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Tag Archives: 2026
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An enabled convicted criminal is destroying my country, and potentially the world. But you already know this, and that Democrats should have contested the 2024 ‘win’. Because, hello? Look at us now. Not sure how to forgive my Democratic heroes … Continue reading
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Tagged 2026, @agirlhasnopresident, @mainandvine, Aaron Parnas, blog, books, California heatwave 2026, children's literature, election cheating, fiction writing, great dane rescues, Heather Cox RIchardson, Jennifer Welch, Jess Craven, Katie Phang, life, love, Marc Elias, Meidas Touch, middle grade writing, personal goals, poetry, rescued dogs, Swimming laps, that Politics girl, Threads, writing
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Bath Lit Fest
It’s not just in the USA. You probably already knew that. 😦 Open Letter to the UK KidLit Industry We write with deep concern regarding the rollback in inclusive representation within the UK children’s publishing industry. When authors attempted genuine … Continue reading
Sharing
No matter your writing genre, you might be interested in the following shares from my first semesters as a graduate student in BSU’s MAWYP (Masters in Writing for Young People) program. LEAF: MAYWP’s annual Leaf Conference. Here, you, too, can … Continue reading
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Tagged #amwriting, 2026, Abi Elphinstone, Andrea Stewart, Annalie Grainger, Bath Spa Univeristy, books, children's literature, fiction writing, Julie Schumacher, kidlit, Lightfall, Lucy Strange, middle grade writing, MYWAP, personal goals, poetry, Rebecca Stead, Ruby Holler, Sharon Creech, The Book of Boy, The Valley of Lost Secrets, Tim Probert, writing
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June: Forward Motion
As summer begins, I’m at 17k+ words with ‘Monster’ (aka work-in-progress, aka WIP). I’m about to meet with my BSU tutor to go over my WIP. Also, this happened: In addition to being a grad student and driving the now … Continue reading
April Showers Bring May Fires
May had showers, too–lovely surprises. But then the Santa Ana winds swooped in, creating many fires everywhere, including on my family’s cherished Santa Rosa Island. The island’s Torrey Pines were burnt, but the majority survived? Torrey pines are critically endangered. … Continue reading
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Tagged #amwriting, 2026, Abi Elphinstone, Adam Gidwitz, bald eagles, Bath Spa Univeristy, Channel Islands, children's literature, Ember Spark, Emma Darwin, fiction, fiction writing, Grad school MA in writing, Island camping, kidlit, kit foxes, L.D. Lapinski, life, middle grade writing, poetry, Santa Rosa fire 2026, Santa Rosa Island, Strangeworlds Travel Agency, This Itch of Writing, Torrey Pines
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It’s Only February
Do you, too, tap into hope-beacons? To help make sense of America’s currently completely allowed push-for-fascism? Beacons such as: Heather Cox Richardson. The Monks. Aloka. Everyone I follow on Threads. Beacons of hope, mindfulness and canny (canines included) insight? My … Continue reading
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Tagged #aloka, #amwriting, 2026, Aloka, Bath Spa University, Buddhism, Emily Dickinson, epsteinfiles, fascism, fiction writer, gestapo, Heather Cox RIchardson, hope, ice, kidlit, Peace walk, poetry, Pteranodons, resist, SCBWI, velociraptors, writer
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