#TimeTravelAuthors 11/9 (Strangest research I did for my story): I crawled around the floor of my office on one hand and two legs to see what it would be like to crawl through a tunnel cut in shrubbery while holding up a skirt. #18thCentury #Sweden #middlegradenovel #friendshipstories #genealogy

#TimeTravelAuthors 11/3: Protagonist Kerstin would not want to time travel again. She is happy to be home and knows the risks! But Maja, the girl she met in #18thcentury rural #Sweden, would embrace exploring every invention and getting to know all kinds of people. #MiddleGradeNovel #genealogy

#TimeTravelAuthors 7/19 excerpt with "line": "The next part seems very strange, but I go ahead and say it—I mean, I think we crossed the 'very strange' line back in the 'I’m from the future' stage." #MiddleGradeNovel #TimeTravel #Sweden www.pacificdogwoodpress.com/The-Clock-an...

#TimeTravelAuthors 6/23: No actual alternate history, but there is a moment when two characters realize that if the protagonist hadn't been present due to her travel through time, events might have been different in a way that would have impacted them both. #MiddleGradeNovel #TimeTravel #Sweden

#TimeTravelAuthors 6/3: No sleep-time dreams, but my main character dreams of a life where she doesn’t have to move around the USA so much. And the girl she meets in 1755 rural #Sweden dreams of a life where she can leave her small village. #MiddleGradeNovel #Småland #TimeTravel

#TimeTravelAuthors 5/21: "Right then, it hits me that I won’t get to take Beulah to the county fair in June. Tears pop into my eyes. I wipe them with my sleeve and look far out the window at an airplane reflecting sunlight off its silvery wings. I wish the idea of moving could fly away too."

#TimeTravelAuthors 5/19: While visiting a farm in #Småland #Sweden that has been in my family for over 300 years, I noticed a boulder that seemed strangely familiar. I still don't know why, but it inspired this book. #middlegradenovel

#TimeTravelAuthors 5/7:"That peaceful settling comes into my heaving chest, and, this time, it releases the full weight of tears I’ve been pushing back all morning.…The explanation that seems the most likely is that this really is Sweden in 1755. Impossible, but everything I see tells me it’s true."

#TimeTravelAuthors 5/5: Does time stop? (literally or figuratively): Not literally, but there is a clock in the story, and I didn't shy away from a few figurative opportunities.

#TimeTravelAuthors 5/1: When twenty-first century sixth-grader Kerstin, weary of moving around the USA, wakes at a farm in 1755 at a Swedish farm that has been in her family for over 300 years, she must relearn the art of friendship and venture into the woods as she seeks home.

#TimeTravelAuthors 29: The Clock and the Boulder, my #TimeTravel novel for ages 9-12 launched last week. Learn more here: pacificdogwoodpress.com/The-Clock-an...

#middlegradenovels #Sweden #Småland #18thCentury #friendshipstories #textilearts #forest

The Clock and the Boulder, my #timetravel novel for ages 9-12, is launched! It's now available as a paperback, hard cover book, and e-book. Read more about it here: pacificdogwoodpress.com/The-Clock-an...

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Read Your World Day (formerly Multicultural Children’s Book Day) is coming up Thurs., 1/30. In the evening, join hosts and guests for a fun-filled hour celebrating diverse books, giveaways, and more! Zoom sign up is here:
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