Planting Seeds for Peace in the Ukraine - Laurel Decher Located in Romania, near the Ukraine border, they are perfectly positioned to help refugees, especially those with children.

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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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Love Springs up Like Birch Trees - Laurel Decher All this spring love leads to a lot of forestry. Last year was leap year and the girls put up the trees for the boys.

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6 ways rhythm helps us feel at home in a new world - Laurel Decher On the weekend, I practiced a new skill and had a sudden aha! moment about learning to adapt to a new culture by finding the beat.

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Where can you find English books for kids in Germany? - Laurel Decher I love living in Germany and sometimes I really need to find a book in English. I’ve decided to make a list of my favorite bookstores that offer English

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“Free Manuscript Edit” Giveaway to Celebrate The Editor’s 30 Years Editing! | DearEditor.com Dear Readers… To celebrate The Editor's 30th year editing books for young readers, The Editor is giving away a FREE Substantive Edit of a full picture book manuscript (up to 900 words) or the first 20...

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When You Can’t Keep Up with all the New Experiences - Laurel Decher When you can’t keep up with all the new experiences in your life, it’s overwhelming, even when the experiences are good. 2023 was a year of acceleration--after the Pandemic, everyone seemed to be making up for lost time. We decided to take trains to an environmental conference instead of a quick plane trip. I’m going to be writing about this epic journey until I “use up” all this fresh inspiration. Come along and enjoy the ride! For me, slowing down is usually the fastest way to move forward.

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Writers Working Together Online: 8 Things We Can Do Better Together - Laurel Decher Have you noticed all the different kinds of author and publishing groups on the internet?

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7 Reasons Why There’s Not a Moment to be Lost on Your Creative Journey Patrick O’Brian’s sea adventure Master and Commander is a perfect snapshot of the creative journey.

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Planting Seeds for Peace in the Ukraine - Laurel Decher Located in Romania, near the Ukraine border, they are perfectly positioned to help refugees, especially those with children.

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A Harvest of Fairy Tales for You - Laurel Decher The harvest is sometimes different than expected--especially after a year like this one. Steady care bears fruit. Children (and books) are grown up and ready “overnight”!

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Sketching, the “saggy middle” and The Winged Pen - Laurel Decher Today, I’m over at The Winged Pen’s Master Your Craft blog post series.

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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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Tools: Emotional Connection in Fiction Part 2 - Laurel Decher Last week I wrote about the challenges of making your reader feel the emotions of your main character. This week, the thrilling conclusion.

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Library + School Visits - Laurel Decher Have you ever had a notebook that was too beautiful to write in, so you never did?

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Tour the Blackfly Kingdom: Pfalzgrafenstein Castle - Laurel Decher When we travel these days, we often drive or fly.

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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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A new, world-wide, Indie Bookstore! - Laurel Decher Very excited to share that my book has joined the Indie Author Bookstore, a new indie-focused bookstore featuring thousands of books. It means a lot to see

✨ Big news! My Seven Kingdom Fairy Tales are featured at the Indie Author Bookstore, a brand-new online bookstore dedicated entirely to indie authors. Want to find hidden gems for your readers age 9+? it’s definitely worth a browse. 📚 A new, world-wide, I…

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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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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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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For Writers - Laurel Decher

My posts for fellow writers, all in one spot, for your browsing pleasure. Happy writing! For Writers https://laureldecher.com/for-writers/ #amwriting

Writing Gratitude Countdown: (3) People who Rocked my Worlds - Laurel Decher This is the third post in my Writing Gratitude Countdown. I’m noticing that gratitude is like a pair of sunglasses. My writing journey takes on a whole color.

There are countless people who have helped me on this writing journey. This weekend, even more people showed up to encourage me to keep on keeping on. Passing the baton to you--don't stop creating! :) Writing Gratitude Countdown: (3) People who Rocked my Worlds

Self-Publishing in German: New Fully Updated Edition An essential guide to self-publishing German translations for indie authors. Explore a new market, find new readers, sell more books.

I already have the first detail and strategy oriented edition of this excellent book, so I signed up right away for the new one. Can't wait to read it!Self-Publishing in German: New Fully Updated Edition on @kickstarter.com www.kickstarter.com/projects/per... #indiepub #Germany

Cover reveal for new edition of Lost With Leeks audiobook

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A parable of physics teaching assistants: elegance, battlefields, and intimacy - Laurel Decher As an undergraduate, I took physics because I wanted to go to medical school. Physics promptly took over the structure of my week. Three lectures, a lab, and

How do you learn best? Are you a brute force learner or someone who loves elegant solutions?A parable of physics teaching assistants: elegance, battlefields, and intimacy #TrySomethingNew #RaiseAReader

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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Exploring: 9 Ideas For Reluctant Adventurers - Laurel Decher If you are looking for adventure, you can usually find it. But sometimes adventures creep up on us! Here’s how to enjoy traveling with your kids and some book recommendations thrown in, to sweeten the journey!

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Growing into shape: A 1,000-year-old linden tree - Laurel Decher This 1,000 year old linden tree has such a perfect shape from the outside. A really old tree gives me a new perspective on life and how long it takes to grow

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Love Springs up Like Birch Trees - Laurel Decher All this spring love leads to a lot of forestry. Last year was leap year and the girls put up the trees for the boys.

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