Welcome to the first day of the ECOSYSTEM blog tour! Since I'm known as "The YA Gal" on Facebook, and my friend Joshua David Bellin's blog is called "YA Guy," I always get really excited whenever Joshua has a new book out. ECOYSTEM is book one in Joshua David Bellin's thrilling new YA Fantasy trilogy …
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Author Visits
With six years of teaching under her belt, as well as her California and Washington State teaching certificates, Jennifer Bardsley enjoys sharing her love of writing with students of all ages. From 2009-20011 she served on the board of the Edmonds Public Schools Foundation. In 2011 Jennifer founded the educational advocacy website Teaching My Baby …
Instagram Etiquette for Authors
Do you know what a ghost follower is? If you don't, then you aren't as up-to-speed on Instagram as you could be. You might unintentionally insult people. A ghost follower is somebody who follows an account but never hearts or comments on posts. Don't be a ghost follower! Why? For one thing, it's extremely rude. For …
The brave men of 741st Tank Battalion
Once when I was little my grandma told me the story of my grandpa’s service in WW II and I didn’t believe her. I knew that my grandpa was considered a hero, and had a purple splotch across his hand, but the story my grandma told was unbelievable. She was a well-known embellisher of ideas, …
The YA Gal’s 2015 Summer Reading List
When I was growing up one of my favorite parts of summer was tackling whatever summer reading list the teacher passed out. Other kids might have seen the list and groaned, but I would stare at the piece of paper with an "I-will-crush-you!" gleam in my eye and race to my local library. Last week …
What makes a book “good?”
Reading and Writing are tied together like puzzle pieces. If something is boring to write (like a thank you card) it will also be boring to read. That's why it's so important to think about what makes reading and writing exciting. This post contains the outline for a writing lesson I did with my son's …
