June 2018 – WRITERS' RUMPUS

Two Truths and A Lie: Histories and Mysteries!

When the first book in the TWO TRUTHS AND A LIE series came out, I interviewed Ammi-Joan Paquette and Laurie A. Thompson on Writers’ Rumpus.

By Dana Nuenighoff One aspect to world building which is crucial in any speculative fiction is deciding on the magic system of the world. This

Review of The ONE and ONLY IVAN by Katherine Applegate Yes, I am talking about the 2013 Newbery Award winner. I read it back then

Happy book birthday to WE DON’T EAT OUR CLASSMATES and DEAR SUBSTITUTE! As school winds down, and we ramp up our summer plans, the beginning

CAROL GORDON EKSTER: I just love social media. I connected with Nancy when we both had picture book birthdays on the same day, September 1,

Even if you don’t have as much BIC time or that laser focus, there are still many valuable ways to be productive during these summer months.

All That I Can Fix opens with squirrels raining down from trees during a windstorm. And someone has uncaged a menagerie of hungry carnivores into