Writer for Young Adults
For a long time I haven't known what to do with this space. As you've probably noticed, I haven't featured a recipe in quite some time, and my posting is sparse. Partially this is due to the amount of time it takes me to settle into a new school year and a new set of… Continue reading Transitions
Last summer I participated in a fun blog hop for writers and illustrators and generally interesting folk. The inimitable Shelley Sackier tagged me to participate in this year's hop, and I was excited to join. Shelley Sackier is a bone-tired woman who faces a daily insurmountable amount of laundering and cleaning of crockery. These tasks… Continue reading Spring blog hop!
It's hard to come back after a long hiatus. February started busy and things just kept on getting busier, and here we are in the middle of March. Maybe I should have guessed that planning a wedding, revising a book, and teaching middle school all at the same time would be pretty hectic. (Thinking about it… Continue reading Teaching history
As evidenced by my various afternoon adventures, I love visiting historic sites. I will drag Josh to living history museums just to pretend I'm living in colonial New England (more on that soon). When my parents called to say they were planning a weekend in upstate New York, and that they hoped to visit some… Continue reading Research comes from the unlikeliest of places
Most of the time this blog is all about history and homesteading. But today you'll get to hear about another interest that takes up a big chunk of my days: creative writing. (And of course, there's a lot of history involved in that, too!)For the past few years I've been working on a YA historical… Continue reading The Next Big Thing Blog Tour!
Abby Murphy 