I was born in the Northern hemisphere, in July, in the SUMMER. I grew up on the changing of the seasons in their proper order – the bare trees of…Continue readingThe right seasons
A 5-star review of ‘Dawn of Magic’, the fourth and final book in my young adult series, Worldweavers, contains this delightful sentence: “There is probably some truth there to carry…Continue readingThe acceptance of moose
In interviews I am often asked about authors who have influenced me and I usually name a couple or so. But there are many more and I have recently come…Continue readingWho made me?
At The Literacy Site, Will S. examined: What Science Is Saying About Fiction Readers Among other things, he noted that the authors of one study said that what you choose…Continue readingThe only rule
Buzzfeed Books asked subscribers of their newsletter to tell them about a book that they couldn’t put down. One reader talked about taking her choice to work and pretending to…Continue readingUnputable downable
After my mother finished reading Heidi to me, I wanted her to start all over again. When she said no, I picked the book up and taught myself to…Continue readingYour first book?
— in theory and in practice An animated video features an 81-second TED-Ed lesson called “Lessons from Auschwitz: The Power of Our Words.” Watch it (link below), but the gist…Continue readingThe power of words …
Arianna Rebolini of BuzzFeed has chosen 102 of the “Greatest Books By Women” and asks how many of them you’ve read so far. I have read 34 of them and…Continue readingHow many have you read?
If you can pronounce correctly every word in this poem, you will be speaking English better than 90% of the native English speakers in the world, the folks at The…Continue readingYou say it how?