule conflict. It was quite the party, though.<\/p>\n<p>The book is visually stunning and I cannot wait to get my contributor copy. If you haven&#8217;t seen it yet, check this out:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/deepforestproductions.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=1846\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1846\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\" wp-image-1846 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/deepforestproductions.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/SavedPicture-20162554317.jpg?resize=410%2C410\" alt=\"SavedPicture-20162554317.jpg\" width=\"410\" height=\"410\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I write on&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>For those that do not know, Second Story\u00a0is a charity in Indianapolis that promotes literacy and helps kids to have Second Story is a community-based and volunteer-driven educational organization that helps young people in Indianapolis form positive attitudes about writing and improve their skills as writers\u2014thus increasing their chances of <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/bbark.deepforestproductions.com\/column\/2016\/02\/07\/help-kids-fill-their-own-heads-with-weird-ideas\/\" title=\"Help kids fill their own heads with weird ideas\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1303,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[106,374,205,373,261,275,375],"class_list":["post-1246","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-social-change","tag-education","tag-indianapolis","tag-literacy","tag-mythic-indy","tag-publishing","tag-reading","tag-second-story"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bbark.deepforestproductions.com\/column\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/ss-logo.png?fit=206%2C177&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bbark.deepforestproductions.com\/column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1246","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bbark.deepforestproductions.com\/column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bbark.deepforestproductions.com\/column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bbark.deepforestproductions.com\/column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bbark.deepforestproductions.com\/column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1246"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/bbark.deepforestproductions.com\/column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1246\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1247,"href":"https:\/\/bbark.deepforestproductions.com\/column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1246\/revisions\/1247"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bbark.deepforestproductions.com\/column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1303"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bbark.deepforestproductions.com\/column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1246"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bbark.deepforestproductions.com\/column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1246"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bbark.deepforestproductions.com\/column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1246"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}