https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3nCKfEjVCFA If you don't follow me elsewhere, let me catch you up to speed. I've wanted to make a book trailer ever since Lydia Green of Mulberry Glen was published, [...]
Early Drafts of Opening Lines
The first lines of a book can change quite a bit from first draft to final copy. First impressions are important - and hard. Very hard. I was acutely reminded [...]
The Best Middle Grade High Fantasy Books
Hello world, Millie Florence here! A couple of weeks ago I posted a YouTube Video full of middle-grade book recommendations of the high fantasy kind, and you guys loved it! [...]
“This is interesting.”
Some years ago, I was 11 years old and attending the Illinois Young Authors Conference. After the opening Q and A panel, the students had the opportunity to get their [...]
A Lesson Learned
I thought I was going to finish this book. Ever since I published Lydia Green there’s been a new sort of pressure on me. The month of its publication my [...]