Meet Julie DannebergI am retired now, but I was a teacher for many years.
Throughout my career I taught all grades, but for the last 14 years I was a middle school teacher.
I really loved teaching and of course, being around kids all day gave me LOTS and LOTS of ideas! Sometimes I even made…I mean asked…my students to read my stories and give me ideas for improvement.
I love my critique group. We have been sharing our writing, and for that matter, our lives, for over fifteen years. When we first started meeting, we were all new to writing for publication. Now, fifteen years and many, many stories later, we have all been published. I honestly don’t think I could have done […]
“Every aspect of nature reveals a deep mystery and touches our sense of wonder and awe.” –Carl Sagan Out taking a walk the other day, I saw a toddler in that familiar crouch, face close to the ground, studiously examining an ant colony. As a parent, I’ve watched my children become fascinated with […]
The first thing to know about writers is that they don’t give up. Lots of people think that being a writer is easy. I mean, how hard can it be to sit around all day and write stories? Well, it turns out, pretty darn hard. Stories don’t come together by magic. It takes a lot […]
