by Linda Phillips | Jan 13, 2014 | Blog, Mental health, Writing
For the next little while I will be featuring fellow 2014 debut authors with a wide-open Who, What, Where, When, Why format. Today I welcome Madeleine Kuderick, whose YA novel Kiss of Broken Glass will be released by Harper Teen in September 2014. Who am I: I’m a...
by Linda Phillips | Jan 6, 2014 | Blog, Mental health, Writing
Congratulations to Laura Sells for winning last week’s drawing of Ann Eisenstein’s book, Fallen Prey! I spend a lot of time reading YA and Middle Grade books, and on more than one occasion I’ve wondered how the protagonist’s life might have...
by Linda Phillips | Dec 30, 2013 | Blog, Writing
Today I welcome Ann Eisenstein whose book, Fallen Prey, was released in November, 2013. If you leave a comment you will be entered in a drawing for this, the second of the three books in the Sean Gray, Junior Special Agent Mystery series. (contest limited to USA...
by Linda Phillips | Dec 22, 2013 | Blog, Writing
Last week my husband and I had the privilege of being the innkeepers at Room in the Inn. https://www.urbanministrycenter.org/essential-services/room-in-the-inn/ During four hours one very cold night, we welcomed fourteen guests to the cozily arranged basement of...
by Linda Phillips | Dec 16, 2013 | Blog, Mental health, Writing
I’ve researched the reports from NPR, Reuters, BBC (https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-25345262) and more, and clearly the controversy surrounding the sign-language interpreter at Nelson Mandela’s memorial service is inconclusive and yet to be...