Ann Pietrangelo, “No More Secs!”

Ann Pietrangelo, “No More Secs!”

Guest Post: “No More Secs!”   by Ann Pietrangelo As a young girl, I constantly begged to use my sister’s portable Brother typewriter, even though I didn’t know how to type. I loved the clanking of the keys and fantasized about sitting in a...

Sandra Humphrey Tackles the Subject of Bullying

After 31 years as a clinical psychologist, I retired and began my second career as a children’s author. This is what I fondly refer to as “the dessert of my life!” My last book, Hot Issues, Cool Choices: Facing Bullies, Peer Pressure, Popularity, and Put-Downs was a...

Sally Marks,: Chopping Through Insecurities

Chopping Through Insecurities I remember accompanying a friend of mine to a workshop and taking part in a little demonstration. We were put in teams of two. One person held a disposable wooden chopstick firmly in front of them with one end of the chopstick in each...

Author Spotlight: Debra Chapoton

Please welcome Debra Chapoton to Pretty Opinionated. Her guest post gave me the idea to start an Author Guest Post feature. Thanks, Nicole, for asking me to talk about my children’s books which I am very happy to do, naturally. I have written a fantasy novel called A...