by Laurie Pandorf | Mar 30, 2017 | The Author's Purpose
Posted on March 30, 2017 (https://theauthorspurpose.com/) The Apple of my EyeI used to be…the apple of your eyemany years ago…Those innocent daysof Crystal and Coaltwo stuffed bearsheld close to your heart…Before – baseball, drums, and Harry Potter And...
by Laurie Pandorf | Mar 30, 2017 | The Author's Purpose
Posted on March 30, 2017 (https://theauthorspurpose.com/) I borrowed an idea from two fellow slicers, Alice Nine and Kim K, to use my slice of life story titles as a poem. I decided to group my slices into categories and reflect and respond to...
by Laurie Pandorf | Mar 28, 2017 | The Author's Purpose
Posted on March 28, 2017 After reading Melanie Meehan’s post today and learning about her thesis on the importance of setting in fiction for middle school students, I remembered an exercise about setting from one of my summer workshop classes, called...
by Laurie Pandorf | Mar 28, 2017 | The Author's Purpose
Posted on March 28, 2017 (https://theauthorspurpose.com/) Today, I thought I would share a bit about the book I am currently reading. As a lover of historical fiction, I downloaded a copy of Kate Hannigan’s The Detective’s Assistant, which is about the true...
by Laurie Pandorf | Mar 26, 2017 | The Author's Purpose
Posted on March 26, 2017 For the last two days, my writing has been inspired by the brilliant poet, Georgia Heard and her seminal work with Heart Maps. Near the end of the book, teacher and literacy leader, Penny Kittle, included an essay on her...
by Laurie Pandorf | Mar 24, 2017 | The Author's Purpose
Posted on March 24, 2017 This morning, I was watching marathon episodes of the TLC show, “Long Lost Family.” With a box of tissues nearby, I sobbed, listening to story after story of lost sons, daughters, mothers, fathers, and siblings. One woman, who was given...
