'Growing up isn't easy, but sometimes being true to yourself is even harder.'
Meet author Ellen Mulholland
Author, reader, poet, teacher, mom, star gazer, dreamer.
I grew up in San Bernardino, CA, on a block filled with boys. Dirt-clod throwing, tree-climbing, worm-eating boys. I countered that world with fiction, spending hours and hours at the local library reading hundreds of books and imagining life as Nancy Drew, Elizabeth Bennett, and Mick Kelly.
As a teen, I spent time daydreaming about the world, the universe, and how I might one day write stories and create characters that young people would fall in love with like I had.
A few of my hidden talents include: parallel parking on San Francisco hills; baking the best banana bread; listening for as long as you need me to; organizing: finding good homes for stray books.
Why I love to write: there are stories inside my head. Within each story is a world. Within each world is a cast of characters. If I did not write about these stories and worlds and characters, my head might literally explode.
Fortunately, I can write my insanity sane. Writing also gives me a tremendous amount of joy. When you love something so much, you want to make it right--perfect. I welcome criticism. I welcome suggestions. I welcome feedback of all kinds. I want to be a great writer. I want people to read my stories and gain as much joy from reading them as I d o from writing them. I dabble here.
Thank you for taking time to visit my site and getting to know my books for teens and tweens (THIS GIRL CLIMBS TREES & BIRDS ON A WIRE), thoughts on writing, and advice to young writers. Watch This Girl's book trailer here.
Write because you love it; write because it is the song of your soul; write because it is what makes you YOU.
You can do this!
Connect with me on Twitter or here. (Soon, you'll know more about me than my mom does.)
Best tips for storytelling. Ever. (thanks @A_WritersStudio @DisneyPixar)
If you're a teen, this site has great ideas to get you started on your writing path. (thanks @writing_tips)
If you're a teen, this site has great ideas to get you started on your writing path. (thanks @writing_tips)
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