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Posted in A Writer's Life, Holidays and Observances, Writing for children on Oct 1st, 2009
I ran across a great website, Brownielocks, that lists holidays and observances for every day of the year. Today is International Older Persons Day. The World Health Organization classifies older persons as over sixty. I haven’t quite achieved older person status, but I’m getting closer by the minute.
With the demise of extended families, elders were [...]
Posted in Writing Basics, Writing for children on Aug 1st, 2009
What would Harry Potter be without Hogwarts? Just another dorky kid in a broom closet. Right? And don’t you just love the way the Secret Garden changes and blossoms, little-by-little, just as Mary and Collin do? The big woods and broad prairie of Laura Ingalls Wilder’s childhood are as crucial to her stories, and [...]
Grian McFadden writes award winning fiction and non-fiction for and about children, as well as teaching materials for various educational publishers.