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Spring Break(fast)

18AprilSuzanne9 CommentsFlash Friday, Writing

This was almost–almost–a Flash Fraterday post, but here I am and better late than never, right? Â It’s been a busy week around the blogosphere for me, with my first post going up on the Mommy Authors group blog I’m participating in. Â You’ll find that here, and it’s a discussion of the symbolism of hands and

The healing power of Savvy

14AprilSuzanne12 CommentsMarvelous Middle Grades, The Bookshelf

It felt appropriate for me to spotlight Ingrid Law‘s Savvy now, because for me the reading of this beautiful book will always be linked with my sobbing through the story several years ago, as I healed from losing my brother in a car accident. Â Since the 15th of this month (yes, I know…crazy anniversary, eh?)

In case the Zombies come digging…

11AprilSuzanne12 CommentsFlash Friday, Writing

Today’s Flash Friday blog hop is sponsored by this week’s celebration of Writing Your Epitaph–which I’ll bet you’ve been thinking about all week, cause it’s such a big holiday and all. Â Yes? Â No? Â Well, in case you find this as fascinating as I do, here’s an interesting bit of info on decoding gravestones–both their shape

Stranded…who would you want with you?

7AprilSuzanne16 CommentsMarvelous Middle Grades, The Bookshelf

How well would you share your island if you didn’t really like who you were sharing it with? Â That’s the underlying question I picked out of Chris Tebbetts and Jeff Probst book, Stranded. The four kids who find themselves stranded on an island in the South Pacific would almost certainly NOT have picked each other!

The Oatmeal Storm

4AprilSuzanne4 CommentsFlash Friday, Writing

I must have gone to sleep last night thinking of the tornados my friends and family in St. Louis are dodging, and the hurricane season that’s just heating up. Â Given the ice storms (and blizzards) we all just weathered, it can seem a bit like nature is out to get us. Â And wouldn’t it be

Spotlight on Hatchet…and what it means to survive.

31MarchSuzanne7 CommentsMarvelous Middle Grades, The Bookshelf

I’ve been doing survival research of late, and especially enjoyed tapping into the psychological impact of people thrust into a natural disaster or emergency situation. Â And since everything in research should be sprinkled with a bit of fiction love if it possibly can, that meant re-reading Hatchet and also diving into Stranded, which I’ll discuss

What would a modern day Mars look like?

28MarchSuzanne2 CommentsFlash Friday, Writing

Anyone who’s read the Percy Jackson books will remember Ares, the bullying biker god of war. Â All well and good, but I think if Mars were walking down the streets of New York, he’d be a little less obvious and a lot more effective if he took a different form. Â After all, some of the

What would you do with an Eighth Day?

24MarchSuzanne29 CommentsMarvelous Middle Grades, The Bookshelf

The Eighth Day has a fascinating concept–there are people, called Transitioners, who get an extra day each week between our regular Wednesday and Thursday. Â If that weren’t cool enough, these people are descended from King Arthur and his Knights of the Round Table! Of course the possibilities of what folks would do with an eighth

Coming Out Cracked

21MarchSuzanne2 CommentsFlash Friday, Writing

Today’s flash story is in honor of our adorable little chick which hatched this week, and his buddies who are heading in to hatch. Â But, since spring is also the season of emerging ticks, huge muddy messes, and waaay too much pollen, this piece has a little twist. Â ‘Cause life may be sweet but it’s

Happy MMGM! Spotlight on The Year of Billy Miller

17MarchSuzanne13 CommentsMarvelous Middle Grades, The Bookshelfbooks, cat, fiction, humor, kids, marvelous middle grade monday, reading, review, spotlight, the year of billy miller

I honestly wasn’t sure how much I’d like this book when I first started it. Â Part of that was because I grabbed it on a whim and didn’t read the back cover blurb carefully enough, so when it mentioned Billy standing at the giant’s feet…I thought there’d be giants. Â And that sounded cool. Note: there

Suzanne Warr

Narrative designer, game designer, author

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