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Children's Mystery Series

Oct 25
3 min

Where Do Authors Get Their Ideas?

When your teacher assigns a fiction story, do you wonder what to do first? “Begin at the beginning,” the King said, very gravely, “and go...

Linda Wilson

Sep 13
2 min

Questions to Ask your Book Club

Here’s what to do: Ask everyone in your book club to read Secret in the Stars: An Abi Wunder Mystery. Ask these questions. Flip through t...

What is the Secret in "Secret in the Stars?"

Linda Wilson

Aug 14
2 min

What is the Secret in "Secret in the Stars?"

In Secret in the Stars, Book 1 in the Abi Wunder series, Abi learns a lot about herself; the most puzzling is that she possesses a specia...

Linda Wilson

Jul 4
1 min

Bee's Needs: 7 Ways You Can Help

1. Plant a bee garden Select flowers that produce sufficient nectar, such as year-round single-flower tops. Some flowers that bees love: ...

Linda Wilson

Jun 9
2 min

Research is Fun: Hard Hats

June 2020: Research is important not only for nonfiction, but for fiction, too. The basic elements even in fantasy and science fiction bo...

Linda Wilson

Jun 9
2 min

The Ghost in the Gift Shop

May, 2020: Do you like to shop? Shopping is my sister-in-law Janice’s favorite pastime. She has the most beautiful collection of necklace...

Linda Wilson

Apr 19
0 min

Women are from Mars

My experience with Women from Mars, Feb, 12, 1958

Linda Wilson

Mar 21
2 min

When I was an Easter Egg

Many children’s authors and authors in general know they wanted to become authors when they were children. You might feel that way yourself.

Linda Wilson

Feb 2
2 min

A Ghostly Presence

I once lived in a corner of the world. Really! Our house stood on the northwest corner of Virginia. I could look out my bedroom window an...

Linda Wilson

Jan 20
2 min

Linda's Second Eerie Encounter

My husband, John, and I found our dogs, Sweet Pea and Peanut, at a rescue organization, Almost Home, near Albuquerque, New Mexico. We wer...

Linda Wilson

Dec 10, 2019
2 min

Linda's Eerie Encounter

A Dead Husband’s Presence Lingers . . . I once lived in a corner of the world. Really! Our house stood on the northwest corner of Virginia.

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