River houses, Backyard getaways, Fairy houses and Lean-to’s, and more. When I was in 7th grade I had no friends at my school. It had started out well enough –I became fast friends with a group of athletic girls at … Read More
Pardon me while I give my personal opinions on reading levels. This is who I think reading levels are helpful for: parents when buying a book without their kid, teachers who want to make age appropriate judgement calls for teaching … Read More
A Review of a Middle Grade Novel I am diligently working on a draft of my middle grade mystery. I have learned more by working on this book than I ever imagined. As my girls are now 17 and 21 … Read More
This is summer and I am swamped with kid stuff, family stuff and my own writing. I began to revisit previous posts for my own benefit and decided we could all do to revisit this one. Check out this post … Read More
Honestly get rid of your expectations of what they should read. That is number one. The fastest way to discourage a reader is to give them parameters. You should always get to approve or disapprove of sexual or violent content, … Read More
25 Character Creation Questions . If you have signed up for the mailing list you know about these…if you haven’t sign up now and visit this post for a preview! https://angeliquelamour.com/5-character-questions/ There is no new post this week but if … Read More
I have written about ptsd before https://angeliquelamour.com/i-am-cleaning-my-closets-warning-label-ptsd-and-new-beginnings/ If you want to read about it—or throw the term into the search bar on my blog to find more. But that is what this blog post is about. There will also be … Read More
5 Tips for the new author… First, congratulations! That is awesome! It is a huge accomplishment to have written a book. After jumping up and down and announcing it on your social media you may be asking the question, “What … Read More
This was the year I began by choosing a word to encourage my forward progress. I chose the word devoted. I hadn’t done that before and it seemed like an interesting idea. It was a question proposed by an instagram … Read More
How do you plan your travels? Do you take notebook sized paper in a folder? Do you take a binder with all your info? Do you take a presentation folder with multiple pockets? These are all ways I have created … Read More