Last year I started strong with the Back to the Classics Challenge, but due to family circumstances didn’t get my reviews written. Half way through the year, we found out we were having our 11th blessing, which we were thrilled to discover, but morning sickness and fatigue kept my reading…
This is the first book I read for the Back to the Classics Challenge this year. Yes, it is a children’s classic and I read it with my crew. This book follows the adventures of two sisters, Beezus, age 9, and Ramona, age 4, as they tackle life together. Though…
Last week I shared some of the reading challenges that I’m using to help guide my reading and stretch my reading repertoire to grow in writing. Today I want to share my favorite challenge from the past 5 years: the Back to the Classics Reading Challenge with Books and Chocolate….
All good craftsmen study their craft to learn to do it to the best of their ability. Writing is no different. To grow in writing it means reading and reading all types of books. I will admit I’m still growing in my repertoire as I tend to stick to the…
Twenty years ago I had the idea for a book. I wanted to build a world, a world steeped in traditions that were so different than what was around me. I wanted to take a girl my age on a journey, a journey of exploration to find herself. While it…
Hey Hey! I’m so excited to be writing here on my writing site. I’ve loved writing for as long as I can remember and still have a my creative work from as early as second grade. Writing gives a voice to the creativity of the mind and it is such…
