Better Late Than Never

by | Dec 15, 2014 | Blog, Writing

  An article in the Oct. 2014 Writer’s Digest caught my attention.  It was titled, “The Late Novel” and it set about to prove, by a healthy list of famous authors, that it’s never too late to write your first novel. Since I’m not the youngest debut author on the...

Breathing the Rarified Air

by | Dec 8, 2014 | Blog, Writing

With Dannye Romine Powell, Book Editor at the Charlotte Observer Last week I was honored to be invited to rub elbows with four NY Times bestseller authors at the Charlotte Observer Holiday Author Event  (https://tinyurl.com/me2n7ke) held at the Mint Museum.  The bad...

Meet Becca Kurt, another Teen-acious Teen

by | Dec 1, 2014 | Blog, Teens, Writing

LP:  Hi Becca and welcome to my blog.  You come highly recommended by your friend, Eliana Franklin, who tells me you like to read and are into lots of activities.  First, tell us a bit about yourself. BK: I was born in Charlotte.  I’m fifteen and in tenth grade.  I...

It’s Off to Schools We Go….

by | Nov 24, 2014 | Blog, Mental health, Teens, Writing

So, I’m itching to get out into the classroom and use CRAZY as a teaching tool in reading, writing, or counseling classes.  If you are a teacher, school counselor, parent, or student,  I hope you will take a look at the following form and give me your input.  I...