by Pam | Jun 5, 2019 | Book News
“This is an accomplished and riveting novel, beautifully written and researched by a writer secure in her craft.” Read the rest of the review here.
by Pam | Apr 25, 2019 | Blog
“The teens I write for now are going to be politicians with Twitter accounts tomorrow. If some of our leaders read books about black kids as teenagers, we wouldn’t have to say Black Lives Matter — it would be understood. If they read about Latino...
by Pam | Apr 17, 2019 | Blog, Writing Tips
Imagine being able to instantly increase your writing ability tenfold! All you need is ten toy soldiers on your desk. Okay, that’s a silly metaphor, but imagine if you had ten toy soldiers, each labelled with one of the following writing tips. Now go through your...
by Pam | Mar 29, 2019 | Blog, Writing Tips
When your writing gets stuck, it’s kind of like being a turtle upended, or like your wood-cutting axe hitting a knot in the wood. Frustrating. But this latest round of being stuck on my in-progress young-adult adventure novel, I wasn’t really frustrated....
by Pam | Mar 20, 2019 | Blog, Boys' LIteracy, Literacy
Share of adults (15 and older) in the world with basic skills to read and write: In 1800, 10%. In 2016, 86%. “Half the increase in child survival in the world happens because the mothers can read and write.” Worldwide between 1950 and 2016, the infant mortality...
by Pam | Mar 6, 2019 | Blog, Writing Tips
Here’s a humorous passage I just came across in an novel that I really enjoyed: From The Heart’s Invisible Furies by John Boyne (copyright 2017, Bond Street Books): “Do you enjoy being a writer, Mrs. Avery?” asked Julian. “No, of course not,” she said. “It’s a...
