The Bully Spell - Halloweensie
After my 5-year-old showed me up earlier with her writing efficiency and mastery of tension building, I finally finished my entry in Susanna Hill's 5th annual Halloweensie contest . The rules: 100 words, which must include…
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Kelsey's Scary Story
Hi! I'm struggling here with my Halloweensie revisions for Susanna Hill's annual contest, so I asked my 5 year old to help. I gave her the rules: 100 words, use pumpkin, broomstick and creak. Well, she really showed m…
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Can Kids Write Books?
Whatever your views are about the Common Core, I have to say there is definitely a lot of focus on writing! My daughter’s first grade class had Writers Workshop and even had a special event for parents to hear their opinion piec…
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Metamorphosis Procrastination
We got 10 visitors for my daughter's birthday – caterpillars! Just like in The Very Hungry Caterpillar, these critters start out tiny as a pin head and are huge (in a small sense) within a week. Then the calls from dow…
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Writing
Tom Boys and Character Biases
I have been lax on my blog this year, but I’ve never gone a whole month without posting…and it’s May 31 st ! A true procrastinator like me just can’t resist the challenge of a deadline. I was considering the other day why I …
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Writing
Take Your Child to Work Day
For my 7yo, hearing she couldn’t go to Take Your Child to Work Day at daddy’s office until she turned eight was, well, horrifically painful, soul-torturing, complete and total devastation. Everyone was doing it. She turned to m…
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Writing
4 Signs a Writer Isn’t Writing & a Blogiversary
4 Signs a Writer Hasn’t Been Writing 1. Butt cheek indentations missing in writing chair. 2. Spring cleaning nearly done, and it’s still winter. 3. The laundry is done. All of it. …
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