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THE GROUNDWORLD HEROES by Adrian So: Book Recommendation

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Title: THE GROUNDWORLD HEROES Author: Adrian So Publisher: Monarch Educational Services, 2024 Genre: Middle Grade Adventure Fiction Audience Age: 8 to 12 Themes/Topics: Animals, human threat to wildlife habitat, overcoming difficulties *Review copy provided by the author in exchange for a review. Blurb: “An original voice and a fun, funny adventure underground.” ~ Adam Rex, NYT Bestselling Author of THE …

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Julie Hedlund’s Resolution Revolution!

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Image by Bich Tran, from pexels.com Children’s author Julie Hedlund challenged participants of her 12 Days of Christmas for Writers series to post SUCCESSES (rather than resolutions) on our blogs this year.  She believes the way New Year’s resolutions are traditionally made comes from a place of negativity – what DIDN’T get done or achieved in the …

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Birdie’s Song — my entry in Susanna Hill’s Holiday Writing Contest

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This isn’t my usual day to post, as you know, but I wanted to share my entry in Susanna Leonard Hill’s 11th Annual Holiday Writing Contest AND also post about a book on Thursday, so you’re getting a double whammy this week. The basic rules for this iteration of Susanna’s Holiday Contest is to write …

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It’s VALENTINY Time! Susanna Hill’s Pretty Much World Famous Valentine Contest, 2019 edition!

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Yes, it’s time once again for one of Susanna Hill’s Pretty Much World Famous and Totally Amazing writing contests — THE VALENTINY CONTEST! The rules are simple. Write a Valentine story for kids, no more than 214 words (2/14. Duh.) in which someone feels guilty. And so, without further ado (or adon’t) I present my …

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Julie Hedlund’s 12 Days of Christmas for Writers 2018 Edition!

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Woohooooooo! Julie Hedlund has just announced the 2018 edition of her fabulous 12 Days of Christmas for Writers. If you read my post on Monday, you’ll know I’ve been pacing around with my fingers crossed, eagerly awaiting this announcement. To find out more and to sign up, go to this link: 12 Days of Christmas …

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Where to find webinars — a boon for writers

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In the first half of this year (how can we be halfway through the year already?) I benefited from several webinars about different aspects of writing. A few were free, a few had a fee, but all were worthwhile. Among them were an Agents Day hosted by SCBWI Wisconsin, a webinar about writing first pages …

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