Hello! I hope you’re able to make time to read as we slip into the final month of 2023. Before getting into my reading list, I have some recommendations for you now that I’ve finished the books from November’s list. The Adventures of a South Pole Pig by Chris Kurtz. Loved it! It was the…
I hope you had a pleasant and memorable (for all the right reasons) Thanksgiving. I love when there’s an extra week of November between Thanksgiving and December. You don’t have to hit the ground running after Thanksgiving. It’s like a bonus week. Comforting Things: Do you have any comfort books or movies or foods that…
Wherever you are, I hope that Spring is springing up around you in a beautiful way. We’ve been graced with several days of sunshine. Yippee! So, I’ve been blogging (a bucket list item, btw) since February 2022. When I first started out, I couldn’t pinpoint my audience. Am I writing for kids, parents, writers, teachers?…
Forty-two. That’s how many days are left in 2023. If you didn’t trash your new year’s goals by mid-January,how are you doing? Are you still batting them around like a cat with a mouse? If you’ve got some things on your list that still need to be done, the good news is, you’ve got 42…
I’m a big fan of inspirational quotes. The snippets always seem so wise, plucked from their context and spotlighted—no matter who says them. I’ll take my wisdom and inspiration from anywhere I can find it. If I were to read a quote by Bozo the clown I’d probably be awestruck. Okay, so I just looked,…
How’s your writing going? That is, if you are writing. If you’re not, how’re you doing with your Bucket List? I now have an outline, character sketches, and first pages written for my new Middle Grade story idea. It’s been a long time since I’ve started a novel. But just like Halloween, the scary part…
My sister loved Halloween. She loved to be scared. I find it ironic that she was diagnosed with one of the scariest diseases: ovarian cancer. But, in a weird twist, I wonder if her love of scary things (scary books, scary movies) actually helped her when it came to dealing with cancer. She knew that…
You say you’ve always wanted to write? As I said before, Bucket List items are not to be trifled with. Tick tock. If you want something, make your plan, do your plan, get it done. Last week, I introduced you to the “Alice in the Wonderland” writing method. This week, I’ll fall a little further…
I keep thinking about the statistic that 80% of Americans want to write a book. Is that you? If so, I have a simple way to help you get started. I call it the Alice-in-Wonderland method and there are only two steps. Step 1: You need to just get something down on paper, out of…
‘Tis the season. No not that season. Halloween. Since a lot of kids love to be scared, I’ve put together a list of recent and not-so-recent spooky boooooo-ks for Halloween that may just light your child’s (Halloween) fire. Omega Morales and the Curse of El Cucuy by Laekan Zea Kemp. (Available tomorrow!) When a child…
