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Mom's New To Do List
My little girl turned 5 last week. 5! That means she'll be starting kindergarten in the fall, and we all know kindergarten is the gateway drug to college which means she'll be all grown up and moved away and wearing…
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Writing Samples
My Robot Ran Away!
Kathy Temean at Writing and Illustrating hosts a picture prompt each month to write a 23 line first page. January's featured this delightful robot/alien/dog picture by Patrick Girouard . I tackled this prompt to practice …
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Writing
MG Research: Erik's Top Ten Playlist
I am so excited to share today's post! Erik Weibel at This Kid Reviews Books is an expert at reviewing books. But This Kid also happens to be an expert at being an 11 year old boy, just like my MC in my MG project. …
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Writing
Tackling a Novel in Little Bites
I'm not ashamed to admit I'm (exceptionally) slightly chicken . I've been talking about starting a middle grade project since the summer , but I only recently got plucky enough to begin. That sounds braver than the…
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Writing
The S Curve for Writers
The S curve makes its way into many concepts beyond its origins in math to biological systems to innovation to change. Time we apply it to writing. Riding the S Curve! (car pic by jeroenbeel via sxc.hu) The writer&#…
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Writing
Plot Outline - Night of the Spadefoot Toads
Sometimes I need a break from all the pink-fairy-cupcake-unicorn books my two princesses command me to read at home. So my inner tomboy was delighted when I won a collection of "boy books" from Peachtree Publishers …
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Susanna Hill
Happy Groundhog Day!
Kids add more excitement to each and every day, but I was still surprised when the kids ran up at 6AM like it was Christmas morning and asked whether the groundhog had seen his shadow. I fumbled the remote as best as I could …
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