Thanks to everyone who entered the Readers are Smart Giveaway in celebration of YOU, my 300+ followers! The winner(s) are announced below…but first! L’Aussie alerted me to a very cool resource for writers. Do you ever feel like there are so many awesome blog posts out there, and not enough time to read them? I DO ALL THE TIME. Do… Read More
So, this happened… There’s a street out there somewhere. Windowsicle. The kids are ecstatic (SNOW DAY!), but there’s not much to do until the world melts or gets plowed. Don’t forget to enter all the giveaways! 300th Follower Readers are Smart Contest – Win a book of your choice or a 20 page critique from yours truly Omnific Publishing’s Looking for… Read More
It’s the Season Of Love (Dark Omen! Cover your eyes!). On top of Monday’s Smart Reader Contest, I have TWO MORE giveaways to share with you! Firstly: The Looking for Love Web Hunt I don’t talk much about my book Life, Liberty, and Pursuit on Ink Spells (since my book is YA and all), but I wanted to alert everyone to a… Read More
picture credit Child readers are even smarter. “Whenever you write, whatever you write, never make the mistake of assuming the audience is any less intelligent than you are.” -Rod Serling “The audience is not only amazingly sensitive, but as it settles into a darkened theatre its collective IQ jumps twenty-five points. When you go to the movies, don’t you often… Read More
Boundless Tagging onto our discussion of Big Words on Monday, this happened yesterday … Mighty Mite (7yo): “What four words do you think describe me?” Me: “Um…short, jumpy, fun, and cute?” Mighty Mite: “Unbelievable, Boundless, Exciting, and Radical.” (reading from the YMCA camp brochure) The Moral: Point of View is Everything. That Mighty Mite can read those words shows he’s… Read More
Dogsled Dreams is a debut novel by Terry Lynn Johnson about a girl who dreams of racing her dogs in the frozen north. This middle grade novel is fast-paced, stuffed full of doggy goodness and racing lingo, and charmed the anorak off me from the very first page. Johnson has created a story that will appeal equally to 7-year-old boys… Read More