by Linda Phillips | Jul 1, 2013 | Mental health, Writing
If you’ve been following this blog you know that I am reviewing books that deal in some way with a character who has a learning disability. Please see previous blogs Eleven: Another Look at a Reading Disorder and CELEBRATING JOEY PIGZA for further reviews....
by Linda Phillips | Jun 24, 2013 | Mental health, Writing
If you’ve followed this blog recently you know that I have been exploring how learning difficulties are portrayed in YA and Middle Grade novels. This week I want to zoom in on a teacher’s perspective by welcoming Lynn Bonner, Reading Specialist at John...
by Linda Phillips | Jun 10, 2013 | Mental health, Writing
My debut novel originated from poems that were written as a catharsis, my own peculiar way of healing years of unanswered questions and unresolved angst over my mother’s mental illness. In my teaching years, I saw some of the best student poetry emanate out of...
by Linda Phillips | Jun 3, 2013 | Mental health, Writing
I’ve taught middle grade students with ADHD and I’m working on a book whose protagonist has it, so of course I am reading all the fiction and nonfiction I can get my hands on that pertain to this subject. At the bottom of this post I have listed a few...
by Linda Phillips | May 20, 2013 | Mental health
The protagonist of my second book, tentatively called THE SCIENCE PROJECT, has ADHD and Dyslexia, and so do approximately 15 to 35 million Americans, including Andy Kropp. Andy’s is a success story, and I am delighted to share it with you here. Andy’s...
by Linda Phillips | Dec 16, 2012 | Mental health
SILVER LININGS AND MENTAL HEALTH The recent movie, Silver Linings Playbook, based on the book by Matthew Quick, struck a chord in me. Why? Because my book CRAZY, coming out in 2014, happens to deal with the same subject–bipolar disease–and I was...
