Yay! A tag! I was tagged by Luke Hartman, whose blog you should check out: writing, music, Narnia, LOTR, Doctor Who… you should be convinced by now. Anyways. The rules are standard: -Tag the blogger(s) who have nominated you -Answer the questions you were given -Nominate 10 bloggers -Write out your 10 questions -Let them knowContinueContinue reading “Q&A Tag”
Category Archives: personal
Why Homeschooling is Awesome
As someone who’s been homeschooled from kindergarten (which, as a point of interest, I used to spell kidnergarden) to high school, I can honestly say it’s one of the best things that ever happened to me. Why? Why would I rejoice in forever being a shy bookish nerd with enormous spectacles?
10 favourite quotes
Ha, sorry it’s been a little longer since I’ve posted. Life… and laziness… and blogger’s block… Just a few (ten, to be precise) of my favourite quotes, to tide you over till I come up with something else.
Interview with PVP
Bridget MacMillan from Prickly Valley Publications interviewed me the other day about Starscape.
Little things
Nature musings… on dying flies, and strangely-shaped leaves, and flower smells and pine trees and gossiping birds.
All that reading made me do it
Growing up in a second-hand bookseller’s family, I’ve always had access to a ton of great literature from earliest childhood. I know I was already an fan of the Bobbsey Twins mystery stories by the time I was five, as I remember being irritated that Freddie and Flossie were older than I (they were six). And all that reading did a lot of stuff to my mind…
My top 3…
My top 3 books, films, and musical works.
What I learned on vacation
Yes, it was my vacation… but when you were homeschooled from kindergarten onwards, it becomes a bit of a habit to learn all the time – whether you want to or not.
Benita J. Thompson 