Laurel Decher
@laureldecher.com
Writes zany adventures for kids ages 9 to 12. Excellent 2nd editions are in the works. Follow along at Kickstarter: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/bumpitybp/excellent-new-editions-of-3-lovably-zany-middle-grade-novels?ref=bglusr
Bake up a little family party? A little flour and kneading can be a stress reliever and make memories. Make your own bread guys for St. Nicholas Day! https://laureldecher.com/make-your-own-bread-guys-for-st-nicholas-day/ #expatfamily #raiseareader #StNicholasDay
December 10, 2025 at 9:40 AM
Bake up a little family party? A little flour and kneading can be a stress reliever and make memories. Make your own bread guys for St. Nicholas Day! https://laureldecher.com/make-your-own-bread-guys-for-st-nicholas-day/ #expatfamily #raiseareader #StNicholasDay
A wonderful scout leader once taught me that fairy houses can be built everywhere . . . what does your best fairy kingdom look like? Tour a Fairy Kingdom??? https://laureldecher.com/what-does-the-fairy-kingdom-look-like/ #FairyTales #RaiseAReader
Tour a Fairy Kingdom??? - Laurel Decher
On this hike, we walked for five or six hours and I got buckets of new ideas about the Fairy Kingdom. I think fairies could fit anywhere in the world and I’d
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December 10, 2025 at 12:08 AM
A wonderful scout leader once taught me that fairy houses can be built everywhere . . . what does your best fairy kingdom look like? Tour a Fairy Kingdom??? https://laureldecher.com/what-does-the-fairy-kingdom-look-like/ #FairyTales #RaiseAReader
Reviews for TROUBLE WITH PARSNIPS https://laureldecher.com/reviews-for-trouble-with-parsnips/
Reviews for TROUBLE WITH PARSNIPS - Laurel Decher
The first student review for Trouble With Parsnips--a funny, fairy tale adventure for ages 9 to 12--comes from an amazing student in Japan.
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December 8, 2025 at 1:51 PM
Reviews for TROUBLE WITH PARSNIPS https://laureldecher.com/reviews-for-trouble-with-parsnips/
Sore feelings about showing emotion in fiction? Here are some tools to help. Want more emotion in your fiction and less drama pinning down the draft? https://laureldecher.com/want-more-emotion-in-your-fiction-and-less-drama-pinning-down-the-draft/ #AllTheFeels #AmWriting
Want more emotion in your fiction and less drama pinning down the draft? - Laurel Decher
If you are a fiction writer and haven’t ever used Angela Ackerman’s and Becca Puglisi’s writing thesauri, you might be really missing out.
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December 8, 2025 at 3:44 AM
Sore feelings about showing emotion in fiction? Here are some tools to help. Want more emotion in your fiction and less drama pinning down the draft? https://laureldecher.com/want-more-emotion-in-your-fiction-and-less-drama-pinning-down-the-draft/ #AllTheFeels #AmWriting
Pass it on--leave a review for a book you've enjoyed and help another human find and enjoy it. Have you read LOST WITH LEEKS? Or another great book? :) Leave a review and help other readers :) #bookreview
Have you read LOST WITH LEEKS? Or another great book? 🙂 Leave a review and help other readers 🙂 - Laurel Decher
After an author spends a few months or years working on a book, it’s always SO exciting to find out what readers think.
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December 6, 2025 at 11:37 PM
Pass it on--leave a review for a book you've enjoyed and help another human find and enjoy it. Have you read LOST WITH LEEKS? Or another great book? :) Leave a review and help other readers :) #bookreview
Book Fairies? What are Book Fairies? https://laureldecher.com/book-fairies-what-are-book-fairies/
Book Fairies? What are Book Fairies? - Laurel Decher
Trouble With Parsnips has been picked up by the book fairies. Look for hidden copies all over the EU.
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December 3, 2025 at 6:50 PM
Book Fairies? What are Book Fairies? https://laureldecher.com/book-fairies-what-are-book-fairies/
A collection of Seven Kingdoms Fairy Tales! https://laureldecher.com/seven-kingdoms-fairy-tales-collection/
A collection of Seven Kingdoms Fairy Tales! - Laurel Decher
Spend time with smart kids on a mission in the fun & magical world of the Seven Kingdoms! This collection of Seven Kingdoms Fairy Tales includes Trouble With Parsnips, Lost With Leeks, and Under Pressure With a Squash. 752 pages of pure reading enjoyment.
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December 2, 2025 at 6:01 PM
A collection of Seven Kingdoms Fairy Tales! https://laureldecher.com/seven-kingdoms-fairy-tales-collection/
Tame Your Revision Step-By-Step: 4 Cycle Engine for Your Story https://laureldecher.com/tame-your-revision-step-by-step-4-cycle-engine-for-your-story/
Tame Your Revision Step-By-Step: 4 Cycle Engine for Your Story - Laurel Decher
TAME YOUR REVISION with this series that started over at The Winged Pen. You can read the overview, find the links to all the posts, and download the infographic here.
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December 1, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Tame Your Revision Step-By-Step: 4 Cycle Engine for Your Story https://laureldecher.com/tame-your-revision-step-by-step-4-cycle-engine-for-your-story/
What Do You Do for Fifteen Minutes a Day? https://laureldecher.com/what-do-you-do-for-fifteen-minutes-a-day/
What Do You Do for Fifteen Minutes a Day? - Laurel Decher
When we’re overcome by life and can’t get to the things and the people that matter to us, we get frustrated.
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December 1, 2025 at 12:57 AM
What Do You Do for Fifteen Minutes a Day? https://laureldecher.com/what-do-you-do-for-fifteen-minutes-a-day/
How to make something invisible https://laureldecher.com/how-to-make-something-invisible/
How to make something invisible - Laurel Decher
Think how much writing--and reading--you could get done if no one knew you were there. This is eerily simple: just use 4 lenses to bend the light around the
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November 29, 2025 at 11:04 PM
How to make something invisible https://laureldecher.com/how-to-make-something-invisible/
A Mini-M.F.A. in the Psychology of Character https://laureldecher.com/a-mini-m-f-a-in-the-psychology-of-character/
A Mini-M.F.A. in the Psychology of Character - Laurel Decher
How do you know what your hero is capable of? A modernistic St. Martin cuts his cloak in half to share with a poor man. Mainz, Germany. Craft books like The Negative Trait Thesaurus and The Positive Trait Thesaurus can help you build strong characters.
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November 27, 2025 at 3:52 PM
A Mini-M.F.A. in the Psychology of Character https://laureldecher.com/a-mini-m-f-a-in-the-psychology-of-character/
For Writers https://laureldecher.com/for-writers/
For Writers - Laurel Decher
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November 25, 2025 at 1:17 PM
For Writers https://laureldecher.com/for-writers/
Spring is coming. Let’s not give up on hospitality yet. https://laureldecher.com/spring-is-coming-lets-not-give-up-on-hospitality-yet/
Spring is coming. Let’s not give up on hospitality yet. - Laurel Decher
Lately, I’ve been wondering if migration is our natural lot and living peacefully in one place all our lives a rarity. Cranes are migrating and their calls
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November 25, 2025 at 2:55 AM
Spring is coming. Let’s not give up on hospitality yet. https://laureldecher.com/spring-is-coming-lets-not-give-up-on-hospitality-yet/
Thanks for the ebook! How do I redeem a code for Apple Books? https://laureldecher.com/thanks-for-the-review-copy-how-do-i-redeem-a-promo-code-on-apple-ibooks/
Thanks for the ebook! How do I redeem a code for Apple Books? - Laurel Decher
Did you meet me at a conference or win a giveaway on Apple Books? If you got a CODE for a free ebook from Apple Books, this post is for you. :)
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November 24, 2025 at 3:05 AM
Thanks for the ebook! How do I redeem a code for Apple Books? https://laureldecher.com/thanks-for-the-review-copy-how-do-i-redeem-a-promo-code-on-apple-ibooks/
Basic Garden Vocabulary in German and a side-trip to Mexican Oregano https://laureldecher.com/basic-garden-vocabulary-in-german-and-a-side-trip-to-mexican-oregano/
Basic Garden Vocabulary in German and a side-trip to Mexican Oregano - Laurel Decher
I’ve never grown vegetables in Germany--until this year. That means I need lots of new words!
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November 22, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Basic Garden Vocabulary in German and a side-trip to Mexican Oregano https://laureldecher.com/basic-garden-vocabulary-in-german-and-a-side-trip-to-mexican-oregano/
Tour a Fairy Kingdom??? https://laureldecher.com/what-does-the-fairy-kingdom-look-like/
Tour a Fairy Kingdom??? - Laurel Decher
Yesterday, we walked for five or six hours and I got buckets of new ideas about the Fairy Kingdom.
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November 21, 2025 at 9:02 PM
Tour a Fairy Kingdom??? https://laureldecher.com/what-does-the-fairy-kingdom-look-like/
Washerwomen Day, Rose Monday, and Carnival (Karneval) https://laureldecher.com/washerwomen-day-rose-monday-and-carnival-karneval/
Washerwomen Day, Rose Monday, and Carnival (Karneval) - Laurel Decher
Rose Monday is the crown of Germany’s Karneval in the Rhineland. In the last days before Lent, people of all ages stroll the city in gorgeous costumes. Sometimes I also run into young men dressed in convenient cow costumes with a single zipper up the front. Learn more about this colorful holiday and how you can enjoy it with your family in the Seven Kingdoms.
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November 20, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Washerwomen Day, Rose Monday, and Carnival (Karneval) https://laureldecher.com/washerwomen-day-rose-monday-and-carnival-karneval/
What’s the buzz about Valentine’s Day? https://laureldecher.com/whats-the-buzz-about-valentines-day/
What’s the buzz about Valentine’s Day? - Laurel Decher
Trouble at the Valentine Factory is all about bees and cupids and what happens when they get mixed up on Valentine’s Day!
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November 19, 2025 at 5:38 PM
What’s the buzz about Valentine’s Day? https://laureldecher.com/whats-the-buzz-about-valentines-day/
The question that moves my work forward https://laureldecher.com/the-question-that-moves-my-work-forward/
The question that moves my work forward - Laurel Decher
What’s the simplest solution?
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November 18, 2025 at 4:04 PM
The question that moves my work forward https://laureldecher.com/the-question-that-moves-my-work-forward/
An Epic Tree https://laureldecher.com/an-epic-tree/
An Epic Tree - Laurel Decher
My husband and I went looking for a half-circle of oaks he knew from thirty years ago. (No comments from the peanut gallery ;) He said their group held hands around it because it was so big (nearly 8 meters around and 24 meters tall!). It’s gotta be old: 600-800 years!
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November 18, 2025 at 12:01 AM
An Epic Tree https://laureldecher.com/an-epic-tree/
Writing Gratitude Countdown (4): The Gift of Feedback https://laureldecher.com/writing-gratitude-countdown-4-the-gift-of-feedback/
Writing Gratitude Countdown (4): The Gift of Feedback - Laurel Decher
This is the fourth post in my Writing Gratitude Countdown. It’s a series about people who’ve helped me on my writing journey so far. I’m taking a moment to
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November 16, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Writing Gratitude Countdown (4): The Gift of Feedback https://laureldecher.com/writing-gratitude-countdown-4-the-gift-of-feedback/
Is the Night Train the Right Train for You? https://laureldecher.com/is-the-night-train-the-right-train-for-you/
Is the Night Train the Right Train for You? - Laurel Decher
Did you ever want to travel on a night train? When our kids were small they were enthusiastic and we haven’t lost our taste for them either. Here’s our latest adventure, comparing our experiences with French and Austrian night trains last fall. If you need something to read for the family’s next trip, you’re also in the right place.
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November 16, 2025 at 3:40 AM
Is the Night Train the Right Train for You? https://laureldecher.com/is-the-night-train-the-right-train-for-you/
Why we need broken things: lowering the risk of creation https://laureldecher.com/why-we-need-broken-things-lowering-the-risk-of-creation/
Why we need broken things: lowering the risk of creation - Laurel Decher
Accepting imperfection is part of what makes us human. I’ve watched this video about the beauty of mistakes about five times already. I first saw it in a
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November 15, 2025 at 3:44 AM
Why we need broken things: lowering the risk of creation https://laureldecher.com/why-we-need-broken-things-lowering-the-risk-of-creation/
AI has ALL the tools, but we can make a human choice to limit our options--that's where our creativity comes from, no? Limit Yourself https://laureldecher.com/limit-yourself/ #amwriting #amreading
Limit Yourself - Laurel Decher
A blank EtchASketch makes it pretty clear that I’ll be doodling around in squares because the drawing dot only moves in four directions, each at right angles
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November 13, 2025 at 8:12 PM
AI has ALL the tools, but we can make a human choice to limit our options--that's where our creativity comes from, no? Limit Yourself https://laureldecher.com/limit-yourself/ #amwriting #amreading
About Bumpity Boulevard Press https://laureldecher.com/about-bumpity-boulevard-press/
About Bumpity Boulevard Press - Laurel Decher
Bumpity Boulevard Press publishes stories of adventure and hilarity for ages 9 to 12. Have the smart kids at your house read ALL the books? They might like ours.
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November 11, 2025 at 1:14 PM
About Bumpity Boulevard Press https://laureldecher.com/about-bumpity-boulevard-press/