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When you think about children’s games, what comes to mind? Nintendo Wii or Game Boy? World of Warcraft or Battleship? But what about backyard games like ‘kick the can’ or ‘ghosts in the graveyard’? Shouldn’t these be included too? For Marlene Byrne, a children’s author and mother of two from Chicago’s Edgebrook neighborhood, the answer is YES, they should. For the first time at Laura Reviews, I’m happy to feature a children’s book author and share our conversation about the creation of Project Play . Byrne is determined to bring back classic backyard games, a tradition she believes teaches children valuable skills like creativity ... Read Full Story

Finding the right article spinner software reviews can be a difficult process, you would think it would be easy because there are so many, but it isn’t precisely because of this.  It is difficult because almost all article spinner software is paid and there isn’t any way of figuring out whether it is a good program withouth paying first. Most of these article spinning software companies don’t offer any trials and require the money up front, and when you try to find out something about the product from reviews, you come to find out that the reviews are written by the company itself. A ... Read Full Story

In the spirit of including all types of authors and artists who have changed the world of words, I'm excited to launch the inaugural edition of Interviews with Awesome Musicians , featuring award winning singer and songwriter Dayna Malow . With a long career as a musician, Dayna has produced three fantastic albums: "Anywhere But Here, "Tangled Up in You," and recently released "What's the Worst That Could Happen." She regularly performs throughout the Midwest and also has opened for numerous artists, including Billy Ray Cyrus and The Doobie Brothers. A little known fact is that Dayna is my former singing coach. Which means ... Read Full Story

Novel Writing Software Start writing your Novel today with NewNovelist Are You A Slave To Time? Got Writer’s Block? You Need NewNovelist 2.0! You’ve got great ideas. Your characters are in your head. You know how you want the ending to be. You’re a GREAT writer… …. so why are you still staring at a blank computer screen or sheet of paper? If you’ve ever tried to write a novel (or even just thought about it), you know the routine. You just can’t put everything together. You’ve got to work step by step to write a great book, right? NOT ANYMORE! NewNovelist Software has ... Read Full Story

Write to please just one person. If you open a window and make love to the world, so to speak, your story will get pneumonia. -Vonnegut Photo by Lauren Baker I’ve done a great deal of thinking on this very subject over the past few weeks, and that mental wrangling was one of the reasons why I ended up taking a small publishing vacation recently. Of all the rules Mr. Vonnegut has provided so far, this one shows the highest level of information crammed into a relatively small space. It makes me think that if Kurt had gotten into Twitter, he would have done ... Read Full Story