When I asked author Tina Athaide how she made her debut novel so suspenseful, she gave me a mini-course on…
The “StayAtHome order has affected all of us differently. How to stay focused? What to focus on? What really matters?…
I can’t think of a better way to spend time during a quarantine than to read! And I’m giving away…
In Blue Skies eleven year-old Glory Bea believes her daddy will come home from the war. He has to. He…
‘It is the key that leads to the kingdom of the unimaginable,’ he said.
This month I went to a photo-narrative exhibit and poetry reading planned by two of my friends—Gigi Amateau and Penelope…
In October I heard two excellent keynoters—Marita Golden at the James River Writers Conference in Richmond, and Laurie Halse Anderson…
I’m still choked up after reading Her Own Two Feet, just out from Scholastic’s FOCUS imprint, about a Rwandan girl…
Last month, our protagonist realized she “could believe in science without giving up on magic.” This month, we’re looking at…
Sarah R. Baughman talks about her writing process.