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Flash Friday: Cloudy with a Chance of Sneezing

17JanuarySuzanne6 CommentsFlash Friday, Writing

Today is National Ditch New Years Resolutions Day, which I think is just the funniest thing in the world. Â What does that give us? Â One week to sort of keep them, one week to come to hate them, and a few days to admit they’re not happening? Â Definitely quitting well before any positive patterns in

Marvelous Middle Grade Monday: As if Being 12 and 3/4…

13JanuarySuzanne7 CommentsMarvelous Middle Grades, The Bookshelf

…isn’t bad enough, my mother is running for president! Â Just had to get the rest of that in there. Â Sometimes I wonder that I bother to spotlight these books that I’m sure everyone has read…and then I remember that I just read it! lol Moreover, I loved it. Â So, what if there’s someone missing out

Flash Friday: Who Needs an Ark?

10JanuarySuzanne13 CommentsFlash Friday, Writing

Today’s prompt of someone all fired up and excited was pretty appropriate, given how my week is going. Â Of course, my Christmas tree is still up with a few pathetic ornaments clinging, and today was the first day we’ve seen the sink all week, but to counterweigh all that, my NinChicks revisions are almost done!

Marvelous Middle Grade Monday: The Amaranth Enchantment

6JanuarySuzanne3 CommentsMarvelous Middle Grades, The Bookshelf

I hesitate to call The Amaranth Enchantment a Cinderella retelling, because as soon as I do, some of you will think it’s some tired out story makeover that can’t possibly hold a candle to what was done with Ella Enchanted. Â And you’d be wrong. Â What Ms. Berry has created isn’t so much Cinderella dressed up

Flash Friday: Celebrating or Seeking Light

20DecemberSuzanne3 CommentsFlash Friday, Writing

I’ve long believed that in another dimension or plane of existence, I worshiped the sun. Â Probably as in Ent, or rather, most likely an Ent Wife. Â In fact, that would make a great flash piece this morning, but my flitter-flutter brain is going in another direction. Â Tell me what you think, and please join me

Punk Yarn Creations

18DecemberSuzanne3 CommentsHome in the Rookery, The Bookshelf

I bet you didn’t know how easily yarn and crafty creations could discover their punk side and become something to scream about. Â Truth, it wasn’t something I new, either, and it’s doubtful pinterest will ever acknowledge this fact. Â But, there it is, an undeniable truth set free by my glue gun. What you see (just

Flash Friday the 13th, in all its egregiousness

13DecemberSuzanne11 CommentsFlash Friday, Writing

I think that’s the best word to describe a Friday the 13th, and especially one in December. Â Egregious…doesn’t it roll around wonderfully in the mouth? Â And just in case your Friday portends to be egregious, here’s a picture of a pygmy possum. Â It’s sure to improve your day. 🙂 And now, on to my Flash

MMGM The Night Before Christmas

9DecemberSuzanne11 CommentsMarvelous Middle Grades, The Bookshelf

Whether you’re a die-hard Santa believer or not, Clement Moore’s ‘The Night Before Christmas’ is sure to stir your blood. Â There’s just something about the cadence of the poem that sweeps you up and leaves you poised on the edge of a rooftop, waiting to hear more. Â I loved this version illustrated by Tom Browning,

Flash Friday: Envy and Abhorrence, the most delectable of all dishes

6DecemberSuzanne2 CommentsFlash Friday, Writing

A partly recycled Flash Friday, pulled forward through time from a piece I wrote years ago. 🙂 I lay quietly under the table; just watching.Â Missus had been so sad since Rusty, the old tom, died.Â I was willing to give this new thing a chance.Â But she didn’t look promising. Vanilla IceÂ was just beyond

MMGM: Jan Brett’s Christmas Treasury

2DecemberSuzanne4 CommentsMarvelous Middle Grades, The Bookshelf

I’m going to indulge myself a bit on the blog throughout December and spotlight a few Christmas and winter tales. Â First up is the collection of Jan Brett’s stories which includes The Mitten, Christmas Trolls, and The Hat, along with several others. I have always dearly loved Jan Brett’s stories! Â The tales are unique and

Suzanne Warr

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