By Kelley Lindberg I’ve been doing freelance writing from home for fifteen years, and I absolutely love it. But working at home isn’t for everyone. Plenty of people I know freely admit that they lack self-discipline, and that they would miss the structure or the social environment of a regular workplace. So I’ve come up […]
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100 Words Every High School Graduate Should Know
By Kelley Lindberg Ten years ago, the editors of the American Heritage dictionaries created a book called 100 Words Every High School Graduate Should Know. It’s a humbling list. I only knew 75 for sure. As a writer, I hang my head. I decided to go through the whole list in the […]
What Teachers Want from Authors (and Vice Versa)
By Kelley Lindberg April found me in Boise, Idaho, at an SCBWI (Society for Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators) regional conference that was held in conjunction with a conference for teachers. One of the best results of the combination, for me, was a panel discussion at the end of the conference that included teachers, writers, an […]
The Keys to a Good Mystery
By Kelley Lindberg So there’s this set of keys. Four of them, to be exact. They’re on a simple ring, along with a shopper’s discount card and a membership card to a gym. Yesterday evening, I pulled them out of the outside pocket of my purse. The thing is, they’re not mine. I texted […]
My Love Affair with Writing Conferences
by Kelley Lindberg This weekend, I’m headed off to the Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators (SCBWI) regional conference in surprisingly vibrant Boise, Idaho, with two wonderful writing friends. I’m attending this conference as a participant rather than as a presenter, which means I get to focus on enjoying myself. What a treat! I’ve […]
Why Handwriting and Cursive Still Matter
by Kelley Lindberg Last Friday, the Utah State Board of Education voted unanimously to recommend that handwriting and cursive should continue to be taught in our Utah public schools. That instruction has been required in the state up until now, but under the new Common Core curriculum, it is no longer required. (“Utah Education Leaders […]
