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Blog postI look forward to May! Every Sunday in May, my friend Marian Allen turns me into a character—yes, even more of a character than I really am!—and my alter ego’s story unfolds on the planet Llannonn, where she—er, we—are Assistant Head Librarian in a Public Living Library.
This year, May 1 happens to also be a Sunday, and Marian reminded me that 2022 is a bonus year—five whole Sundays! I’m excited.
See Holly and the Danger Noodle #StoryADayMay! My reward, perhaps, for being -
Blog postSara stretched, arching backwards until she heard vertebrae pop, but careful not to tip her desk chair backwards far enough to fall on the stone floor. She stood, touched her toes and did several side-bends. She studied her laptop screen, contemplating her next move. She was no Chess Master, but playing Chess with her friend Andrej helped her to clear her mind and practice her strategic thinking. It relaxed
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Blog post“It can all change in the blink of an eye.” Marianne sighed, waving around the quaint little village square at the new shops. Global brand names, like Kettle & Crock, or La Belle Epoque, carrying Chinese-made goods, had begun to elbow out the colorful little local merchants and their local crafts, giving the landlord more than they’d asked for in rents.
“That’s progress, Marianne. Everything changes, in time.” Alex had an eye on one of the lots overlooking the sea, and grand desig -
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Blog postIn spite of the rain – remnants of Hurricane Patricia racing across Texas and dropping much-needed rainfall on my now-swampy yard – there was a pretty good turn-out yesterday at the Maud Marks Library in Katy, TX. I love meeting young readers and their parents! Some of the kids came in costume and enjoyed an […]
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Blog postIn the book, A New Leaf for Lyle, Lyle, tired of being known as "Lyle the Liar," "turns over a new leaf." But what does it really mean, to "turn over a new leaf"?
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Blog postA New Leaf for Lyle has placed in the Top 10 in all three nominated categories in the Annual Preditors & Editors™ Readers’ Poll! 2nd Place in Children’s Books: http://critters.org/predpoll/novelchildrens.shtml 2nd Place in Artwork: http://critters.org/predpoll/artwork.shtml 4th Place in Book Cover Art: http://critters.org/predpoll/bookart.shtml To all the readers who voted for A New Leaf for Lyle, thank you! […]
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Blog postEnter now through June 10, 2014 to win a copy of A New Leaf for Lyle! Five lucky winners will be chosen by Goodreads.
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Blog postI’ve known Carrie for nearly 19 years. I have yet to meet her, face to face, but I have no doubt that we’ll meet in person one day – sooner than later. We are sisters by choice, and have children the same age. Now, we have a book that we created together: my third children’s […]
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Blog postThis is Lyle, daydreaming about being famous. He would probably tell you that he is thinking about his times tables, or how to write a declarative sentence, but the truth is, now that he’s the star of a brand new book, A New Leaf for Lyle, he thinks he’s a celebrity and he’s daydreaming about […]
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