There are certain things you do at certain times. Such as wearing pink on Wednesdays. And posting a Top Ten Tuesday list on Tuesdays. (If you want to join in…
The chairs were set out. Exactly 100 rows. 20 of the same chairs on either side, each an exact copy of the one next to it. Soon the speaker’s voice…
Happy Lunar New Year! It’s the biggest celebration in Chinese culture. This is the Year of the Rooster! (If you want to find your Chinese zodiac animal, go here.) To…
What chain in your life can you trace back to a first link on one memorable day?
Hatchet (Paulsen). The Story of My Life (Keller, H.). Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry (Taylor). Freedom Walkers: The Story of the Montgomery Bus Boycott (Freedman). Lightning Thief (Riordan). What…
The skies poured buckets of rain down on the town. The clouds and air and ground were one continuous gray sheet. The streets flooded until the cobblestones disappeared beneath puddles…
Book covers are the best! Especially when they are for your very own debut novel! I’ve chosen a cover for CHASING EVELINE, and I want you to join in on…
It’s difficult to write a book. Seriously. But sometimes I think it’s not just the putting the words down on the paper that’s the toughest. (Although a first draft, for…
Hey! It’s Tuesday! Granted, it’s a gif-less Tuesday (sorry!), but it’s still Tuesday (or Monday Two as we call it around here.) So that means it’s time for Top Ten…
Every Tuesday afternoon. Right after school she dashed home and crammed a week’s worth of practice into thirty minutes. She liked the piano. She really wanted to learn it, but…
They said it would be easy. No web site experience needed. Just the click of a button. I’m here to tell you this: they are wrong. Changing over to a…
Pardon the dust and the links and posts that may or may not work properly. We’re renovating the site! Stay tuned for a Grand Re-Opening! Site Under Construction was last…
Happy Tuesday! It’s only the second Tuesday of the new year, and I’ve already completed a book! I’m off to an electric start this year. Unlike last year. Where I…
The tiny boat slowly passed into the light of the setting sun. Who was in it? Where was he or she going? I wondered if it was a fisherman or…
I moved to California at the beginning of fourth grade, and it didn’t take me long to find a cute, blond-haired boy to fall in love with. He was the…
Welcome to 2017, everyone! Another year means another 52 visits to all of the great Top Ten Tuesday bloggers! And that means this: Not a Top Ten Tuesday participant yet?…
The new year brought it on. They say ‘out with the old, in with the new.’ Well, she didn’t know exactly who said that, but someone did at some point.…