What do you believe about your writing today? What’s the story you tell yourself when you face the blank page? We know there is power in a story, but what is the story we believe about ourselves? Our writing story? ...
In the blink of any eye, life can change for better or worse; This is one reason refugee stories are so close to my heart. Growing up in Kenya and Swaziland, I habitually begin my mornings with the British Broadcasting ...
The New Kid by Jerry Craft Winner of the Newbery Medal, Coretta Scott King Author Award, and Kirkus Prize for Young Readers’ Literature! A graphic novel that tenderly tackles hospitality and issues of race, class and other social nuances. Craft ...
Brilliant Audio Books for the Whole Family A well-read story can devour hours on the road or bring a smile to a tedious task. Many of you ask me about my favorite read-aloud books, these work for the whole family. OverDrive ...
“It’s none of their business that you have to learn to write. Let them think you were born that way.” – Ernest Hemingway This collection of books for writers contains relevant industry information as well as passionate prose from prolific ...
“Let us step into the night and pursue that flighty temptress, adventure.” -J.K. Rowling Adventure in our house can be a giant tent built out of sheets that consumes the living room while my children chase their imaginations down unknown roads. ...
“God’s idea was to make PEOPLE. . . lots of people. . . lots of different people. . . who would all enjoy loving him and all enjoy loving each other. They would all be made in his image. They ...
Books make excellent traveling companions. I can tell you where I was for many of my favorite adventures in literature. They whisk us away into new worlds without jet lag, travel illness or language barriers. My deep love for global literature ...
It came like a whisper ‘Tell your children their story.’ Like the devoted believer I am I responded with fears, complaints and a whole list of ‘but God’s, the kind that I’ve wrestled with coulda’s and shoulda’s and what-ifs. Still ...
“I‘m going to tell you how hard it is to feel like you’re suffocating when your life is so gorgeous, and how badly I turned on myself in the midst of the Hard because I couldn’t do better and be ...
