When my best friend, Emily, told me she chooses fiction rather than nonfiction in order to learn and grow, a lightbulb lit up for me. I, personally, am a fan of self-development books but she is NOT. As a writer of both fiction and nonfiction, her point wasn't lost on me. Stories invite us to step...
Award a Friend
Are you getting close to having completed your four challenges? I can't wait to help you Award-a-Friend. Remember that you can participate no matter your age. It's an excellent present that could...
Full Swing!
The Holiday Scavenger Hunt is in full swing. You have 10 days left to complete the challenge. Will you make it?? I hope so. I've been greatly enjoying the process of doing the hunt myself. I've...
Holiday Scavenger Hunt
Holiday Scavenger Hunt: The Sadie’s Sketchbook Scavenger hunt is not your traditional scavenger hunt... but if you accept the challenge, you’ll turn the Christmas season on it’s head. What if you...
Have You Joined the Sadie Read Along?
The From Sadie's Sketchbook Read Along is in full swing! This week, we'll be finishing up our read of Shades of Truth, and starting on Flickering Hope just in time for the holiday season. Don't miss...
The Sadie’s Sketchbook Read Along Starts Today!
Join me for the From Sadie's Sketchbook Read Along at www.sadies-sketchbook.com!
Holiday Read-Along
Join me at sadies-sketchbook.com for a read-along of the From Sadie’s Sketchbook series this holiday season. Starting November 1, 2012, I will be hosting a book club, blogging about the themes of...
Pocketful of Magic
I'm preparing for an educator workshop this Thursday at Hillsdale Barnes and Noble, wondering how to compress everything I want to say into one hour. Or maybe the task isn't so much one of...
What Writers Need
We think we need more time, more quiet, more focus, more creativity, more success, more support... I think all of these desires are making too much noise in our minds. The truth is, we need more...
The Beginning
Have you ever wondered why books don't start with the words: THE BEGINNING? We all take such joy in typing THE END on that very last page.Maybe the reason we don't start with THE BEGINNING is...
