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YA Wonders from This Year

Lyn Hawks · December 14, 2017 · Leave a Comment

I've read many amazing books this year! Find all the reviews at my Goodreads page. A Time to Dance (YA, MG): About pursuing artistic passion (dance) and losing a limb. My review at Teachers Workshop is here. A Wrinkle in Time (YA, MG): About love and hope and interstellar … [Read more...] about YA Wonders from This Year

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: YA, YA, young adult

Why Caleb, Now?

Lyn Hawks · May 16, 2017 · Leave a Comment

I just posted the first episodes of a new novel, CALEB IN MINOR KEY, at Radish Fiction, a place where writers post new works for free as well as for a small fee. I'm excited. But I'm also nervous. Caleb is biracial. Here's the book blurb: All Caleb wants to do is rule … [Read more...] about Why Caleb, Now?

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: #weneeddiversebooks, art, bias, Caleb in Minor Key, censorship, compassion, race, racism, Radish, risk-taking, white privilege, white privilege, whiteness, YA

There Was a Reason Prince Was Purple

Lyn Hawks · July 10, 2016 · 2 Comments

His Purple Highness, the Prince we all loved, rocked a color that is neither red nor blue. It's more than a royal shade; it's the perfect blend that holds all things. Masculine and feminine; hot and cool. Two distinct identities in a loving embrace. I had my own purple moment … [Read more...] about There Was a Reason Prince Was Purple

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: How Minerva Mae Christopoulos Set the Record Straight, LGBT, LGBTIQ, medicine, Minerva, Minerva Mae Christopoulos, Prince, Prince, purple, YA

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Could I live without words, writing, story? Probably not. I love telling stories. I love teaching stories. I love helping other people find theirs. That’s my story. [READ MORE...]

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