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Dear Davey
I have a passion for stories like hers. Perhaps that is because I am an orphan myself, which you know, although we did not talk about my...
Lilyana Page
Feb 173 min read
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Dear Kasey
She floated in one day out o' the fog, off the grey, grey sea. Pale skin, golden hair, and crimson lips. More angel than baby...
Lilyana Page
Jan 134 min read
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From My Bookshelves: Two Times a Traitor (written by Karen Bass)
While exploring a strange cave within the Citadel, the St. Christopher's medal Laz is wearing suddenly becomes hot, and he inexplicably...
Lilyana Page
Dec 9, 20243 min read
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Novel November (What I’m Working On)
National Novel Writing Month always seems to sneak up on me. November arrives, and others around me begin their mad dash to get 30,000...
Lilyana Page
Nov 25, 20243 min read
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From My Bookshelves: Baby (written by Patricia MacLachlan)
No one will talk about him. Larkin never got to see him. He never got a name. It seems like Mama and Papa want to forget he ever lived...
Lilyana Page
Oct 14, 20243 min read
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Writing Contests: November 2024
My challenge for you, especially if you are a beginning writer, is to enter one writing contest each month for a year. I did this when I...
Lilyana Page
Oct 7, 20243 min read
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The Story Behind Three Feet of Trouble (what inspired the tale, & where it all began)
One thing led to another, and before I knew it, the less than 500 word story had ballooned into a 16,000 word story filled with lots of...
Lilyana Page
Sep 16, 20243 min read
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From My Bookshelves: Maud (written by Melanie J. Fishbane)
The main themes I saw in Maud were Maud's struggles with family, her struggles with choosing between marriage or her dream as a writer...
Lilyana Page
Sep 9, 20243 min read
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Caged
Everyone is frightened. Even the squabbling chickens above us have ceased to fight. Everyone is whispering about who will be next...
Lilyana Page
Aug 26, 20245 min read
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Is Baking Cookies Usually So Hard?
Mum was out buying groceries when Lulita and I made the fateful decision...
Lilyana Page
Aug 19, 20243 min read
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Little Miss Muffet: The True Story
"I scampered up onto the ceiling,
checked and double-checked my anchoring, and lowered myself by one shining, silvery thread..."
Lilyana Page
Aug 12, 20243 min read
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From My Bookshelves: More Perfect than the Moon
When Mama and Papa come back from visiting the doctor in town, they bring news that turns Cassie's life upside-down...
Lilyana Page
Jul 15, 20242 min read
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From My Bookshelves: Skylark
“We’d never leave, Sarah," he said. "We were born here. Our names are written in this land.”
Caleb looked at me. I knew what he was...
Lilyana Page
Jun 10, 20242 min read
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From My Bookshelves: Caleb's Story
"Behind the barn," said Cassie. "He's wrapped in a green blanket. He asked me about Papa."
I smiled.
"You and your imaginary"...
Lilyana Page
May 13, 20242 min read
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From My Bookshelves: Sarah, Plain and Tall
Book Title: Sarah, Plain and Tall Author: Patricia MacLachlan Genre: Fiction, Children's Literature Age Group: Everyone! Part of a...
Lilyana Page
Apr 15, 20242 min read
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