This post has been a long time coming. About 16 years long. There have been times when I thought I was ready to submit my middle-grade novel, HALF-TRUTHS. But now I KNOW it. IN THE BEGINNINGFrom the beginning, I imagined a story about a white girl and a light-skinned Black girl discovering that they were second… Continue reading On Submission
Congratulations to Danielle Hammelef who won The Voice that Won the Vote from last week's blog.Memoirs of a Tortoise (Sleeping Bear Press, 2020) is a clever and heart-warming book written by Devin Scillian and beautifully illustrated by Tim Bowers. Young readers will follow a year in the life of Oliver, an 80-year-old tortoise, whose "pet" is his… Continue reading Memoirs of a Tortoise: Picture Book Review and Giveaway
Congratulations to Bridgett Bell Langson who won, The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl. "I wrote BACK ON EARTH: When Men First Landed on the Moon in anticipation of the fiftieth Apollo Eleven anniversary in 2019," North Carolina author Gretchen Griffith said. "I wanted today's young readers to understand how significant this event was to the children who witnessed it." Illustrated… Continue reading Back on Earth: A Review and Giveaway
“As an African-American child growing up in the segregated pre-Civil Rights South, Sarah Bracey White pushed against the social conventions that warned her not to rock the boat, even before she was old enough to fully understand her urge to defy the status quo. In her candid and poignant memoir, Primary Lessons, White recalls a… Continue reading Primary Lessons: A Memoir by Sarah Bracey White
Congratulations to Gretchen Griffith who won the audio CD of The Spy Catchers of Maple Hill on last week's blog. After twenty-eight years, next week my husband Creighton and I will be loading a truck and moving to the eastern part of North Carolina to be closer to children and grandchildren. This post is full of nostalgia,… Continue reading Book Metaphors, Life Changes, and of course, a Giveaway!
Last week Becky Shillington tagged me on her blog tour and as you'll see at the bottom of this post, I'll tag three more writers. I hope you'll enjoy this post and check out my fellow bloggers. What are you working on right now? As many of my faithful blog readers know, I'm writing my first… Continue reading I'm On Tour!