Finders Keepers is designed for middle-grade readers (10 and up). Given how stressed out teachers are these days, I offer this teacher’s guide. I put the questions together with help from my daughter-in-law who is a reading specialist. I hope they’re useful to you. SYNOPSIS A whisper in the dark draws 12-year-old Cade to a hole in the paving where he finds a beautiful triangular stone. When he takes it home as a gift for Mum, she and his older…
Today’s blog post is once again written by Pamela Merritt, author of the forthcoming The Cat’s Pajamas and host of the Way of Cats blog. Doing NaNoWriMo – the right way Since 1999, increasing numbers of writers have been participating in the drafting marathon known as National Novel Writing Month. With a goal of 50,000 words, NaNoWriMo can be a dreaded, daunting, or delightful experience. It’s about our expectations, and our preparations. Because we have to be ready. My own…
Today’s blog is a guest post from Pamela Merritt, who offers advice on how to get around writer’s block. Visit Pamela at her popular blog and check out her book on Amazon. Take it away, Pamela! ______________ Yes, we can break a Writer’s Block with tricks. We want to trick our minds into cooperating. Why aren’t our minds cooperating now? Don’t they want to be “on the same page”? Sure, they do. We might be the one blocking them. Here’s…