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Three Years and Eight Months by Icy Smith, illustrated by Jennifer Kindert
Parents with young children: please take caution in sharing this book with your youngest readers. Although the narrator is “only a 10-year-old boy,” what he witnesses, endures, and survive… more →
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wrote 1 day ago: I’m the moderator of a fantastic group on Goodreads called GREAT MIDDLE GRADE READS. This group has … more →
Lengthy submission responses? I welcome them.
wrote 1 day ago: I’ve sent my share of SASE to publishing houses. And email queries to literary agents. The for … more →
The power of a good writing day.
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wrote 2 days ago: Something happened. Something magical. A new beginning to MARKED spoke to me. And has reignited my d … more →
A writer's decision. The worst kind.
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wrote 4 days ago: As I’m plowing through The 90-Day Rewrite, and feeling it kick my creative bum, I’m real … more →
A conversation even this introverted writer enjoyed.
wrote 5 days ago: My first conversation to blog about was with a petite 80 year-old Irish man, who sat next to me at S … more →
So, I blog. (A post from my other blog. A guest post, if you will.)
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wrote 1 week ago: I’m sitting at one of those tiny tables at Starbucks, writing, and a man at the next table leans in … more →
THE LIGHTNING DREAMER: Cuba's Greatest Abolitionist by Margarita Engle
wrote 1 week ago: Written in free verse, The Lightning Dreamer is the story of Tula, a young girl growing up in Cuba i … more →
Book Review: The Golden Scarab by S W Lothian
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wrote 1 week ago: JJ is absolutely ordinary. His friend Linc is pretty normal, especially with his love of food and a … more →
Thermae Romae II by Mari Yamazaki, translated by Stephen Paul
wrote 1 week ago: To get to know our time-traveling bather, start with Volume I. When in Thermae Romae, you need to do … more →
Three Years and Eight Months by Icy Smith, illustrated by Jennifer Kindert
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wrote 2 weeks ago: Parents with young children: please take caution in sharing this book with your youngest readers. Al … more →
Character "stats" helped me get to know her: Hazel Sydney Parker.
wrote 2 weeks ago: I do this with all my characters to get to know them better. Found the outline in the amazing book A … more →
Avatar: The Last Airbender | The Search (Part One) created by Bryan Konietzko and Michael Dante DiMartino, script by Gene Luen Yang, art by Gurihiru, lettering by Michael Heisler
wrote 2 weeks ago: To find out what prompts this eponymous ‘search,’ you’ll need to read the three-part Promise … more →
Avatar: The Last Airbender | The Promise (Part Three) created by Bryan Konietzko and Michael Dante DiMartino, script by Gene Luen Yang, art by Gurihiru, lettering by Michael Heisler
wrote 2 weeks ago: Okay, since this is the third and last part of this specific Avatar series, let’s go back and … more →
Sorako by Fujimura Takayuki, translated by GEN Manga
wrote 1 month ago: Having discovered manga/manwha on the verge of being old, I often have these delicious moments of … more →
NICHOLAS ST NORTH AND THE BATTLE OF THE NIGHTMARE KING by William Joyce
wrote 1 month ago: Just finished Nicholas St North and the Battle of the Nightmare King and I thoroughly enjoyed it. I … more →
Where The Streets Had A Name by Randa Abdel-Fattah
wrote 1 month ago: Here’s the seemingly simple story: When her grandmother falls ill, 13-year-old Hayaat decides … more →
Somebody, Please Tell Me Who I Am by Harry Mazer and Peter Lerangis
wrote 1 month ago: Ben Bright – popular senior, lead in the school musical opposite both his girlfriend Ariela and … more →
Bad Girls: Sirens, Jezebels, Murderesses, Thieves, & Other Female Villains by Jane Yolen and Heidi E. Y. Stemple, illustrated by Rebecca Guay
wrote 1 month ago: If beauty is in the eyes of the beholder, then perhaps bad behavior might be, too. “In this bo … more →
The Language Inside by Holly Thompson
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wrote 1 month ago: This might be a spoiler of sorts: The advance galley is printed with a March 12, 2013 pub date, but … more →
