Spider Web Scramble A Mischief Book – Book 4 on the way 😀 Chapter Book Series for girls and boys; independent reading 1st to fourth grade. Chapter 2 EXPLANATION “Hang on—we all have our own star?” Jack blurted out louder than he’d anticipated. “And if we touch it, we’ll be granted a wish, a real…
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A Fairy Match in the Mushroom Patch
A FAIRY MATCH IN THE MUSHROOM PATCH Chapter 2 – TRICKS IN THE CLASS-SHROOM The silver bell above the dorm monitor’s station rang gently; it was time to start the day. Madame Louise walked between the beds and opened the curtains of every tiny window. The sunlight poured into the room. Leaning…
Chapter 1 – Greenlee
An Excerpt From The Greenlee Project I’d rather be dead than climb those steps! Greenlee thought, staring at the grey concrete that would lead her to her final bout of humiliation. It was a given that life, at least as she knew it, was over! Why had this happened to her? She stared up at the…
Panic in the Mushroom Patch
An excerpt from MISCHIEF IN THE MUSHROOM PATCH an Early Reader Chapter Book series for Girls & Boys The sound of fluttering filled the corridor as the monitor made her way to the dormitory. She had a clipboard in one hand and a pen in the other. Her glasses hung around her neck, attached to…
Do YOU feel NORMAL yet?
We are three and half months into the new year, 2021, and things are just now starting to feel normal around here, at least to me, anyway. It seems as if we’ve been in a holding pattern for over a year here at PRPP, and in reality, we have. We took drastic strategic steps to…
Hurry Up and Write
At times it seems as if the world has gone crazy! Reading is a wonderful way to escape, and writing is a fun way to provide book lovers with books they might enjoy. Like most authors, I like to do both but suddenly have a sense of urgency to write that I haven’t had in…
Thanksgiving 2020
In this new world of COVID, everything that we’re used to has changed. I can’t remember a time before now where we’ve been asked to limit how many people join us around the table for thanksgiving dinner or cancel regular activities altogether. Officials have recommended limiting your house guests, opening windows while you eat, or…
Trick or Treat? Celebrating At Home
Trick or Treat? October is right around the corner—cooler weather, hot chocolate, and of course, Halloween. What will Halloween look like during a pandemic? Many cities have already canceled Halloween’s typical festivities, such as Haunted Houses, large parties, and have even gone as far as recommending kids bypass trick or treating altogether. Personally, given the…
#amwriting
#amwriting. It’s a hashtag writers/author use all the time when they’re working on new pieces. I haven’t honestly been able to use or say that for a long time! However, after drastically changing my life, business, and personal, I’ve taken steps to take back a real writing schedule. Sure, I’ve talked about it in the…
Working From Home
Like most people, I’ve been tuning in a lot more lately to the local news. Sometimes it can be quite depressing, but I watch it faithfully anyway. They’ve recently discussed employees that were forced to work from home during COVID, returning to work. Fortunately, most new to staying at home workers were pleasantly surprised, finding…