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The lists of our to-dos, like where to travel and adventures we want to take when this is all over and life returns to normal, are growing as we live through this pandemic! At midnight December 31st, I wished for everyone to leap into the New Year with hearts and eyes wide open. Everyone is… Continue reading When It’s Safe
My mind is blown! This is amazing—a review that speaks volumes about my little book: Once Upon the Rhine. Reviewed By: Liz Konkel Readers' Favorite Review Rating: 5 Stars Once Upon the Rhine – Congratulations on your 5-star review! 5 Stars! RA Anderson delivers a unique and delightful tale that introduces children to the mythology… Continue reading My mind is blown!
Cody’s Voice How does Cody the Cockatrice have a voice when in fact, Cody communicates telepathically? Cody vicariously transmits information to his guardian children and to everyone else who believes in him, sees him, including all critters on Earth large and small. Cody’s job is to protect children, like a fairy-godparent, but he calls himself… Continue reading When Telepathy is Heard!
When you are surrounded by talented young people…you smile all the time. I have to admit, my cheeks hurt at times, but what a blessing that is! Zane W Anderson My oldest son’s best friend is in the film industry, still working his way up the ladder. He heard I was looking for a short… Continue reading Sprinkle a Little Magic
HCM is one of those ‘underlying conditions’ that most people actually don’t know they have. Actually, one in 500 people all around the world have it. I have always felt very lucky to know about my HCM diagnosis. For me, I felt completely ‘normal’ like I had before the doctors identified my HCM. I can… Continue reading We Hide In Plain Sight
Cody the Cockatrice plush prototype arrived, and he is perfect! Now we wait for all his hundreds of clones to arrive in the new year. As the original Cody plush sat on my desk staring into my eyes, I knew he was pleading for more. He wants to reach more than a few hundred children.… Continue reading How Cody Comes to Life – Part Two
In March 2020, a blog from a dad’s perspective called Practically Practical Dad’s World wrote a wonderful review about my Iceland: The Puffin Explorers series books 1, 2, and 3. It was one of my favorite reviews of these three books but not because he “liked” my books. In his writing, I could tell he… Continue reading Practically Practical Dad’s World
“One, two, three, gray, cracked cobblestones pass beneath these little rooster feet; Four, five, six, my dragon wings and tail casting shadows on the bricks; Seven, eight, nine, with each small stride I’m counting the steps along the Rhine,” groused Cody the Cockatrice. Well, what do you do when you are stressed, lost in a… Continue reading How Cody Comes to Life – Part One
A very special Fairy TripMother (ftmtravel.com) used her unique powers to send my husband and I away on a magical Disney riverboat cruise down the Rhine River. My second Young Adult novel The Last Crabtree Girl was about to be launched and this was the perfect time to do something new and adventurous. It was… Continue reading Inspiration for Once Upon the Rhine
When Eeyore is your spirit animal, it’s not to say you’re sad, nor do you feel alone or depressed. Eeyore’s traits have been labeled as clinically depressed, pessimistic, and they say he suffers from anhedonia. But take a closer look. Eeyore is actually the most empathetic of any character, stuffed with fluff or not. "I… Continue reading When Eeyore Is Your Spirit Animal
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