Category: Books
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Suki, Self-publisher
Hanna, Homeschooler is a book I wrote so that my daughter could see herself in fiction. Find it now on Amazon.com and BN.com.
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Book Review: Creative Home Schooling grows up
It was the weighty Bible of gifted homeschoolers. You saw it on every shelf. My copy was so coveted, one of my homeschooling friends apparently walked off with it and it hasn’t been seen on my shelves since. What was it? An extensively researched book called Creative Homeschooling by Lisa Rivero, published by Great Potential Press (who published my…
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Five Writing Mistakes I Learned from Harry Potter
I wrote this essay a couple of years ago after attending a rather dispiriting writing workshop, which was led by agents who pretty much insisted that if you aren’t doing what everyone else is doing, you will never get published. Each of the rules below were ones I heard at this conference. I’m republishing it now…
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A grown-up Harry Potter for me and you
Some years ago my husband was reading a book he’d bought on the basis of a good review. He was sitting in his chair chuckling, and occasionally he would say, “You have to read this!” and then “I mean it, you’ve really got to read this!” “OK, dear,” I said, and back to my own book. Then I…
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The search for the girl scientist in literature
There are so few books for kids that feature girl scientists, we had to dig to find them!