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Bertie « True STORIES.

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Each others' lives are our best textbooks. –Gloria Steinem. My mom told me that when I had my first child, I would realize my dog, Bertie. Was just a dog. She was right. My husband and I stopped taking Bertie to see Santa. We stopped fawning over her every accomplishment, and turned our attention to our newborn son. Of course we did. 1 I have to grow up. 2 Trust their instincts. 3 The more I cater to craziness, the more crazy I will have. When I responded to every whine usually with a terse, Hush, Bertie...

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My #8TerribleTitles Are Darn Horsey | The Prolific Novelista My #8TerribleTitles Are Darn Horsey | My name is Kiersi. I write a lot. About everything.

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Skip to main content. Skip to secondary content. My name is Kiersi. I write a lot. About everything. Shy Girl and Shy Guy. My #8TerribleTitles Are Darn Horsey. November 11, 2014 by Kiersi. I’ve been ushered in as a member of a really fabulous group called The Sweet Sixteens. An association of MG and YA authors with debut novels on the slate for publication in 2016. (It’s also a fantastic group blog that I’d recommend you bookmark! I was tagged in the hop by fellow Sweet Sixteeners Kathy MacMillan. I woul...

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Karelia « True STORIES.

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Each others' lives are our best textbooks. –Gloria Steinem. In this photograph my grandmother (third from left) poses with a desiccated corpse. It’s her medical school graduation photo. Eighty years later, I am busy taking glamorous selfies. That’s really all there is to say about her Estonia and my America. Except that it’s not. I’ve been thinking a lot about the immigrant experience recently. I’m writing a YA novel. Shit quickly, the bear is coming. My mother is from Estonia, I said. They fled the Sovi...

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Alice « True STORIES.

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Each others' lives are our best textbooks. –Gloria Steinem. At the age of 39, my great-grandfather, Arthur, went to the hospital to have his tonsils taken out. I imagine they’d been troubling him often and he just couldn’t stand it anymore. He was a coal freight agent for the Chicago Eastern Illinois Railroad. Alice on her wedding day. June 10, 1914. She didn’t remarry until the 1950s, until her children were raised and raising their own, until June toddled my own mother on her lap. True Alice also endur...

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Katie « True STORIES.

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Each others' lives are our best textbooks. –Gloria Steinem. So, my sister might be blushing right now because she didn’t know I was going to write this post. Or maybe she’s not blushing–she’s the youngest in the family so attention is an old friend. This is how she used to smile for the camera:. We called her Katiebug. Our favorite game was chasing each other around my bed. We called it, appropriately, Chase Around the Bed. Can you not tell our personalities from this picture? We’ve stacked a lot o...

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Maria « True STORIES.

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Each others' lives are our best textbooks. –Gloria Steinem. Maria* came to the United States from Mexico when she was seventeen. This is her story:. I did most of my growing in a village called Cocoyoc. Three and a half hours south of Mexico City by bus, two if you took a car. Cocoyoc, Morelos, Mexico. There was corn all around also, and mango and avocado trees. We had a lot of water in state that we lived, Morelos. The streets were dirt with rocks and gravel. When it rained it was very muddy. My father ...

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1st 5 Pages Writing Workshop: Our Mentors

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1st 5 Pages Writing Workshop. Free writing workshop for aspiring authors of young adult and middle grade fiction. The first five pages may be all that agents, editors, and readers read, so get them right with the help of three authors over the course of three weeks. During the third week, an agent will also critique your pages and your pitch and pick a workshop winner - the prize is a partial request! How to Read the 1st 5. Adventures in YA Publishing. Was named a Bank Street College of Education Best Ch...

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William K Elliott's Writer's Blog - William K Elliott

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Found on my Desk (A Writer's Blog). In the Company of Devils. Places I Like to go (Links and Such). A Few Links I Enjoy. Check William K Elliott out on Facebook! Down The Road Again. My motorcycle related blog). The Editor's Blog (Editor Beth Hill). A cool little writer's blog). Oh I wish I had the money! Living a Passionate Life. Proudly powered by Weebly.

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Kidliterati: Meet the Writers

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The Kidliterati began as a critique group that you may have heard of on Twitter: the #MGBetaReaders. Now we're much more than just critique partners- we're friends, and we're thrilled to share our love of Kidlit with you through unique content like the Kidliterati Ten, our interview series with young readers, as well as our book reviews, interviews with publishing insiders, and writing tips. Read on for bios on all of our authors! Member SCBWI and Vermont League of Writers. Full time nerd. Ben Brooks wri...