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Brilliant Books

**Congratulations to Judie Lawson, who won the Christmas Eve drawing for Book Two!

As a reader, I admire authors. I’m typically generous with my praise. When I read Rooftoppers, by Katherine Rundell, I realized the problem with high praise all around is it doesn’t leave proper space to applaud the really brilliant books.

Rooftoppers […]

Dreams Late in Life

Why do your dreams late in life matter?

You know that while my books are categorized for children, I actually wrote them for adults like myself. In that way, Piper and her Merry Band can actually be experienced as “people just like us.”

Book two, Becoming Piper Pan, centers around the struggle to learn to […]

Rules for Dream Keeping

As promised: the rules for Dream Keeping.

I told you last week about how I’ve been teaching people to be Dream Keepers. Today I bring the rules for Dream Keeping to you. The Dream Keeper concept is from my second book, Becoming Piper Pan.

“Rules” sounds harsh. I could say guidelines, only bear in mind […]

Being a Dream Keeper

I had a wonderful time speaking to the lovely ladies who attended my talk at the Affinity Community in Kennewick last week—(if that’s you, welcome to Piper’s Merry Band!) I wish I’d taken a few photos to record the event… Sadly, I didn’t think of it in time. But here’s me with my […]

Summer of Adventure

When you look back at your childhood, is there a particular summer that stands out from the rest? A summer of adventure that is especially vivid and meaningful? There is often an unforgettable year that bridges the end of our “childhood” and the beginning of something else.

Finding Fortune, by Delia Ray is a story […]

Intense Emotion

Today’s book recommendation uses intense emotion masterfully to gain and keep a reader’s attention. I’ve been bringing you books illustrating different ways authors manage this feat over the space of an entire story—of course the best writers do it in many ways at once.

“Emotional stakes” is a term used often in the acting world; […]

Where Love Can Take You

Today I bring you My Diary from the Edge of the World, by Jodi Lynn Anderson. It’s a story about trying to protect those you love at all costs. It’s a perilous journey mapping where love can take you, for better and for worse, when faced with the threat of loss.

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Because of its Cover

“Summer and Bird” : exquisite cover and book!

The book I’m featuring today is Summer and Bird, by Katherine Catmull, published in 2012. I picked it up because of its cover.

What? Yes! Who made that saying up, anyway? “Don’t judge a book by its […]

February 8th, 2016 | Tags: Becoming Piper Pan, great soul poem, Katherine Catmull, Recommended Children's books, Summer and Bird | Category: Blazing a Trail for Girls, Quote of the Week, Recommended Books | 4 comments - (Comments are closed)

One for Perrilee

News of Book Two: Becoming Piper Pan:

I’ve got another new character illustration! You met Midge in Book One: The Curse of the Neverland. She’s the bookworm who comes across as bossy. She’s clever, loyal, and during their adventures in the Neverland, she learns she is also […]

October 12th, 2015 | Tags: Becoming Piper Pan, Perrilee, Piper Pan, Promise by Judy Young, The Curse of the Neverland | Category: My Writing Journey, Recommended Books | 4 comments - (Comments are closed)

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