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Learning Curves on the Road to Being a Writer
If only the acquisition of knowledge and experience were a straight line. When I embarked on my […]
Lions and Titles and Bears – Oh My!
via GIPHY Writing Book Titles is not my forte. In fact, you’ll be surprised to learn that the original title […]
Review: The Last Great Adventure of the PB&J Society!
It’s not always easy maintaining a boy-girl friendship in Middle Grade But Annie and Jason are doing a pretty […]
Books as Change Agents
One of the most important roles books can play in our lives is to shine a light on a particular […]
Book Review: The Eye of Midnight
I love a well-written and adventurous Middle Grade book… …and Andrew Brumbach’s The Eye of Midnight delivers. Here’s what […]
Inspiration
Are you inspired? “I dream my painting and I paint my dream.” – Vincent Van Goh I have been thinking […]
I’ve got a new gig!
I love keeping busy! In addition to my own blog here at wendymcleodmacknight.com, I’ve been invited to be a regular […]
Revisions! (Sung to the Tune of Tradition! if you please)
I hear some people love revising. I do, too, but I sort of feel I suck at it. I am […]
What I learned at #NY16SCWBI
You Gotta Find Your Tribe In my experience, conferences are all about networking and being inspired to return home with […]
I’m Going to My First Writer’s Conference!
This weekend is the SCWBI Winter Conference in New York City. I will be there. I will try […]
The Pain and Joy of Revisions
Life is one revision after another. We crawl, we walk, we run, and sometimes if we are lucky, we fly. […]
Book Review: Dig Too Deep by Amy Allgeyer
I recently had the pleasure of reading Amy Allgeyer’s debut Young Adult Novel Dig Too Deep and I loved it […]
Happy New Year and Welcome to the Year of the Sweet 16s!
Happy New Year! I don’t know about you, but January 1st is always my tabula rasa, my opportunity to start […]
Merry Christmas!
“Looking through my bedroom window, out into the moonlight and the unending smoke-colored snow, I could see the lights in […]
My favourite books of 2015!
Well I can’t resist! I’ve been reading so many wonderful year-end book lists that I thought I would add […]
Books with wonderful Christmas Scenes in them and one very poignant Chanukah scene…
A couple of weeks ago, I wrote a post about gratitude, in which I mentioned how the Christmas scene […]
Review – Fenway and Hattie by Victoria J. Coe
Happy Wednesday! Today I have the great treat of giving you an advanced sneak peek of a wonderful new […]
Gratitude
Given that tomorrow is American Thanksgiving, and that I forgot to write a special post for Canadian Thanksgiving, this seems as […]
The comfort of books
The recent events in Paris remind that, as much as we can take comfort in one another, we can often […]