Do you have time for a short butterfly story? If you enjoy it, maybe you could share it. Have a happy day. ~gail Butterfly Nudges or (A Different Kind of) Frozen I took a deep breath and squinched my eyes closed for a couple of seconds. When I opened them, I expected everything to go…
Hi there! I hope you’re feeling on-top-of-the-world. We actually have some rain this morning. It’s glisteny, shimmery, Winnie-the-Pooh blustery. I’m generally not an I-LOVE-the-rain person. But we so desperately need it. And since I was able to sneak my dog out for a walk early before the rain, I say “bring it on!” (As long…
Hello and welcome to Telling Stories. Today, in addition to a middle grade book review, I’m excited to share with you an interview with the author, Rachel Selle. Rachel is from New Hampshire, by way of Alaska, and currently lives in Germany, where she teaches second grade. This is her first published novel. Gail: Thank…
A Wizard’s Guide to Defensive Baking by T. Kingfisher, is a bit of upper middle grade magical realism for 11-14-year-olds. The story starts with a dead body in the bakery. Not just dead, but murdered. The bakery is in a village where magic is commonplace and the only magic that the main character, 14-year-old Mona,…
Hello, and Happy Monday. This post talks about writing goals, but it can apply to absolutely any goal you have—and offers some ways to get you closer to success. Full disclosure, I only dabbled in writing when I was raising my kids. I finished my first manuscript about two years before I had my first…
