… Or How I Learned to Stop Worrying About the Details and Just Have Fun I’ve been asked to discuss writing for a middle grade audience. These are the kids who have moved on from picture books and early readers, but maybe don’t yet relate to the characters or situations in young adult or teen…
Category Archives: Writing
Matthew West, The Story of Your Life CD
“This is the story of your life; you decide how the rest is going to read. . . . This is the story of your life, and it’s worth telling” (from the title song). Sharing our story with someone or listening to others’ stories bolsters us, gives us courage, gives us hope. For his newest…
On Reading: A Princess Story for “My Name is Not Isabella” After All
Guest contributor bio: Jennifer Fosberry, a mother of three, was moved to create My Name is Not Isabella when she thought about the kind of women that she admired and the kind of women she thought her daughter could be. A few years ago I decided to make a huge leap of faith. I didn’t…
On Reading: Mirror, Mirror
Mirror, Mirror… On the wall.. Well, soon to be on my wall. The mirror, that is, that my eight year old daughter, Grace, brought home from her art workshop the other day in Manhattan while we were on vacation there. Grace could have chosen to create so many things but she picked this mirror. On…
A Different Kind of Storytelling — Audrey Assad Christian Music CD Giveaway
When you are drawn to the story, as I am, you can be touched by any sort of story — a “reality” show (because, really, we all know that a lot of that “reality” is created in the editing room, right?), a TV series, a movie. But music tells a story as well. In fact,…
Julie Andrews —
Legend of the Screen, Literacy Advocate
Just days before I arrived at the Despicable Me movie press junket, where I expected to meet and interview Miranda Cosgrove, Steve Carell, Jason Segel, and Chris Melendrani, the producer (linked to my interviews), I found out that Julie Andrews was also going to be there. Julie Andrews. Everyone has some sort of love for…
On Reading: The Author Visit
Her name was Joan Lowery Nixon, and she was talking about her book The Kidnapping of Christina Lattimore. I was in the fourth or fifth grade at Lantern Lane Elementary School, and I was impressed. The author shared details about how she mapped out her novels and the writing process. She told us that as…
This Is Not the Story You Think It Is
Did you ever finish reading a book and just want to say “Thank you” to the author for writing it? That’s exactly what happened to me as I was reading This Is Not The Story You Think It Is: A Season of Unlikely Happiness. This is a story of trust. Trust in what Laura Munson…
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