by Linda Phillips | Jun 23, 2014 | Blog, Mental health, Writing
Back in January I featured Madeleine Kuderick, using the who, what, where, when, why format to talk about her forthcoming YA novel, Kiss of Broken Glass (HarperTeen, Sept. 2014). Since then I have had the privilege of reading the ARC on the OneFourKidLit tour, and...
by Linda Phillips | Jun 16, 2014 | Blog, Mental health, Writing
REMINDER: You have until tomorrow, June 17th at midnight to enter the Goodreads giveaway of a signed copy of the ARC for CRAZY!! ************************************ It was my turn recently to receive Helene Dunbar’s recently released These Gentle Wounds...
by Linda Phillips | May 26, 2014 | Blog, Mental health, Writing
Last week I had the distinct pleasure of giving my first school presentation at the John Crosland School, where some of my former students are now in upper school. It was fun to see how those students have grown, both physically and academically, and to remember that...
by Linda Phillips | Apr 14, 2014 | Blog, Mental health, Writing
In keeping with poetry month, I am posting here the original poem that sparked the inspiration for my forthcoming book, CRAZY. It was the first of twenty poems that I wrote as a cathartic exercise to deal with my mother’s bipolar disorder. It was one of...
by Linda Phillips | Mar 17, 2014 | Blog, Mental health, Writing
Last week I “took the show on the road” for the first time, and even though I don’t yet have an ARC (advanced reader’s copy) of my book, Crazy, to hang on to for moral support, I had a great experience. The “show” consists of a workshop titled “Writing From the Heart...
by Linda Phillips | Mar 10, 2014 | Blog, Mental health, Writing
Two weeks ago I blogged about the impact that Karen Hesse’s book Out of the Dust had on the writing of my own debut book, Crazy. It was significant and if you are interested you can refer back to that blog here. At the same time, but in a totally different...
