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Cartoon of four women holding books. One has a book in her hand and is holding it up enthusiastically.

How to Start a Book Club

How to Start a Book Club There many, MANY ways to have a book club, so you can start one that’s exactly what YOU want it to be. Answering these questions will help you get started: What kind of book club do you want to have? social (fun, casual, discuss Read more…

By Jennifer VanDyke, 3 yearsDecember 9, 2022 ago

You Learn More Than You Think in School

You Learn/Learned More Thank You Think in School Mercy and Compassion, Lincoln Elementary School, Layton, Utah Times Tables: Do you remember times table grids? The teacher would write the numbers 1-12 in random order along the top row and down the left column. The students’ task was to complete the Read more…

By Jennifer VanDyke, 4 yearsNovember 6, 2022 ago
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Diverse Gifts, Mixed Metaphors, and Writing While Recovering from COVID

“You can do things no one else can do.” Do you believe that? I kind of don’t believe that. As for myself, of all the things I can do, I know there will always be someone who can do them better. I can’t think of one single thing I’m the Read more…

By Jennifer VanDyke, 4 yearsOctober 17, 2022 ago
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My First Fan Art

There will be art . . . . . . and it will be from fans, eventually. I had imagined what Lucy would look like years and years ago, then found a stock photo I liked, re-colored the hair, made the eyes green, added freckles, and changed her shirt. I Read more…

By Jennifer VanDyke, 4 yearsOctober 8, 2022 ago
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Writing a Book

This is me, writing in bed at our trailer in Cal-Nev-Ari, Nevada, in the Mojave Desert with the coyotes, rabbits, hares, lizards, and birds. This is where most of FLOATING was written. It’s still hard to believe I actually – wrote – a – book. A novel. A long novel. Read more…

By Jennifer VanDyke, 4 yearsSeptember 24, 2022 ago

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