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May 15, 2017 by Phyllis Wheeler

Called to Write: Author Rondi Olson didn’t realize she was writing for teens

Rondi Olson, authorI never intended to write for teens. Quite to the contrary, when I typed The End on the last page of my first novel, I was convinced I’d written a sci-fi adventure for adults. Then I sent my manuscript off to agents and editors. The feedback I received was pretty consistent. I needed to lower the age of my protagonist, to 14, or maybe 16. While I thought I’d been writing for adults, I’d been writing for teens.

This really shouldn’t have surprised me. After all, my favorite books were still found on the Young Adult shelves at the library, and my Netflix queue was filled with what it termed family-friendly fare.

At first, I was a little embarrassed to be writing for teens. I tried to make my writing more mature, but no matter how hard I tried, I was a G-rated girl. PG-13 at the most. While I didn’t steer away from difficult topics, I couldn’t make myself write about them in a graphic way. I didn’t see a need. I didn’t like my writing that way.

Finally I realized God had given me a love for the very thing he had called me to do. I didn’t need to make apologies or be ashamed.

I write clean. I write about coming-of-age. I write for children and young adults, and I’m glad.

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All Things Now Living by Rondi OlsonRondi Olson is a reader, writer, and animal wrangler from Michigan’s Upper Peninsula. Her debut novel for young adults, ALL THINGS NOW LIVING, was a finalist in the 2012 Genesis Contest and has just been released by Written World Communications.

www.rondiolson.com

www.7thdaughter.com

 

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July 5, 2016 by Phyllis Wheeler

Called to Write: Do we have to be “the best?” asks Author Gail Pallotta

author Gail Pallotta tells why she wrote her novel for Christian teensThe theme of Stopped Cold, “We don’t have to be number one for God to love us,” nagged me for years. As a young person and an adult, I often witnessed heartache when someone failed to win an event or contest, or fell short of being “the best.” Each time I thought that each of us has a gift or gifts from God to use for him, and using them doesn’t require us to always win.

Finally, I decided to put this theme into a book. But where to set the book? Even though people compete in everything from pie tasting contests to art shows, I thought of sports. But I love mysteries.  How to combine them?

In Stopped Cold a young athlete suffers a stroke from taking a steroid. His sister’s angry at her dad for pushing him to be a great quarterback. And she’s also angry with the criminals who sold him the steroid.

She struggles with a fire of hatred that burns inside her to make the criminals pay. She and her
friends start a dangerous search to find these criminals.

All the while what she really wants is to cure Sean, heal the hate, and open her heart to love.

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StoppedColdAward-winning author Gail Pallott’s a 2013 Grace Awards Finalist. She’s published four books, poems, short stories and several hundred articles. Her book, Mountain of Love and Danger, is a fantasy appropriate for young people. Visit her web site at http://www.gailpallotta.com and look for Stopped Cold on Amazon at http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00KK5C0NK

 

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November 23, 2015 by Phyllis Wheeler

Six tips for teaching entrepreneurship to homeschoolers

My article is on the blog at Currclick today! Learn about how to encourage entrepreneurship in your homeschoolers: http://currclickblog.com/teaching-entrepreneurship/

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: entrepreneurship, homeschooling, Internet, MotherboardBooks.com, Phyllis Wheeler, programming, website

April 15, 2015 by Phyllis Wheeler

Change is in the works!

Stay tuned for some new developments with Motherboard Books’s core programming curriculums!

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