I had to go away: first for a weekend, and then for…
November 15, 2021
Imagine you have just turned 18, and have had a rough life,…
July 26, 2022
M said Sammy was okay with other animals, and it’s true. He…
June 24, 2022
May 11, 2020
Balancing on a ladder between the dirt and sky, the little boy looks up. He sees his father with the men, his smiling, sweating face urging him on.“I’m going to the top,” he cries and takes another rung.He is excited and just a little scared. His eyes are on his father’s arms, stretched out to…
March 28, 2020
Magi Mistake © mary lou deridder 2020 David Munro wanted a refund. He’d paid for the “Strong and Successful” elixir to help him get the guts to ask Sanford for a raise but that was not what he got. He knew that right away when he found himself browsing in the Valentine Card and Gift…
March 17, 2020
January 28, 2020
Da ta da da!!! Drum roll please. Imagine me biting my nails and looking bewildered. That's the inside me. Outside, I look pretty cool and sophisticated as I make this earth-shaking announcement: I will be publishing my first middle-grade novel with Miriam Laundry Books sometime in the fall this year! Presently, I am one of…
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