I have some good looking calendars up for grabs this month! Check out this gorgeous 16-Month Transitioner’s Calendar for September 2015 thru December 2016. All the character sketches are done by the talented teen artist Rachel Gillespie. My daughter Gabrielle...
Martin Luther King dreamed of sweeping social reform.Some of us have smaller, more personal dreams, and for many of my blogging friends, it’s the dream of being published. If you’re a middle grade writer with a manuscript ready for querying, then you need to...
Wanna win some prizes? This Halloween, there are literally hundreds up for grabs!I Am a Reader, Not a Writer and The Diary of a Bookworm have teamed up to host the Spooktacular Giveaway Hop — starting October 24 and ending October 31 — and there are about...
Thanks to everyone who participated in my 100 Blog Followers Contest – and extra thanks to people who Tweeted or Blogged about the contest! I’ve got quiz answers to share with you, and contest winners to announce!Quiz Answers1. Who is the main character of We Hear the...
The first annual PAYA Book Festival on Saturday was so many kinds of awesome, I could hardly contain myself! First of all, I was thrilled to meet wonderful authors like Jon Skovron, Jennifer Hubbard, Amy Brecount-White, Stephanie Kuehnert, Jeri Smith-Ready, and...
The blogosphere is a busy place this summer, full of giveaways and contests. If you don’t win a book this summer, then honestly, you must not be trying!Some of the contests are rather serious in nature, such as the one taking place over at Candyland. In her usual...