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Feel the wind in my hair. See the passing scenery. Experience the joy only the telling of a good story births in my heart, soul and mind. Books too numerous to name have impacted me. Some of them changed my opinion or beliefs. Others resonated on a spiritual level. Many made me weep and many …
I picked up book one in The Grimoire Saga in the usual way – it was a free book from the eBook newsletter delivered to my email inbox on a daily basis. Since it is a young adult fantasy, it adheres to the primary requirement for my reading list: genre I write. Here is the …
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Fairy tales are for children. Or not. I’m pretty sure I never imagined Hansel and Gretel the way they were portrayed in a recent film. If you’ve read the Grimm brother’s tales, you know a dark side exists. Fingers and toes being hacked off. Blood and gore. Not happy bedtime story material. Not that I’ve …
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In a society where expectations rule decision-making processes, it’s past time to understand the difference between those that are realistic and unrealistic. We owe it to ourselves and our families to put a ban on setting unreachable standards. Beginning on March 10, a series of posts about expectations has been featured on this blog. The …
When I first started school I wanted to be a teacher. Who wouldn’t want to boss everyone around? By fourth grade, I loved making up stories, so I decided I wanted to be a novelist. Later…solving mysteries seemed exciting, so how about becoming an FBI agent? Like most kids, my thoughts about the future vacillated from …
Some readers might have given up on my series regarding expectations for young people. After all, it seems like a diatribe against education, government or parenting. Aren’t their some expectations we should have for our children? Duh. Lack of appropriate expectations has damaged our youth as much as unrealistic expectations. Maybe even more. We all …
Exit exams are farcical. A written test can not accurately assess proficiency. This is my opinion but it can be backed up with data. For a college project, I researched the correlation between states with exit exam requirements and falling high school graduation rates. In most cases, there is a positive correlation. Some states have …
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College. Everyone needs to go to college. This is what the media, the president, and most teachers tell young people. In grade school, they start talking to you about college. What college are you considering? What do you want to be when you grow up? Yes, you need a college degree to be a fireman. Yes, …
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Expectations. They’re like a ball and a chain around our neck pulling us to the abyss beneath the sea. Why do we put so much emphasis on to me? This is an especially important topic for young adults who are the audience for the books I write. They are in a phase of their life …
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