by Linda Phillips | Sep 29, 2014 | Blog, Writing
What do writers do when they aren’t writing? I don’t know about other writers, but I know I need to get away from it once in a while, and I’ve found the perfect escape. Every Thursday morning I spend a little over two hours dishing up food for those in our community...
by Linda Phillips | Sep 22, 2014 | Blog, Writing
The 2014 SCBWI-Carolinas conference was for me, a story within a story. First, the inside story. CRAZY was scheduled to be in the warehouse somewhere around Sept. 20, and the SCBWI conference started Sept. 19. Oh heartbreak, I thought. I am going to miss signing my...
by Linda Phillips | Sep 15, 2014 | Blog, Writing
Phillip Shabazz, Poet Phillip Shabazz is a poet, author, and teaching artist whose work explores issues of community and culture in America. In 1997 he became Duke University’s third artist-in-residence at the Mary Lou Williams Center for Black Culture. During...
by Linda Phillips | Sep 1, 2014 | Blog, Writing
Today I am extremely thrilled and honored to introduce to you the cover artist of Crazy, Richard Tuschman, who has graciously taken time out from his busy schedule to answer a few questions. LP: Welcome, Richard! Tell us a little about yourself and how you came to...
by Linda Phillips | Aug 25, 2014 | Blog, Writing
I can’t stop licking my lips over the most delicious middle grade novel I’ve read in a long while. It should get at least four stars. As a matter of fact, it IS All Four Stars (Penguin/July 2014) by Tara Dairman, and you’ll want to read it on a full stomach,...
by Linda Phillips | Aug 18, 2014 | Blog, Mental health, Writing
Today I am honored to be featured on William B. Eerdmans’ official blog site, EerdWord. Rachel Bomberger, EerdWord editor, invited me to submit a post (following on the heels of N. T. Wright no less) that might relate the subject of my novel, CRAZY, with Robin...
