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Interview with Kai Strand, Author of The Weaver
Kai Strand is a middle grade and young adult author. She lives in Central Oregon with her husband and children. They love to hike and geocache. She reads every story she writes to them. They are...
View ArticleMy Family’s Tradition of Storytelling, Revisited
My youngest child is now an older teen and she possesses the cognitive skills necessary to understand, enjoy, and/or be mortified by the tales my family has long had a habit of spinning, especially...
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Book Review: Our Secret Territory: The Essence of Storytelling by Laura Simms
Unlike its cousins Literature and Song, Storytelling has not yet received much in the way of critical attention. Artist, educator, and humanitarian Laura Simms does her part to remedy this by weaving...
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Book Review: The Last Storyteller: A Novel of Ireland by Frank Delaney
At a fairly late point in The Last Storyteller, the protagonist Ben McCarthy says that, in times of acute pain and fear, people need “something other than their norms.” By this, he was referring to the...
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Interview: John Paul Jaramillo, author of The House of Order
A native of Southern Colorado, John Paul Jaramillo now lives, writes and teaches in Springfield, Illinois. He has an MFA in creative writing from Oregon State University, and presently holds the...
View ArticleLes Miserables – The Best Movie I’ve Ever Seen
Until this week, Casablanca was my all-time favorite film. Les Miserables has now taken its place. I’m not a film critic – I go to a movie not to criticize, but to enjoy it for what it is:...
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Book Review: Wired for Story: The Writer’s Guide to Using Brain Science to...
Books on the craft of writing generally fall into two categories: how to write well and how to tell a story well. Most deal with writing words: grammar, style guides, literary devices, structure,...
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Story Cards Review: eeBoo’s ‘Tell Me a Story’ Cards
The human mind is a marvelous machine able to find connections through creative thinking, a skill useful in problem-solving and understanding. Kids today often turn toward mono-directional screens with...
View ArticleUsing Storytelling as a Way of Reinforcing Good Behavior in Toddlers
Who wouldn’t like listening to good stories? Well, the truth is, “good” is not good enough for kids to listen to your stories. Kids expect variety. They expect action and fun. But aside from action and...
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Book Review: ‘Sell with a Story’ by Paul Smith
Paul Smith is well-known speaker and expert trainer on storytelling techniques for business purposes. His writing has been featured in the Wall Street Journal, Inc., Time, Forbes and The Washington...
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SXSW Convergence: Your Brain On Story – Neuroscience+The Moth
People primarily know the SXSW Conference, which takes place annually in Austin, Texas, for its film and music festivals. But, it also delves deeply into related and larger cultural and scientific...
View ArticleBook Review: The Weaver by Kai Strand
Kai Strand’s debut mid-grade novel The Weaver is a must read. The story is about Mary Wordsmith, whose wish is to be able to weave a tale just like her mother. Mary is a typical teen who wants to be...
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Interview with Kai Strand, Author of The Weaver
Kai Strand is a middle grade and young adult author. She lives in Central Oregon with her husband and children. They love to hike and geocache. She reads every story she writes to them. They are...
View ArticleMy Family’s Tradition of Storytelling, Revisited
My youngest child is now an older teen and she possesses the cognitive skills necessary to understand, enjoy, and/or be mortified by the tales my family has long had a habit of spinning, especially...
View ArticleBook Review: The Weaver by Kai Strand
Kai Strand’s debut mid-grade novel The Weaver is a must read. The story is about Mary Wordsmith, whose wish is to be able to weave a tale just like her mother. Mary is a typical teen who wants to be...
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Interview with Kai Strand, Author of The Weaver
Kai Strand is a middle grade and young adult author. She lives in Central Oregon with her husband and children. They love to hike and geocache. She reads every story she writes to them. They are...
View ArticleMy Family’s Tradition of Storytelling, Revisited
My youngest child is now an older teen and she possesses the cognitive skills necessary to understand, enjoy, and/or be mortified by the tales my family has long had a habit of spinning, especially...
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Interview: John Paul Jaramillo, author of The House of Order
A native of Southern Colorado, John Paul Jaramillo now lives, writes and teaches in Springfield, Illinois. He has an MFA in creative writing from Oregon State University, and presently holds the...
View Article‘Godless’ and the Art of Storytelling
As Americans, we have a tendency to want more. And as a capitalist society, we usually get it – for a price. This, ladies and gentlemen, is the problem with modern storytelling. We enjoy a TV show and...
View ArticleInterview: Chris Westfall Author of ‘Leadership Language’
I recently had the opportunity to sit down with international leadership authority Chris Westfall, author of the new book Leadership Language: Using Authentic Communication to Drive Results. In it,...
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