by Shonna | Jun 2, 2016 | Fairy tales, Random fun, Youtube
I loved today’s Google Doodle so much I had to share it here so I’ll remember it! and the behind the...
by Shonna | May 28, 2016 | Teaching Writing, Youtube
I’ve recently wrapped up an editing marathon and my right hand/wrist ended up pretty sore. My friend Melody made this video this weekend so I’m posting it for future reference and to help anyone else who has this same...
by Shonna | May 24, 2016 | 1800s, Around the World, Liz and Nellie
The Idea Liz and Nellie, the historical retelling of the dramatic race around the world in the late 1800s started out as a research rabbit trail. I was working on a YA novel set in the 1890s, and while I was studying this time period, I read about a young woman named...
by Shonna | May 5, 2016 | #atozchallenge, 1800s, Around the World
This was my third year blogging A to Z. Year 1: Learned about the challenge a few days before it started and thought it would be fun. I blogged each day with no real plan other than to make it to the end. My theme was random. Year 2: From my first year, I’d...
by Shonna | Apr 30, 2016 | #atozchallenge, 1800s, Around the World
This year for the Blogging from A to Z Challenge, I’m writing about the 1800s in celebration of Nellie Bly and Elizabeth Bisland’s race around the world in 1889, the subject of my new novel based on this adventure: Liz and Nellie. Goodreads Book Giveaway Liz and...
