Book Review: Writing for Children and Teenagers

Writing for Children and Teenagers by Lee Wyndham and Arnold Madison I purchased and read this book in Kindle book on “September 23, 2005” when I first started thinking about writing a mystery novel.   I remember enjoying reading the book and feeling that I had learned a lot. I’ll be rereading it in January, […]

The Business of Writing for Children by Aaron Shepard I purchased and read this book in Kindle book on “September 23, 2005” when I first started thinking about becoming an author. I was looking both at writing adult mystery novels and writing childrens fiction for different age groups and reading levels.   I remember enjoying […]

Writing Workshop: The Essential Guide by Ralph Fletcher and JoAnn Portalupi I purchased and read this book in Kindle book on “July 5, 2010”  after my kiddo was born, and I had been laid off. I started outlining a couple different ideas for a mystery novels. We ended up being homeless and I wasn’t able […]

Imaginative Writing: The Elements of Craft by Janet Burroway A few Highlights or take aways from the class.     I purchased and read this book in Kindle book on “September 23, 2005” when I first started thinking about writing a mystery novel.   I remember enjoying reading the book and feeling that I had […]

Spend the morning writing reviews of books and master classes that I’ve taken or read in 2018 and 2019. Rereading and rewatching as appropriate to refresh my brain on some of the topics covered. 🐉 Vlogmas Day 11 Random snow day

Created, printed, and cut lots of planner stickers.Most of which are now available in the a la cart sticker store.400 more headers to go before I start on the icon stickers, lettering stickers, and the cartoon stickers (mostly cats, maybe some dogs initially). Possibly some dragons. Maybe some Celtic art. Lots of fun doodles for […]

Created, printed, and cut lots of planner stickers.Most of which are now available in the a la cart sticker store. 200 more headers to go.I’ve been thinking about my story and how the words are a struggle right now and realized part of the problem is I don’t like our modern era. I prefer steampunk, […]

Today’s goals are debugging code, more stickers, and at least 1000 words about the world and magic in the story, maybe more. 🐉 Vlogmas Day 14 – – Lake Erie

Tomorrow will be a chill day, we are forecasted for more snow. I’m probably going to spend it reading, and maybe making some cookies. 🐉 Vlogmas Day 15 – Tipety Tipety

Teaches Scientific Thinking and Communication Starting my first look at this class 12/20/2019. 1-> What you know is not as important as how you think. 2-> The frontier of science. 3 -> The scientific method. 4 -> Be a skeptic: Ask questions. 5 -> Cognitive bias. 6 -> Beware of cultural bias. 7 -> Our […]