Are you still seeking a gift for a YA reader in your life (maybe yourself)? In the spirit of all December celebrations, I am giving away a couple of copies of THE SOUND OF LETTING GO,
Author: Stasia
A little adult, a little YA, a little inspiration… What pages are you turning as we begin the holiday season?
I was welcomed home from an amazing SCBWI writing retreat by this adorable pooch…and a 48-hour, internet-free power outage. Thus the delay in this post. Well, one delay. The bigger one was the world turning upside
WHAT MAKES A GREAT MAIN CHARACTER? SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 10:30 AM – 12:30 PM Woodinville Library, 17105 Avondale Road NE, Woodinville, WA The next class in this FREE series of writing workshops will be taught by the
I just watched a CNN documentary called “Being 13: Inside the Secret World of Teens.” Short form: Kids use their phones too much and often unwisely. While my first thought was that social media could not
After reading, and loving, DEVOTED in preparation for a writing retreat, something joggled in my brain and I pulled a title from my sorrily epic TBR pile: THE MISEDUCATION OF CAMERON POST. What a read-beside pair! Both
In support of this year’s theme, “Get Away,” (and also because I’m preparing for a writing retreat) I am reading DEVOTED by Jennifer Matthieu, the story of a teen girl growing up in community of religious
Leaves falling from the trees and fleecy sweaters being pulled from the shelves signal to me the start of my very favorite writing season. There’s so much to learn and to celebrate. Here’s a great way
School has begun which, for me, means waiting in parking lots, carpool lanes, for soccer games to start and buses to arrive. So, my must-have car accessory is BOOKS! Right now, it’s these: