Writing

If I Stay by Gayle Forman

by Rebecca Fjelland Davis | Dec 21, 2014 | Book Review, Writing for YA

I almost forgot to review this book. I read it several months ago. I figured that I should read such a popular YA book and see what all the fuss is about. With all the buzz about the movie version coming out, I read it in the summer. Since it wasn’t on the...

The Midwife's Apprentice

by Rebecca Fjelland Davis | Dec 7, 2014 | Book Review, Writing

The Midwife’s Apprentice by Karen Cushman I read this Newbery winner, too, though it wasn’t on my Sabbatical reading list. My bucket list for life includes reading every Newbery winner since 1922 when the award was founded, so this year has moved me well...

Beware the Ides of March and unrelated–Marguerite Henry

by Rebecca Fjelland Davis | Mar 15, 2014 | Writing

Can’t pass this day without thinking about Rome and Julius Caesar. Greek Mythology and Roman lore are two of the staples of my Intro to Humanities Class at South Central College.On a different note, Nikki and I took Alec to the Greenville Library...

AWP Panel

by Rebecca Fjelland Davis | Mar 2, 2014 | Writing for Children, Writing for kids, Writing for YA

AWP: Our panel, “What I Wish I’d Known Before I Started Writing for Children and Young Adults,” seemed like a success. At least we had a good time. It seemed as if our audience did. At least there wasn’t much shuffling, squirming, and reading...

Another snow day….or rather another snowy day

by Rebecca Fjelland Davis | Jan 30, 2014 | Writing

Freya carries in a blanket of snow. I try to grab her with a big towel before she shakes.Writing this morning before school. Going to try to hop on the trainer for a bit, too.Rafi and Maddie, the characters in the novel I’m working on, have me hooked and all I...

South Central Service Cooperative Young Writers' Conference

by Rebecca Fjelland Davis | Mar 14, 2013 | Writing, Young Writers

Yesterday (March 13), I presented at the SCSC Young Writers’ Conference for 7-9th graders. I did the keynote opening program about “From Here to There by Way of the Zoo,” subtitled, “Prairie-Dogging Your Way to a Story,” using animal...