Writing Tip of the Week How to Make Your Writing More Colourful Figurative language to a writer is like a colour palette to an artist. It...

Well, I've finally finished Moonshadow, which is why I have completely neglected my blog for months. Hope to find a publisher and have...

As a gun is pointed in her direction, Maddie falls on the subway tracks — with the train in the tunnel only minutes away. Her spiky heel...

First on my list of new year's resolutions is to read 100 Preteen/Teen novels by Canadian authors before the end of 2018. Some of these...

First on my list of new year's resolutions is to read 100 Preteen/Teen novels by Canadian authors before the end of 2018. Some of these...

What's buried in Mrs. Maloney's garden? A dead cat? Perhaps. A dead kid? More than likely. Kids say the crabby, old lady flies around...

Today I #am reading fatty legs by Christy Jordan-Fenton and Margaret Pokiak-Fenton, with artwork by Liz Amini-Holmes. Eight-year-old...

Teachers know that a few words such as "Good job" go a long way to make a student's day. When "Good job" doesn't seem quite enough,...

Teachers know inherently that kids need to feel a sense of belonging in their classrooms—for without making connections, the kids will...

First on my list of new year's resolutions is to read 100 Preteen/Teen novels by Canadian authors before the end of 2018. Some of these...