Thanks to our friends from Mrs. P for tweeting about this article from Today's Parent about encouraging your kids to read! Sure, this is for kids a bit younger than our usual focus here at Novel Novice -- but encouraging reading at ANY age is always a good thing! Do continue to read to your... Continue Reading →
Creative Writing Prompt #21 From Bad to Worse Sometimes our biggest inspirations come from some of the most unexpected places - bad movies, cruddy reality TV shows, or just the lazy parts of our brain that aren't working very hard at original imagery. So go with it. Write the worst poem you can possibly imagine.... Continue Reading →
Highlighting Allen Ginsberg's poem "A Supermarket in California" as this week's featured poem is kind of an indulgence for me. I find great humor in some of the lines: ... babies in the tomatoes!--and you, Garcia Lorca, what were you doing down by the watermelons? But it's not all about fruits and vegetables and pork... Continue Reading →
Today for our Book of the Month with Lisa Schroeder, we're featuring desktop wallpapers for her book I Heart You, You Haunt Me. Click to view full-size, then right-click to save.
Today for our Book of the Month with Lisa Schroeder, we're featuring desktop wallpapers for her book I Heart You, You Haunt Me. Click to view full-size, then right-click to save.
Check out this newly released trailer for the movie Beastly, an adaptation of the book by Alex Flinn due out in theaters this July. It's a very cool-looking, modern twist on Beauty & the Beast. The movie stars Alex Pettyfer, Neil Patrick Harris (yes!!!), Vanessa Hudgeons & Mary Kate Olsen: Here's more about the book... Continue Reading →
Check out this newly released trailer for the movie Beastly, an adaptation of the book by Alex Flinn due out in theaters this July. It's a very cool-looking, modern twist on Beauty & the Beast. The movie stars Alex Pettyfer, Neil Patrick Harris (yes!!!), Vanessa Hudgeons & Mary Kate Olsen: Here's more about the book... Continue Reading →
The American Library Association wants you to READ ... and they've got a really cool line of posters available with just that message. And their newest poster is the third in a series featuring Stephenie Meyer's Twilight Saga books ... being read by the stars of The Twilight Saga movies! Check out all three posters... Continue Reading →
Creative Writing Prompt #20 Thirsty Thesaurus It's a fact. We all tend to use the same vocabulary words day in and day out. Think about it - how often do you learn a new word? Your thesaurus is parched. It's desperately waiting for its pages to be thumbed. It wants you to use it for... Continue Reading →
For this week of National Poetry Month, we're celebrating and exploring the life and works of Allen Ginsberg. Today, we bring you our choice for featured collection of Ginsberg poetry. While many people might recommend Howl and Other Poems from the famed City Lights Pocket Poets Series, I feel that Ginsberg's Selected Poems: 1947-1995 offers... Continue Reading →
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