Missing me? I’ve been packed for shipping.

I don’t really know what day it is, so I guess it doesn’t matter what topic I post about. Probably all my readers have disappeared because I’ve been such a slacker lately anyway…so I guess it’s time to confess…the reason I have not...

It’s A Cake Walk by Joëlle Anthony

My fiancé stared at me in disbelief and then his face broke into an encouraging smile. “What? You don’t think I can make our wedding cake?” I asked, miffed at his lack of confidence. Maybe I wasn’t a trained chef but it’s not like I was self-taught or anything. Jamie...

Children of the River by Linda Crew

If the first five pages of your manuscript are not as good as the first five pages of this book, you better get back to them. This is the first chapter I am going to hold my writing up against from now on. P.S. I know the whole book is great, even though I had to stop...

Growin’ Pains by Mary Blount Christian

I got this book about fifteen years ago when I took a course from The Institute of Children’s Literature (great course). I’ve hung onto it because I remembered liking it so much. I’m paring down, getting rid of books (if anyone wants this one, drop...