Judy Lindquist

This week was my first School Author visit of this school year.  It was thrilling to meet with 100+  4th graders and their teachers to...

It happened again this week.  A member of a writing group to which I belong, shared their very negative experience as they worked to...

I spent a great deal of time this week uploading student entries to a writing competition.  While I have written about the importance of...

If you have ever watched a team of rowers glide their boat across water, it can be mesmerizing. There is a grace to the smooth, poetic...

There was recently an article in the Atlantic about elite college students who had gone their entire school career without being assigned...

It has been a stressful few weeks for those of us in Florida. Two powerful and deadly hurricanes, arriving nearly back-to-back, have left...

Storytelling and writing, while seemingly synonymous terms, are anything but. They can certainly coexist. But they can also live...

Defined as the ability to withstand and recover quickly from difficulty, resilience has become a new buzzword in education.  Yes,...

Banned Books Week starts today!  This is a week designed to raise awareness of censorship and to celebrate the freedom to read. First...

Self-Care.  A concept that has been around for generations, yet it seemed to have gotten a new label sometime during our pandemic years. ...

“Change is what happens. Transition is what we do about it.”   That phrase was recently share with my husband.  His company has just...

I was recently working with a group of students on revising their writing.  This seems to be the stage in the writing process that...

“Everyone’s path is different.” That exact phrase was recently said to me in two very different settings.    As the Lead Mentor at my...

Creating teacher materials to go with your books.  That was a recent topic in an online writer’s group and differing perspectives soon...

Banned books is certainly not a new topic. People have been banning books for as long as there have been books.  When I teach the...

Although August is still considered a summer month, here in Florida, (and many other southern states) the new school year gets underway...

A discussion I have had with my elementary school writing students, my college students, and in my adult writing groups…. Is there such a...

Optimists are defined as people who are hopeful and confident about the future. Pessimists are defined as those who tend to believe the...

I am about at the mid-point in the Summer Semester and the Social Studies Class I am teaching at the University.  We are deep into the...

Life is a series of ups and downs. We can’t truly appreciate the joy without the sorrow.  Failure means you are trying. There are so many...