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Blogger about child literacy in rural America, also features writer for small town Oregon. Favorite published story, Exorcism, In County (Danse Macabre), blogger: https://makingspiritsbright.org/it-take-a-village-to-read-a-book

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Latest posts by Griet van Lente @vanhelsingssister

I'd trust him

07.03.2026 14:32 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Past me has a different metabolism, and present me has a memory of it.

06.03.2026 17:07 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

We’re still running this fundraiserβ€”if you or someone you know needs a query critique, jump in!

02.03.2026 14:44 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

OK, will. do that. Ducking Diving Under the Mountain.

23.02.2026 15:58 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Oh! I never got it! Yeah, just send me what you have!

23.02.2026 15:04 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

There is a group I know about, mostly women. They did time for what they say was self defense. I'm reminding myself to look into it.

19.02.2026 15:12 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Haha, I wrote one a while ago, YA, small surfing town, but it's tragic. Probably needs a rewrite sometime in the future.

19.02.2026 15:10 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Aw! This is my old boyfriend's story. We drove up to Manzanar one day and just looked at it. Looking forward to this. I really want to know.

14.02.2026 15:42 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

awesome title. Wish I had thought of that.

12.02.2026 15:49 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I feel like monsters are in right now

12.02.2026 15:47 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

That is well said. Nabokov also taught that the reader is an artist, that the reader is part of the art.

12.02.2026 15:47 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

GOTHIC HORROR
Strong women, Strong Archetypes
The Post Modernists
The New Realists
Creative Writing

04.02.2026 14:39 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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#questpit A Dead Girl Lives Among Us, YA, F. Bibi's secret half sister is a ghost haunting the play she wrote. If Bibi and her thespian club can solve her murder, BIbi inherits her half sister's fortune and saves the club from ruin. Unless the murdering stepmother kills them first.

02.02.2026 22:30 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

haha, studied with, danced with.

02.02.2026 17:45 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Very profound, what we say with a few words. I also think there is an assault on intellectualism. People want anger, even victimization, but the work and the healing is in caring for those who are harmed.

30.01.2026 16:34 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I mean.....

30.01.2026 16:29 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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29.01.2026 15:49 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

From the trenches: I have not heard back yet, but I am taking that submission to a writing conference where I won a scholarship, and I'd like to be further along. We do a Day Without and Immigrant with our food bank, and we train to guard our food bank, which has a large immigrant population.

28.01.2026 16:38 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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I just saw this on FB. Is this real?

25.01.2026 16:37 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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I just saw this on FB. Is this an actual pic?

25.01.2026 16:35 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Great. A radiant house.

23.01.2026 15:37 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Everything is insane now. I'm looking to be trained on what to do if you see your neighbors being abducted.

23.01.2026 15:35 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

So human.

23.01.2026 15:29 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Thanks. I will loo for that one.

23.01.2026 15:27 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

that is so genuine. That's what we need today.

22.01.2026 15:41 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Are we in a word of escapism now for kids and publishing? I mean, how do you handle realism and resilience in kid lit today? Should we not write about homeless, hungry kids? Or how do you do that for kids? Or not at all?

21.01.2026 17:36 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 1
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18.01.2026 22:35 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

You are here, that book.

19.01.2026 17:31 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0