First Pass Edits

For months I’ve been living in relative bliss, with thoughts of the infamous EDIT LETTER looming over my head…but far above my head, like a distant storm I knew was coming but was a ways off yet. And then…it came: (Thanks Theresa and...

NaNoWriMo for Students

November is National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo). My kids LOVE this month. We set aside our regularly-scheduled language arts curriculum and we just have at it, writing as many words as we can every day. At the end of the month they have a short novel to show for...