by Linda Phillips | Jan 8, 2011 | Blog, Uncategorized
My book, Crazy, about a teen girl’s obsession that she will end up like her bipolar mother, is currently being shopped around by my agent, Julia Kenny of MarksonThoma Literary Agency. While I sit by and wait ever so patiently (smile) for good news, I thought it...
by Linda Phillips | Dec 30, 2010 | Blog, Uncategorized
I’m not in the business of movie reviews, but I can’t pass up the opportunity to rave about “The King’s Speech.” The only thing I found disappointing was the fact that this historically accurate account of King George VI’s battle with stuttering was not derived from...
by Linda Phillips | Dec 24, 2010 | Blog, Uncategorized
My friend, Karol Matthews, has been instrumental in spearheading a tutoring program called “The ROC” (Reach Out Charlotte) in a low-income area in North Charlotte. Since September 2010 she and a small group of dedicated individuals have gathered once a week to tutor...
by Linda Phillips | Nov 11, 2010 | Blog, Uncategorized
I started journaling around the age of ten. It was a coveted Christmas present, hard-bound with a gold embossed “L” for Linda on the cover, and a lock and key. Back then it was simply called a diary. The empty pages soon came alive in the form of Amy, my...
by Linda Phillips | Oct 22, 2010 | Blog, Uncategorized
What happens when you finally DO land an agent, after all those months, maybe years, of searching, researching, waiting, hoping, praying, crying, editing, revising, querying and rejecting? I went shopping for exotic, expensive shoes but ended up buying underwear. I...
by Linda Phillips | Sep 27, 2010 | Blog, Uncategorized
The theme of the SCBWI-Carolinas fall conference in Charlotte this past weekend was “Oh, the Places We’ll Go.” And where I went was away from my computer screen, out of my hole, my busy-ness, my stale state of mind, and my writer’s block and...
