Fun Facts,Reading Tips The Importance of Reading in Your Kid’s Life Reading aloud together with your child will prepare your child to succeed better than any other activity. Why? We’ll go over the reasons reading is so important in your kid’s life in this post, along with tips on how to read aloud with your child.
Book Lovers,Fun Facts What Was Your Favorite Childhood Book? What was your favorite book when you were a child? Readers let us know. Is your favorite on the list?
Book Lovers,Fun Facts Readers' Pet Peeves So you're humming along in a really great book and then BANG! something pulls you from it. You've just stumbled over one of your pet peeves. Here are readers' top peeves.
Fun Facts,Interviews,Literature The Journey of Revolutionary Faith As I listened to my father relate family stories to a group of tourists, the reader in me desired to know how characters of the 1770s lived, interacted, worked, ate, and faced the war. Before long, my curiosity became Hold Me Close, Revolutionary Faith book one (1773).
Book Lovers,Book Products,Fun Facts Food and Fiction Is there anything better for the appetite of the voracious reader than to devour a good book? Well, there just might be if that book contains references to mouthwatering foods and the recipes to back them up.
Book Lovers,Fun Facts,Interviews Research Is Such Fun and Educational When writing historical romance, research is imperative to make the story believable. Research is such fun!
Fun Facts,Literature Between Utopia and Dystopia: the Mixtopian Borderlands If you’re reaching for a dictionary at the word “mixtopian,” don’t bother: I confess I made it up. I figure it’s one of those terms that should exist but doesn’t. It does, however, beg the question, how does a mixtopia differ from “normal life”?
Fun Facts It's Not Fiction: America's Pirates Do you love a good pirate romance? Discovering how pirates pillaged the Mediterranean, looted Asia under the command of Madame Ching Shih, and even pirated American rivers is another way to enjoy swashbuckling tales.
Fun Facts,Literature A Passion for Strange Creatures—Creating Imaginative Natural Worlds My challenge, as an author, is to make alternate worlds believable. The more fantastical the world, the more important it is to include details that help readers suspend their disbelief.
Fun Facts,Interviews Reality Check: VE Day and the Coronavirus (COVID 19) We are involved in a sort of war today, but it is a vastly different one. The battle against the coronavirus brings hardships. No question. But they are of a different order.
Fun Facts,Reading Tips 10 Tips for Surviving the Zombie Apocalypse If you’re anything like me, then not a day goes by without you dreaming of the coming zombie apocalypse. Here are ten practical tips for surviving the onslaught of the walking dead. Follow them, and you just might survive the end of the world.
Fun Facts,Literature 12 Books Becoming Movies in 2020 Read on to discover 12 books that we are excited about becoming movies in 2020.
Book Lovers,Fun Facts How to Find a Book When You Don't Know the Title or Author Have you ever lost track of a favorite book from your childhood because you can’t remember the title or author? Here are a few tips we’ve used when searching for a lost book we love.
Fun Facts,Interviews When Does a Trilogy Become a Series? Here is a pop quiz. How many books in The Dune Trilogy? If your answer is three, you’re wrong. So, how often does a trilogy become a series?
Fun Facts A Peek at Old Newspaper Stories Old newspapers are a treasure trove of information for authors, but these archives are also a great place for readers intrigued by authentic records of days gone by or those who enjoy losing a few interesting hours.
Fun Facts,Literature,Reading Tips 3 Easy Ways to Introduce Your Children to STEM/STEAM through Picture Books Researchers, educators, and parents all agree—children need to learn about STEM (or STEAM): science, technology, engineering, art, and math. But how do you get kids excited about math, science, and the rest?
Fun Facts,Reading Tips 5 Essential Life Skills Fiction Novels Teach Us Stories are an irrevocable part of our society. Here are the 5 essential life skills you’ll gain from reading fiction.
Fun Facts,Literature A World without You? Authors have the power to add and erase characters from novels and do so often to create a better story for readers. Have you ever contemplated what the world would be like if you had never been born?
Fun Facts,Reading Tips The Unauthorized, Untold History of Historic Language What most people consider to be typical historical language is actually elevated, formal language that was likely not used by the average person. Read on for the unauthorized, untold history of historic language!