Have you read LOST WITH LEEKS? Or another great book? :) Leave a review and help other readers :)
Prince Nero is a trouble-magnet–for compasses, maps and magical creatures. Do you need inspiration? After an author spends a few months or years working on a book, it’s always SO exciting to find out what readers think. If you’d like to support your favorite author, leave a review and/or rating on BookBub, Goodreads, or your […]
What tests do you need to pass to become a. . .?
While working on a book for ages 9 to 12, I explored a few career interests for my characters: This Seven Kingdoms Fairy Tale stars the Saffron twins, Magellan and Saffy, so I’m thinking about what kinds of things they might want to do in the future. No promises and no spoilers. 😉 This video […]
Happy Day Before St. Nicholas Day!
These “Bread Guys” are in a Luxembourg bakery. ©Laurel Decher, 2019. Would your family like to celebrate St. Nicholas Day this year? At our house, it’s always been a nice start to a busy month. Making Stutenkerle or “Bread Guys” is a fun, easy, and reasonably healthy after-school activity on December 5th. Afterwards, the kids […]
Shopping for Kids’ Books (ages 9 to 12) at your Home or Library?
It’s not easy to find books for kids ages 9 to 12. You can flip through picture books fairly easily, but books for elementary school or primary grades take longer to read. Here’s a little help for you–I suggest my new favorite book for this age group every month in my Readers List and once a year, I put all the recommendations together in a convenient book menu for you. Take it to the library or bookstore and amaze the kids with wonderful books to read!
Prince Nero goes to Luxembourg?!?
Prince Nero made it to Luxembourg with the help of his friends at SCBWI Book people know that books are a doorway to adventure so it shouldn’t be a surprise that I got to visit a whole new country because of the Seven Kingdoms Fairy Tales. Unlike Prince Nero, I didn’t get lost. Because I […]
There’s more to explore!
The second book in the Seven Kingdoms Fairy Tale series is all about exploring–with a prince who has no sense of direction! Just for fun, here are the real castles that inspired the Blackfly and the Saffron Kingdoms. LOST WITH LEEKS stars the Blackfly Prince Nero and the Saffron royal twins: Prince Magellan and Princess […]
Thanks for the ebook! How do I redeem a code for Apple Books?
Did you meet me at a conference or win a giveaway on Apple Books? If you got a CODE for a free ebook from Apple Books, this post is for you. 🙂 (If you got a LINK instead of a promo CODE, you don’t need this post. Just type the link into your browser. Happy […]
The Book Echoes podcast interviewed me about TROUBLE WITH PARSNIPS
Connie B. Dowell of the Authoring Onward podcast (formerly called BookEchoes) interviewed me about Trouble With Parsnips It’s about a quiet inventor princess and is the first book in the Seven Kingdoms Fairy Tale series for ages 9 to 12. For more about this zany fairy tale and our heroine’s public speaking problems, listen to […]
Reviews for TROUBLE WITH PARSNIPS
TADA!!! The very first STUDENT review for Trouble With Parsnips From an amazing student in Japan! My very first review from a student!!! SO exciting!! I’m so touched and grateful that she took the time to read and think about and write about the book. Thank YOU SO MUCH to all of the reviewers! After […]
Coming to a library near you? The Joy of Holds + Recommendations for eBooks
Treat the kids to books at your library! Library Love Today–all my friends who love libraries–I’m going to tell you a secret that will make you very happy. HOLDS at your library are exciting 🙂 If you are a library regular, you probably know you can put a “hold” on an exciting new book. Did […]
Want more emotion in your fiction and less drama pinning down the draft?
If you are a fiction writer and haven’t ever used Angela Ackerman’s and Becca Puglisi’s writing thesauri, you might be really missing out. You know that feeling of holding two things in your head at the same time? These books are serious headache prevention. (Trust me, I’m an epidemiologist. 🙂 I’ve written about the thesauri […]
Veggie of the Week Challenge: French Lentils meet Indian Spices
The Veggie Challenge started because writing can be TOO absorbing. If the family writer is also the family cook, mutiny threatens! The goal is to keep the family healthy while I draft the second Seven Kingdoms Fairy Tale. A brief word from our sponsor: Trouble With Parsnips is part of a special Buy 3 Get […]