by Linda Phillips | May 12, 2014 | Blog
I love to think about, read about, write about all types of people, especially those who are different. I guess that’s why I wrote my debut book, CRAZY (I know, I know, why don’t I shut up about it already, right?). Last week I talked about Cynthia...
by Linda Phillips | May 5, 2014 | Blog
I recently finished (devoured) Cynthia Lord’s award winning (Newbery Honor and Schneider Family Book Award, among others) Middle Grade book called RULES. I loved this determined, mind-of-her-own protagonist, Catherine, who has been expected all of her young...
by Linda Phillips | Apr 28, 2014 | Blog
On Saturday, April 12, my regular walking buddy, Carol Baldwin, and I got up a little earlier than usual for our walk. We got in the car for this one, and drove to Harris Road Middle School in Concord, where we were just in time to pick up and change into our blue...
by Linda Phillips | Apr 21, 2014 | Blog
I’m allergic to cats, but before I realized that, we had a wonderful cat named Millie. My son, Tom, brought her home one day and she quickly became a member of our family…until allergies forced me to give her up. She made out like a bandit during the last...
by Linda Phillips | Apr 14, 2014 | Blog, Mental health, Writing
In keeping with poetry month, I am posting here the original poem that sparked the inspiration for my forthcoming book, CRAZY. It was the first of twenty poems that I wrote as a cathartic exercise to deal with my mother’s bipolar disorder. It was one of...
