The International Self-Publishing and Author Programme at the Frankfurt Book Fair was on Saturday, October 17th. Here are five new tools I discovered: (1) BookTrack
Collateral damage: Ruins of the Castle of Are (Ahr) built by Theodorich of Are around 1100 A.D. What would you do if you lost your
What bubbles to the surface? Geothermal activity at Maria Laach caldera in Germany. ©Laurel Decher, 2015. Just finished reading Leigh Bardugo’s RUIN AND RISING, the
What is reading but wandering inside of other people’s magical spells? Join me in this exploration of middle grade books (ages 9 to 12): Magyk by Angie Sage, Flyte by Angie Sage, and Jinx by Sage Blackwood.
Light leaves in a dark forest. Kottenforst, Germany. ©Laurel Decher, 2015. Defense Against the Dark Hot Cocoa This morning the day felt heavy for the
Things you never knew were possible on a bike. @Jan Decher, 2015. What makes us decide to try impossible things? A thing can call to
How is a manuscript like a baby? These baby flamingoes in Weltvogelpark Walsrode don’t look anything like their parents. I’m thinking about the time when
Medieval construction workers building Schloss Horst. ©Laurel Decher, 2015 Over the weekend, I visited a castle, the Schloss Horst Museum in Gelsenkirchen, a printing press,
The magical inscription on this painting reads: “We cannot lay her in the dark earth,” said the dwarfs and so they had a transparent glass
Power from obstacles. ©Laurel Decher, 2015. Have you seen The King’s Speech? The other day, my daughter and I watched THE KING’S SPEECH. I’d seen
The inventor of rain boots. Thomas Lawrence [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons Rain boots are also called Wellies after the Duke of Wellington, a brilliant
Writing jitters mean that what you are writing is making you nervous or uncertain. Jitters go away when you move to let the energy out. Then you can come back to your project, refreshed, and start again.