Greetings from a basement out here in the middle of Minnesota. Hope this missive finds you all doing well, and feeling hearty and hale. Today is Independent Book Store day, and to participate I traveled to Red Balloon Bookshop in Saint Paul for the launch of Max Brallier’s latest entry in his Last Kids on … Continue reading The Last Independent Bookstore Day on Earth
Hello from, well not quite a basement out here in the middle of Minnesota, but more so the lobby of a fitness center waiting for my daughters while they have their swimming lesson. Hope this missive finds you and yours doing well, and feeling hearty and hale. And if you’ve got the doldrums or some … Continue reading Learning to Tell Stories in a New Way: Adventures in Reading Middle Grade & Young Adult
I feel like an Iggy in a Surf Ninja movie, waxing my board rather than climbing on and carving some waves. I talk a good game, and do just enough to convince myself I'm doing good work [...] Can't rightly be a writer if I don't actually write, can I?
Ryan L. Purdy 