Here’s another Emblazon title that I read this winter. I’m really, really excited about these next two. This one is my second favorite. It’s by one of my favorite authors–cheerleader extraordinaire and soon-to-be black belt, Lia London. You’ll have to tune in next time for my top favorite. Okay, I wrote up a fantistic review […]
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Allegiant (Divergent, 3), by Veronica Roth
Wow! This was a very powerful, emotional ending to a kick-butt series. After being somewhat disappointed in book two, book three made a strong comeback. I regret having to read them each a year apart. I forgot a lot in between. Someday, I’ll go back and read them all again the same week. For those […]
Our Homeschool Project–A Story Where You Choose the Plot!
Remember those Choose Your Own Adventure stories we all loved as kids? This winter my two boys, we call them M-Man and T-Man online, have been hard at work writing a story in which readers can make their own crucial choices. It was about a 6-week project, and for a pair of elementary-aged low readers, […]
Character Book Club–With Tomato and Pea
Shhhh… Taylor Davis here. Yep, Taylor of Flame of Findul fame. Since today is Character Book Club over at The Secret Files of Fairday Morrow and Mrs. Isenhoff is busy homeschooling, I thought it was a perfect time to hijack her blog and sneak in an interview with wonder Smidges, Tomato and Pea. You may have seen their interview with me last month. The […]
Mom's bragging rights
Sunday I had the priviledge of helping my daughter publish her first book. It was a high school creative writing assignment that the teacher strongly encouraged her to “try to get published.” Well, I know a little something about that. My only stipulation–she had to use a pen name. So over the weekend I taught […]
The Quill Pen and Indie ReCon
Thank you to whoever nominated The Quill Pen to the first ever Indie ReCon Best Indie Novel Award. The book is up on the Indie ReCon contest website as we speak, awaiting votes. The winner receives a custom ebook cover design and a custom ebook format. Voting began this morning and lasts until Thursday at 7:00 pm. Feel […]
The Smoke, by Lars D. H. Hedbor
I’m thrilled to announce the January release of the latest edition in Lars Hedbor’s Tales of a Revolution series. I’ve come to be pretty good friends with Lars, but it’s a friendship that began through a shared love of American history and mutual respect for each other’s work. In 2013, dissatisfied with a small press, […]
The Unicorn Chronicles, by Bruce Coville
The Unicorn Chronicles is a series written by Bruce Coville, a high quality epic fantasy stories for middle grade readers. I was directed to the Chronicles by Patricia Tilton of Children’s Books Heal. The creation of the series spanned ten years and includes four books. They reveal the monumental happenings in of the world of Luster, a […]
Esperanza Rising, by Pam Munoz Ryan
I’ve reached the end of my Friday posts. Esperanza Rising marks the last of the content I wanted to save from my self-hosted site. I’ll now be posting only once a week again, as I’m almost finished writing Song 2 and I’d like to finish Song 3 before school ends. Sometimes a book comes out that […]
So Write Already!
This was supposed to be a post for Tween the Weekends, but the Emblazoners have abandoned that meme. Not enough interest and higher priorities. But as I had mine written already, I’ll post as scheduled. Emblazon is still alive and strong, however. You can check out great new Tween content every Wednesday. “So write already!” […]