If you’ve been around my blog for any length of time, you’ll know that I love to post about author Beverley Brenna. She’s a Canadian author of picture books, middle grade novels, and YA novels. One of her YA novels was a Prinz honor book a few years ago. She’s versatile, writing thoughtful, insightful books …
Hi, friends! You may or may not know that I do freelance copy editing. This is a quick heads-up to let you know that there’s a new blog post for a new editing year up on my Flubs2Fixes website. If you’re interested, you can pop over there by clicking this link, and learn about my …
From time to time on By Word of Beth, I delve into the blog’s archives, and repost something that can perhaps speak to us again. Throughout this pandemic, we have all been dealing with unprecedented difficulties, with things we have never experienced before, with hard times. Perhaps this post from 2017 can give us some …
From the Archives: Having Heart and Hope in the Hard Times Read More »
In my post about Susanna Leonard Hill last week, I suggested you stay tuned for the announcement of this year’s Halloweensie writing contest. And today her post went live to announce the 11th Annual Halloweensie Writing Contest. Woohoo (and a cackle and a OOoooOOooOOOooo, too.) You can read the full post at the link below. …
HEADS UP! Guidelines for Susanna’s Halloweensie Contest are up! Read More »
Please ignore the post that just went out. It was supposed to be a page to add to my website, and got created as a post instead. OOPS!
Many of you already know Susanna Leonard Hill and the myriad things she does to benefit the writing community, but there may be a few of you who aren’t familiar with all she does. Besides, Susanna is worth being celebrated! Susanna is a prolific picture book writer (although with all the other things she does, …
Title: Much Ado About Baseball Author: Rajani LaRocca Publisher: New York: Yellow Jacket, 2021 Genre: Middle Grade contemporary with a touch of magic Audience Age: 8 to 12 Themes/Topics:Â belonging, making new friends, magic, math, baseball, Shakespeare Opening Sentences: “Baseball is magic. Time stops between the instant the ball is released and when it makes it over the plate, between …
MUCH ADO ABOUT BASEBALL by Rajani LaRocca — Book Recommendation Read More »
Hi, all — I apologize if you were unable to view my website/blog in the last couple of days, due to a message stating that the site was not secure. I have installed a security certificate, and there should be no further problem. You can visit my website and comment on blogposts without worry. My …
