by mgadmin | Oct 2, 2025 | Blog
It doesn’t matter whether I talk to kids, teens or adults, when I mention that creative writing can be great for mental health, they look at me as if I’ve lost my mind. For many people, creative writing is linked to English class. For most people I speak...
by mgadmin | Oct 1, 2025 | Blog
October is mental health month. During October, I’m going to share about how reading and creative writing can help with mental health. Most of what I share is how I use for my own mental health, as well as results from 12 years of working with young writers. If...
by mgadmin | Sep 22, 2025 | Blog
My publishing journey has been a bit unconventional, but it’s working for me. Back in 2011, I closed my business and rediscovered creative writing. In 2012, I joined some challenges including 12×12 in 2012 and the Chapter Book Challenge. I continued these...
by mgadmin | Sep 20, 2025 | Blog
Recently, I’ve seen a number of posts in groups for women who are autistic, ADHD, and/or AuDHD from people who say they were bookworms as kids and would love to get reading again, but they aren’t sure where to start. I was that bookworm. Growing up, I...
by mgadmin | Sep 16, 2025 | Blog
In my email newsletter yesterday, I talked about giving yourself permission to not finish a story. There is so much pressure to finish things. I know that I have been given a hard time so often over the years about starting with a bright idea and then it petering out...
