At our Literacy Pep Rally with One Word At a Time, Kwame Alexander, Kate DiCamillo, and Jerry Craft, reflected on how books can help heal, guide, and help us understand each other.

Their stories remind us why books are important.

🎥 How have stories shaped your life?

#OneWordAtATime #FirstBook

Grief doesn’t wait for the perfect sentence. It shows up in fragments, in silence, in the spaces between words.
If your heart is heavy but your pen still moves, this one’s for you.

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Kwame Alexander, JoEllen McCarthy, and Julia Torres made my night! THANK YOU for the first TEACHER STUDY evening! I look forward to a fabulous school year with you by my side! Order your copy of SEASONS OF LITERACY! #TeacherStudy #OneWordAtATime #BackToSchool #ReadingTeacherWrites

I’m honored to be a part of the Advisory Team for One Word at a Time, founded by author and CEO, Kwame Alexander. This non-profit sparks middle-grade students’ motivation to read and write on their own. We make reading cool and fun! #AuthorStudy #TeacherStudy #OneWordAtATime #LiteracyLearning

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Hard to believe this was 10 years ago… America Needs To Change, To Heal, To Peacefully Protest, Before We Lose Our Democracy… Before We Lose Everything!! One small act at a time… One person at a time… One day at a time… #SaveDemocracy #NoKingsInAmerica #NoToFascism

325 words is not too bad, least for me. It could be more, but I am happy and thankful for at least something. Even more so with all of the craziness of this time of year.

#Writing #BookWriting #Dabble #Words #WordCount #OneWordAtATime #StoryWriting #Thankful

Journaling is a way to get those overnight thoughts out of my head.

My evening routine includes the notebook on the right. It's my permission to myself to keep writing.

I'm a #storycoach and #developmentaleditor by day.

At night, I'm bringing my novel to life #onewordatatime.

Revising amazes me. Sometimes, a single word makes a whole world of difference.

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If you put words on paper or a computer, you are a writer.

Start thinking of yourself as an author as well, #onewordatatime.

In the words of René Descartes: "I think, therefore I am."

#thursdaythoughts #writerlife #amwriting

I'm SUPER excited to start in on #ClubEdFreelancers's Certificate in Fiction Developmental Editing program!

This is yet another step forward in being able to serve current and future clients #onewordatatime!

#amediting #professionaldevelopment #editorlife #learnyourcraft

Commit to writing your story, no matter the length. Sure, it's terrifying. It's hard. But it's meant to be.

Once you decide to make that leap into the unknown, though? Your imagination will take you where you need to go #onewordatatime.

#motivationmonday #personaltips #amwriting #amediting

✍🏾 Write that 50,000-word novella off the top of your head.
✍🏾 Write that 2,500-word short story you've always wanted to uncover.
✍🏾 Write a 100-word flash fiction story using a prompt you found on Reddit.

Tell your story without fear #onewordatatime.

#mondaymotivation #writingadvice #befearless

I want to write it all. I want to help other writers write it all.

No matter the topic, genre, or medium, writers will get their stories out one way or another.

Do you have that passion? If you do, your story will come to you #onewordatatime.

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Five chapters into my new novel outline. Today is a good day.

#WIP #WritingCommunity #GetItDone #OneWordAtATime

746 words, most of which I just cut. It's okay -- I've got some time to keep writing before bed, so onward! #amwriting #onewordatatime

What shall we #amwriting today, Brain? #TakingOverTheWorld #OneWordAtATime