For middle readers…and adults who never grew up: The Owl Motel by Chuck Mallory
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Category Archives: Writing Angst
Angst. Just your general angst.
I know writing is not supposed to be fun. I know it is not necessarily supposed to be hard. I know it can work well as you get into the “flow” and time and space disappear beneath the rapid-fire sequence … Continue reading
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Tagged Chuck Mallory, fiction, imagination, struggle, writing
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Doomsday Escapers
For awhile I was hooked on the TV show Doomsday Preppers. It all seemed so real, what could happen to take society down. While not highly likely, the scenarios preppers thought of became more plausible with each passing episode: A … Continue reading
Write to the Market?
I started with good intentions. When I was in elementary and middle school, I wrote about the small things close to me and my life. I lived in a closed world and could not see outside that narrow horizon. Though … Continue reading
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Tagged books, Judy Blume, literature, M.E. Kerr, Maia Wojciechowska, middle reader, S.E. Hinton, SCBWI, Sweet Valley Kids, The Outsiders, Writer's Digest, writing, YA
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