by Linda Phillips | Sep 30, 2013 | Blog, Mental health, Writing
In celebratory anticipation of the release of my debut book, CRAZY, about one year from now, I offer this second excerpt. (See Excerpts tab for the first one) ART EXHIBITION First thing inside the door I smell turpentine. I nearly trip over a wet...
by Linda Phillips | Sep 23, 2013 | Blog, Mental health, Writing
I recently came home from a training session in the Stephen Ministry with an amazing self-revelation. My book, CRAZY, is really a piece of grief work. I’ve already acknowledged that writing this book was cathartic and that it is certainly autobiographical, but never...
by Linda Phillips | Sep 9, 2013 | Blog, Mental health, Writing
I recently happened onto a tiny YA book (only 119 pages) called So Much to Tell You by an Australian author named John Marsden, and I’m absolutely blown away by this author’s personal journey and this, his debut book. Marsden dropped out of law school and spent his...
by Linda Phillips | Sep 3, 2013 | Blog, Mental health, Writing
If you’ve been following my blog you know that my book, CRAZY, is about a teen dealing with her mother’s bipolar disorder in the sixties. That’s why I tend to read books like MEMORIES OF SUMMER, which is a different twist on the same theme. Newbery Honor...
by Linda Phillips | Aug 26, 2013 | Blog, Mental health, Writing
Bet you can’t guess what we writers do in our spare time, so I’ll save you the trouble and tell you what this writer is doing. I’m learning to listen, and pun intended, it’s a novel idea! Honestly, here’s the usual scenario. We...
by Linda Phillips | Aug 21, 2013 | Blog, Mental health, Writing
Shortly after I reviewed The Way I See It, by Temple Grandin, I received an email from Lyn Miller-Lachmann, whose recently released book, Rogue, is based on her own experience with Asperger’s Syndrome. I am thrilled that she has agreed to be a guest on my...
