by admin | Apr 22, 2024 | News
It seems my brain has decided this week I’m talking about tips for engaging neurodivergent people in reading! Got to love how that works… I am AuDHD and a big reader. Both my kids are neurodivergent and read a lot when they were younger too. We all read...
by admin | Apr 20, 2024 | News
I run a number of groups with young writers, many of them are neurodivergent. One piece of advice I give regularly when I’m asked what they can do to one day become an author is that reading widely is a great way to learn how to write as you can see how others...
by admin | Mar 1, 2024 | Blog, Books, News
If you follow me on social media, you may already know that I have a new book coming out. I wrote it and got it ready for publishing in 10 days! Most books don’t take 10 days to produce, and if I had more time, then this would all look quite a bit different,...
by admin | Jan 23, 2024 | News
A memory popped up on Facebook from five years ago: Why do professionals discount reading as a way of relaxing and unwinding? Lately I’ve been asked a few times what I do to relax before bed. I tell them I read, and they told me to use apps for meditation! This...
by admin | Jan 19, 2024 | News
I am not a poet. If I sit down with the purpose of writing poetry, nothing comes out. Or, if it does, it’s forced and doesn’t flow, though usually the rhymes are great. That said, there are times when I sit down to write and a poem is what comes out....
by admin | Jan 14, 2024 | News
One of the messages I want to spread to kids about reading is that they read like a grown up. Before you start yelling at me, hear me out. I’m not saying that kids should read the same books that grown ups do. There is something to be said for reading books with...