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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

Pumpkin Pie…selfies?

14MarchSuzanne17 CommentsFlash Friday, Writing3.14, blog hop, digits of pi, flash fiction, funny, humor, joke, laughter, pi, Pie Day

As I got the kids up and moving this morning, I debated what to write for my Flash piece today. Â Obviously something pie-ful, but what exactly? Â Then I happened to notice my cell wasn’t where I put it last night…in fact, it was all the way in the kitchen, which was odd because I always

The Holy Bagumba-ness of Flora and Ulysses

10MarchSuzanne17 CommentsMarvelous Middle Grades, The Bookshelfbooks, cat, flora and ulysses, humor, joke, kids, laugh, marvelous middle grade monday, newbery winner 2014, reading, review, spotlight

I think it should be obvious by now that I love books. Â If it isn’t, you might want to open the little door at the back of your brain, reach in until your fingers find the gear marked ‘observation’ and give it a little nudge to the right. Â You may also want to flick your

Ice Storm Pics, aka Is That Tree Supposed to Grow Upside Down?

8MarchSuzanne17 CommentsHome in the Rookery, The Human Condition

Pretty sure this was my first ‘for reals’ ice storm, but if not, it was certainly the one that will loom largest in memory. Â It’s not just the flooded basement (that happens every few years) or the loss of internet and power blips, cause those are also reasonably common. Â Pretty sure it was the juxtaposition

How Much For That…Wig in the Window?

3MarchSuzanne8 CommentsMarvelous Middle Grades, The Bookshelf

How much? Â Well, let’s see. Â You’ve got one friendship on the line, and a budding middle school romance, too. Â You have a humiliating afternoon involving the police, the confiscation of a cell phone, and time spent with the scariest counselor on earth. Â And then you have the risk of possible death and the unsolved mystery

Flash Friday: Let Sleeping Robots Lie

28FebruarySuzanne14 CommentsFlash Friday, Writing

It’s a gorgeous, sunshiny day outside, but all I want is a nap. Â Fitting, then, that today’s prompt is in honor of ‘Public Sleeping Day’, whatever that is. Â So in honor of all those whose true talent is sleeping, I give you this little piece of fiction. Â You can read the robot’s letter as letters

Happy MMGM! Spotlight on the amazing Doctor Proctor’s Fart Powder

24FebruarySuzanne5 CommentsMarvelous Middle Grades, The Bookshelf#mmgm, book, Doctor Proctor's Fart Powder, humor, joke, laugh, marvelous middle grade monday, Norway, reading, review, spotlight

Some spotlights are easier to write than others–the books are of a kind people nod their heads over and feel wise for having read. Â Other books are just as enjoyable and perhaps better written, but most people will feel a guilty pleasure for having read them and worry that their wise-quota took a hit. Â I

What’s round like a bowling ball, covered in spikes, and cute enough to melt your heart?

21FebruarySuzanne15 CommentsFlash Friday, Writing

A hedgehog, of course! Â We had one back in our college days, and he traveled with us all the way from BYU in Provo, Utah to W&L in Lexington, VA. Â We did stop for a month or so in St. Louis, MO, so he could take a short break from car rides, but I think

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