Know the Novel: Part One

This fall I am excited to be participating for the first time in Christine Smith’s Know the Novel linkup! This three-part linkup (spanning October, November, and December) features a monthly set…
Read moreThis fall I am excited to be participating for the first time in Christine Smith’s Know the Novel linkup! This three-part linkup (spanning October, November, and December) features a monthly set…
Read moreDear Reader, What about fiction? At some point in your teen years, this question is likely to surface. When you were at the picture book stage, it wasn’t even on…
Read moreThose of us who grew up with Christian cartoons in the 1990s/2000s know that no episode is complete without a “What We Learned Song.” (Thank you, Veggie Tales!) The genius…
Read more“It’s way too old for my babysitting kids,” my voice trailed off. What I was actually looking for was a picture book. Or at least, a high-illustrated non-fic. There was…
Read moreDear Reader, What’s the point of reading, anyway? There’s something in that question that makes you squirm, isn’t there? Something that makes you feel little, and vulnerable, and inadequate. Something…
Read moreHow well do you know As the Heavens Are Higher? Why not take the quiz and find out? I totally owe the idea for this to Angie Thompson of Quiet…
Read moreWhen I was a high school student, my siblings and I had a private newspaper. The editors of this paper had a limited readership, but great confidence. And in one…
Read moreDear Reader, One of the striking things about growing up is that the author begins addressing the preface to you. When you were very small, books didn’t have prefaces at…
Read moreWell, guess what? It’s time for another story tag! Today’s tag is all about brevity—in fact, it’s a challenge to put an entire story into a single line! I was…
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