by Linda Phillips | Jul 8, 2013 | Blog, Mental health, Writing
Recently I have featured a few Middle Grade books that present protagonists with learning disabilities who reach a turning point after which we know that life is going to be more manageable going forward. (see Another Struggling Reader in Close to Famous;Eleven:...
by Linda Phillips | Jun 17, 2013 | Blog
In my continuing effort to discern how learning differences have been featured in literature, I enjoyed reading Patricia Reilly Giff’s book, Eleven. Sam is just turning eleven and can barely read. As he puts it, “words look like spiders flexing their thin legs...
by Linda Phillips | Apr 26, 2013 | Blog
I’ve taken the last several weeks off from “writing” which is not to say I have been sleeping late and sitting around eating bon-bons. To the contrary, I’ve been burning the midnight oil, stretching all my ancient brain cells around the...
by Linda Phillips | Mar 18, 2013 | Blog, Uncategorized
Maybe you can relate to this. You keep thinking you should do something about that drip in the upstairs bathroom faucet, but inevitably the thought occurs to you when you are flying out the door late for an appointment. So you forget about it, until one day you come...
by Linda Phillips | Feb 2, 2013 | Blog, Uncategorized
WITH A LITTLE HELP FROM MY FRIENDS…. I’m working on the second book. Yikes! I never thought I’d hear myself say that. It’s exhilarating and daunting and full of completely new territory all at once. In its young life, this WIP already has a...
by Linda Phillips | Nov 16, 2012 | Blog, Uncategorized
AT LAST…. You know the old 1941 song made famous by Glen Miller, sung by everyone from Ella Fitzgerald to Beyonce. Its love song lyrics go like this: At last my love has come along My lonely days are over And life is like a song.It goes on to say:I found a...
