A question I get asked often by parents with young writers or passionate kids in general is “How did your parents support you”? This blog post/creative non-fiction piece is part of my answer for those parents. 💛✨
Category: Ramblings
The Ghost of NaNos Past
I didn’t participate this year, but NaNoWriMo has always held a very, very special place in my heart. It was in NaNoWriMo 2016 that I pushed myself to write the first draft of my debut novel, Honey Butter, which was published nine months later in August 2017.
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 [...]