Download graphic Infographic for Motivation Reaction Units. The best order for character reactions is feeling/thought, action (involuntary or voluntary), speech. You don’t have to include
In the sixth grade, my elementary school offered the chance to learn a band instrument. There must have been some kind of school assembly to
See the trailer for the exhibit here: The stunning poster drew me in for the latest exhibit in Düsseldorf’s Museum Kunstpalast. It’s called “Zurbarán: Meister
Last week, my husband and I visited Marburg, the town where we first met. In 2017, Marburg joined many cities in Germany in a celebration
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
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.
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
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.
Pitches and promises that align the story, the agent, the publisher, the reader and ourselves will make our work visible. Last year, I participated in
It’s fun to follow the epic and perhaps infinite Writing Process Blog Tour backwards. My favorite description is by Bethany Hegedus. “[T]his collection of blog
