Mrs. Williams taught all the fun subjects (writing and not-math and almost-time-to-go-home) in the afternoon during fifth grade. Mrs. Williams was the first author I ever met. She’d stand in front of class, grinning grinning grinning, waving arms faster…
I fell in love with Madeleine L’Engle’s A Wrinkle in Time when I was a kid. Up until then I read mostly historical fiction (Thank you, American Girls books . . .) and Nancy Drew. The idea of interplanetary travel was new and I didn’t so much read as inhaled the series.
I didn’t pick up L’Engle’s work again until my senior year in high school, when I read Walking on Water on a sweaty stank-tomb of a bus on my way back from Mexico.
You know when you sink into a hot tub on a frigid winter night? At first your entire body screams H*** NO!! But then the pain subsides and your muscles relax like ice cream melting on hot concrete during a Californian 4th of July. It’s a giant hug from the tub.
I look forward to each Writers in the Storm post. They are always insightful and encouraging, whether you are new to novel-forging or have written twenty. Kathryn Craft (author of The Art of Falling) has a guest post series on…
J is for all the places I plan on journeying to :) We've been saving to go on abroad once Randy finishes grad school. I've been overseas several times, but Randy has only been to the Bahamas for our honeymoon.…
I is for icons….but not just any icons. Galaxy icons! I used one of my watercolor paintings to create galaxy social media icons:
This set includes the Amazon, Blogger, Email Contact, Facebook, Flicker, Goodreads, Youtube, Google Plus, Instagram, Pinterest, RSS, Tumbler, Twitter Bird, WordPress, and the Twitter “t” (not pictured) icon in a 80×80, 60×60, 50×50, and 40×40 px size. They come in a .png format.
They are free for anybody who wants them.
Preface: I realize I may offend several people. I deeply apologize. I’m sure your name has deep meaning I’m unaware of and there are perfectly lovely names that begin with “H” like Hope or Hannah.