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How I’m Doing on Endangered Species–Wrap Up

Endangered Species is Book One of the trilogy, Savage Land, the third trilogy about primeval man in the series, Man vs. Nature. A prehistoric thriller in the spirit of Jean Auel, Endangered Species follows several bands of humans, each who considered themselves apex predators. Neither were. That crown belonged to Nature and she planned to wipe them both from her … Continue reading →

October is Dyslexia Awareness Month

I published a similar article a few years ago. This one updates the information: Surprisingly, 15-20% of the population has a language-based learning disability and over 65% of those are deficits in reading. Often, these go undiagnosed, written off as “s/he doesn’t like to read”. If this sounds familiar to you, maybe before you became … Continue reading →

What’s Happening in the Writer’s World–Fiction Writing in the Literary Spectrum

Jacqui here at Story Empire with the September edition of “What’s happening in the literary world?” What used to be a simple process of penning what we-all hope will be extraordinary fiction has become complicated with AI, digital outlets, audio books, tons of rules, international issues, and more. Each month, I’ll talk about one or … Continue reading →

National Poetry Day — Oct. 3rd

The first Thursday in October is National Poetry Day in the UK (America celebrates Poetry Month in April so I may be back on this topic then). I don’t write poetry. You can see in this list of how-to-write-poetry tips why. In short, it requires too much thought for my brain–you have to put so … Continue reading →

#IWSG –Favorite Ghost Stories

This post is for Alex Cavanaugh’s Insecure Writers Support Group (click the link for details on what that means and how to join. You will also find a list of bloggers signed up to the challenge that are worth checking out. The first Wednesday of every month, we all post our thoughts, fears or words … … Continue reading →

I’m Traveling with my Kids! Sept. 19-29

I’m off to visit my two military children and then my sister. My son is preparing to deploy overseas to places I won’t mention while my daughter does what she can to keep him safe.  After time with them, I’ll go see my sister in rural Marion, Indiana for a recentering. I hear a James Dean car … Continue reading →

Teacher-Authors: What’s on my Ed Blog

A lot of teacher-authors read my WordDreams blog. In this monthly column, I share a popular post from the past month on my teacher education blog, Ask a Tech Teacher.  This is part of 169 tech-centric situations where I provide an overview of pedagogy most important to teaching as well as practical strategies to address most class … … Continue reading →

Patriot Day 9/11 Never Forget

America, we love you on Patriot’s Day (formerly 9/11). If you aren’t familiar with this terrorist attack, here’s a 2-minute overview: –Comments are closed to ponder  the day more completely. Copyright ©2024 worddreams.wordpress.com – All rights reserved. Here’s the sign-up link if the image above doesn’t work: https://jacqui-murray.aweb.page/p/46e... “The content presented in this blog are … … Continue reading →

What’s Happening in the Writer’s World–September–Trilogies

Jacqui here at Story Empire with the September edition of “What’s happening in the literary world?” What used to be a simple process of penning what we-all hope will be extraordinary fiction has become complicated with AI, digital outlets, audio books, tons of rules, international issues, and more. Each month, I’ll talk about one or … Continue reading →

A Typical [Prehistoric] Day

During my blog hop to introduce my most recent prehistoric fiction, Natural Selection, efriend Robbie Cheadle hosted my article about a typical prehistoric day on her blog, Robbie’s Inspiration. If you haven’t met Robbie, you are missing out. She is not only the talented author of the Sir Chocolate Books, a poet, a clever creator … Continue reading →