by Linda Phillips | May 25, 2015 | Blog, Writing
I appreciated being chosen a 2014 INDIEFAB Book of the Year Award Finalist last week and being included on Aimee Jodoin’s blog Foreword Reviews along with four other books that she declared “offer hope to teens who suffer from mental illness.” It is...
by Linda Phillips | May 4, 2015 | Interview, Writing
Today I am thrilled to feature a fellow writer and long-time friend, Miriam Franklin, whose debut book (Extraordinary/Sky Pony Press) will enter the world on May 5th! Leave a comment to enter the drawing to win the last ARC of this truly extraordinary book, and if...
by Linda Phillips | Apr 27, 2015 | Blog, Teens, Writing
I recently got one of those letters that makes this journey one of the most rewarding of my life. It was from a high school English teacher in a small, rural town. She told me how she recently assigned an independent reading project shortly after the school librarian...
by Linda Phillips | Apr 20, 2015 | Blog, Writing
April is poetry month, and poets thither and yon are reading, writing, speaking, thinking, and honoring poets and poetry. Last week I sat in on a gathering of like-minded souls to hear unknown and/or well-known poems read by the authors or poetry lovers. My future...
by Linda Phillips | Mar 30, 2015 | Blog, Book Review, Writing
I had the privilege of meeting Dolores Andral at the WNBA Author’s Showcase in Charlotte, NC on March 7. Her first book, a picture book called Prissy on the Moon, came out in August, 2014. Here is the synopsis from Dolores’ website: Prissy on the Moon is the first in...
by Linda Phillips | Mar 9, 2015 | Writing
On Saturday, March 7 I had the privilege of sharing the spotlight with two power-house authors at the WNBA-Charlotte Authors’ Showcase. Tamara Jackson, a Certified Group Exercise Instructor through the American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM) who has appeared on the...