Judy Lindquist

Exceptional writing. It is the level to which all of us aspire. We want our thoughts and ideas and words to inspire, move, and touch our readers. Exactly wh...

Well that’s a wrap! This week I went into school and packed up my classroom for summer for the 26th time. While there have been many changes, challenges, ca...

The Six Traits of Writing, (or as they now say, The 6 + 1 Trait) is a staple for teachers and educators. These are the research-based components that go int...

Mother's Day was created by Anna Jarvis in 1908 and became an official U.S. holiday in 1914. The holiday was put in place to celebrate maternal bonds and the...

As our social distancing and quarantine stretches into May, I can see that the stress level of most of us is cresting. When we embraced the Stay-at-Home ord...

Writer’s Block is a real thing! It is defined as “A condition, primarily associated with writing, in which the author loses the ability to produce new work o...

I have always been a planner. Not your average, thinking ahead planner. I am a PLANNER. A looking-long-term-planner. An attention-to-detail-planner. A sche...

I love holidays. I love the way they help to mark the seasons and the annual calendar. I love the traditions involved in each one. I love that they allow u...

What an eventful week this has been! Yes, Covid 19 has the news and our thoughts as daily briefings and news reports fill us in on the latest statistics, rec...

As we wrap up another week in which people across our country are continuing to work from home and practice social distancing, it is hard not to reflect on h...

A little over a week ago I had a school visit to Ralph Williams Elementary School. Probably the last school visit for a while, given the current situation w...

To all the writers out there: What is your style of writing? I do not mean your genre of choice or your literary voice. I mean, how do you actually work be...

Time management is something of an obsession of mine. As an elementary school teacher, a college professor, and an author (not to mention a wife, daughter, g...

This week was my fifth School Author Visit of the school year, with two more already scheduled for the next two months. Maybe not that many. But if you cons...

As a greater part of the country is still dealing with winter weather, we here in the south are starting to enjoy some of our most desirable days. With this ...

Writing is a process, and like all processes, the order is critical to successful completion. Like many writers, I have multiple projects going at one time, ...

That is the nickname some in my family have given me. An old picture book from the 1920s found among a great-aunt’s things; an old mechanical engineering te...

Last week was Literacy Week! First celebrated in 1967, it was a week designated by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization to hi...

Yesterday was the first book signing for my newest book, Flower Power! It was at our local Barnes & Noble and functioned as the unofficial ‘launch’ of the bo...

· Jeff and I celebrated our 41st Anniversary this weekend with a little get-a-way to the beach. As a result, this week’s blog is going to be a re-sharing o...