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 I ask my usual question: How was school today?

Gertrude: xxxx swore today. Loud.

Me: What else happened? Tell me something good that happened.

Gertrude: It was a long swear word. And he said it out loud. Everybody heard it.

Mer: How did you know he swore?

Gertrude: He swore. Everybody knew.

Me: Ho

She Wears the Mask by Shelly Stratton

My rating: 5 of 5 stars


I often read a book that is so compelling and produces so many feelings and residual emotion that words don't suffice. WELP Let's just say that I LOVED this novel and take it from there.

I've just finished a second read of this book and h

Por A. Maradei

Era una de las peores tormentas en las que Ynti había estado. La fuerza del viento inclinaba los arbustos que crecían alrededor de su casa, los forzaba a reverenciar a la lluvia como viles vasallos que besaban una y otra vez el inmundo suelo. Los rayos se manifestaban como seres inmen

Hi, I’m Kari. I live in Longview, Texas with my children and cat. I have a passion for many things, including but not limited to red wine, horror movies, roller coasters, traveling, long walks on the beach, and pina colada. Oh, and getting caught in the rain. Naturally.

I realize that I’

So, it’s 1981. I’m 14 years old, and steeped in the glorious age of bodice ripper romance. I already have aspirations to write my own, and am penning wildly romantic and highly unlikely scenes during my school classes. I pass the pages under the desk to my eagerly waiting friends, my first critique

When I write a story and begin to imagine a character, I quickly develop a mental image of what he or she looks like–height, weight, hair color, preferred clothing style, etc. They often look like someone I’ve seen before. The problem is, none of my characters look much of anything like the beautifu

It has been such an emotional experience writing Sunflower Sisters, the last book of my three about Caroline Ferriday’s family. It all started with Lilac Girls back in 2000 and even then I knew I wanted to write about Caroline’s Woolsey ancestors, her great grandmother Jane Eliza and her seven daugh

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Welcome to the first of my “How I Write” posts!

To start with, I’ll be doing a series on writing picture books, with the goal of posting once or twice per week. After that, I’ll be doing a series of posts on writing graphic novels. I didn’t go to school for creative writing and haven’t been ab

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