About Becky
I'm the author of THE WRITING & CRITIQUE GROUP SURVIVAL GUIDE, due from Writer's Digest January, 2010. I write fiction and nonfiction for children and teens, as well as for adults, You can find me on Twitter and Facebook at www.twitter.com/Becky_Levine and www.facebook.com/beckylevine.
Becky's Blog: Moving Forward on the Writng Path - Recent Posts
| 3/25/2016 | I Don’t Know…Ten Whole Dollars? Death Valley looked like this.
And it looked like this.
My writing station. Yes, that’s a fire extinguisher in the corner. We took a 1987 water-cooled Vanagon to Death Valley; you think we wouldn’t bring a fire... Read the rest of this post |
| 3/12/2016 | There’s Plotting and there’s Planning…and Then There are Surprises I’m a plotter, never a pantser. Would I love to be (more of) a pantser. Oh, heck, yes. In writing and in life. In life, I’m a planner, although I will stake a claim to have loosened up at least somewhat in the last decade or so. But I... Read the rest of this post |
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| Books Recently Added to Becky's Bookshelf | Ages | Date Added | |||
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Books 1 - 4 of 6 from Becky's bookshelf, View all 6 books Click a book's title for more details about the book | |||||
| 1. Feathers (Hardcover) Author: Jacqueline Wilson Publisher: Putnam Juvenile |
Ages 9-12 |
7/22/2008 Add | |||
| Becky said: Halfway through. As a reader, I'm in love with this story. As a writer, I'm thinking...THIS is what voice is supposed to be. tags: I'm reading , Inspired me , I recommend | |||||
| 1,410 Reviews | |||||
| 2. First Light (Hardcover) Author: Rebecca Stead Publisher: Wendy Lamb Books |
Ages 9-12 |
7/18/2008 Add | |||
| Becky said: Just started this one. So far, intriguing and fun. tags: I'm reading | |||||
| 966 Reviews | |||||
| 3. Skulduggery Pleasant (Hardcover) Author: Derek Landy Illustrator: Tom Percival Publisher: HarperCollins |
Young Adults |
7/17/2008 Add | |||
| Becky said: A book about a skeleton P.I. could be good, bad, or great. Luckily, this one is beyond great. Skulduggery is a character I wish I'd written, with a story to match. tags: I read , Inspired me , I recommend | |||||
| 1,635 Reviews | |||||
| 4. The Mysterious Benedict Society (Hardcover) Author: Trenton Lee Stewart Illustrator: Carson Ellis Publisher: Little, Brown Young Readers |
Ages 9-12 |
7/17/2008 Add | |||
| Becky said: I loved this book. Usually, I find stories with puzzles in them a bit gimicky, but Stewart has written a complete story, and the puzzles all play a part in that story. The threads he keeps going throu...more tags: I read , I recommend , Inspired me | |||||
| 14,676 Reviews | |||||
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Profile Comments
Hi Becky,
Welcome to our JF community!
Best,
Tracy