Marking my teens’ writing—after helping them improve it—is exhausting. It involves evaluating their content, editing, proofreading, correcting, encouraging, and, finally, evaluating and grading. Sometimes this whole process is too much for me. And sometimes I want to pull in an outside authority who is not emotionally involved with my teens. I love blogging, reviewing, and […]
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Review: J. R. R. Tolkien: The Making of a Legend by Colin Duriez
Since Tolkien’s fantasies are a big part of our home and homeschool, I was excited to read what a recognized expert had to say about him. In J.R.R. Tolkien: The Making of a Legend, Colin Duriez has given us a thorough and upbeat biography of the man and his ideas. Tracing his life from the very beginning, the […]
How to Write a Book—A Free Christian Novel-Writing Course for Teens and Adults
Over half the members of our family write, but Miss 14 is our fiction star, having penned several novels. I’ve been thinking of getting her a novel-writing course. She participates in NaNoWriMo every year and imitates other writers’ styles as recommended in The Writer’s Workshop, but I wanted to give her something more. As I […]
NaNoWriMo and Other Writing Inspiration
Our children spent the month of November writing madly for NaNoWriMo, a writing event in which you are considered a winner if you meet your word count goal. Miss 11 (3000 words) and Miss 9 (1500 words) both exceeded their word count goals. On her blog, Miss 14 points out that she did not achieve […]