Hey everyone! Welcome back for Mini-Writing Contest Number 9. 🙂 Since this is the last mini-writing contest of the summer, I'd like to end with something very fun. Have you ever heard of a “spoonerism”? A spoonerism is a pun that happens when you accidentally switch the letters or sounds of two words in a sentence, […]
What would you do if you thought your father had gone missing? What if no one believed you? This is what happens to Laureth Peak, the 16-year-old daughter of Jack Peak, a British author who has been trying write a novel about coincidence for several years. Her mother thinks he’s obsessed, and Laureth thinks he’s […]
16-year-old Trent McCauley eats, sleeps, and breathes movies. He wants nothing more than to spend all of his time making movies on his computer by sampling and reassembling footage of long-dead actors he has found online. Unfortunately, in near-future Britain, this is completely illegal and has placed him directly under the scrutiny of local law […]
Jennifer Gold, author of Soldier Doll, took some time this summer to answer a few questions with me about her book, her writing process, and the works that have inspired her. Here is what she shared: 1. What inspired you to write Soldier Doll? I was at the Jewish Museum in Prague with my husband about a year or so […]
Hey everyone! Welcome back for Mini-Writing Contest Number 7. 🙂 Let’s try another kind of poetry this week – a lantern or lanturne. This is another short form of poetry written with only 5 lines. The first line is a one-syllable noun, which will be the subject of the entire poem. The next four lines […]
Written by Hal Niedzviecki, founder of Broken Pencil magazine, The Big Book of Pop Culture: a How-to Guide for Young Artists is a great book for anyone interested in current pop culture trends and wants to try making their own mark. The first part of the book, “Everything You Need to Know Before You Make […]
Hey everyone! Welcome back for Mini-Writing Contest Number 6. 🙂 This week, it’s all about using similes and metaphors. So, what’s the difference between a simile and a metaphor, you might ask? A simile can be defined as a sentence in which two completely different things are compared together using the words like or as. […]
The Rule of Thirds by Chantal Guertin is a sweet novel about 16 days in the life of Philadelphia Greene, a high school student preparing for the upcoming Vantage Point statewide photography competition. An avid photographer, Pippa (as she’s known to her friends) has been preparing for this competition for the last six months, and wants […]
Hey everyone! Welcome back for Mini-Writing Contest Number 5. 🙂 To start, let me ask you a few questions. Where do you like to keep things? Do you have a special place where you hide the things you want to keep forever? Is it out in the open where everyone can see, or is it […]
Are you musically inclined? Do you find yourself creating neat rhythms whenever you drum your fingers against a table top, or tap your feet against the floor? Then Learn to Speak Music: a Guide to Creating, Performing, and Promoting Your Songs by John Crossingham might be worthwhile for you to check out. Starting from the basics, […]