No one can write thank you notes like elementary students. Remember that show Bill Cosby hosted–Kids Say the Darndest Things? That’s what it’s like when an author receives thank you notes for a school visit or a letter about a book. It’s the greatest thing ever and always brings a smile to my face. I [...]

This is a book I am EXTREMELY excited to tell you about for several reasons. . . I helped to edit this book in its beginning stages in 2009, as part of my Editor 911 business. It is a terrific HISTORICAL FICTION book for upper middle grade/tween/younger YA audience by a delightful author. Ice Cube [...]

Dancing at the Shame Prom: Sharing the Stories that Kept Us Small **Edited by Amy Ferris and Hollye Dexter *Publisher: Seal Press *Review by Margo L. Dill *Part of WOW! Women On Writing blog tour Dancing at the Shame Prom is a new, well-written, inspiring anthology from Seal Press, full of true stories from courageous [...]

It’s the New Year! You no doubt have made some resolutions or goals, or at the very least, thought about things you want to do differently in 2013. If forgiveness is one of the things on your list, then this is a book that can help you through that journey. (I would probably share this [...]

Kaolin, the author of Talking About Race (publisher: Crandall, Dostie & Douglass Books, Inc.), contacted me about her book, and I thought it sounded so interesting that I told her to send it to me. And I’m so glad she did. This post is going to be a little different than my normal posts about [...]

I’m honored to have a guest post written by Sonia Korn-Grimani, author of Sonia’s Song, on my blog today. Sonia is writing about a very important topic for all of us to share with our children and students–no matter what their age–BELIEVING IN YOURSELF! On Thursday, I will have a review of Sonia’s book; you [...]

I am very excited to be a part of Blacklisted from the PTA‘s birthday party! I first met the author, Lela Davidson, at the Missouri Writers’ Guild conference in St. Louis in April. She’s a riot, and I liked her immediately! When I read the title of her book and saw the subject matter was [...]

Every once in a while, I like to take a break from the regularly scheduled program of books and sharing them, and share with you some other cool stuff. Today, I want to share a website/app that I was asked to review and think could be a real benefit to ANYONE wanting to lose weight [...]

I am happy to host author Nava Atlas today and her book: The Literary Ladies’ Guide to the Writing Life. She has written a wonderful post on how juggling motherhood and a career has been a struggle for centuries! Her book is amazing because she poured through letters, journals, essays, memoirs, and more to find [...]

This post originally appeared on “The Muffin”, WOW! Women On Writing’s blog on March 13, 2011. I am teaching a Middle Grade novel writing class for WOW! in May. (Details following this post.) Middle grade novels are fun to write, and I believe there are two reasons why. The first is that the readers, which [...]