Readers’ Favorite Book Review of Bumbling Bea
This is huge, folks! I am very flattered. Reader’s Favorite Review Reviewed by Sarah Stuart for Readers’ Favorite “Bumbling Bea is a story that will echo the experiences of many youngsters. Beatrice regrets that her parents live apart and she often blames her father. However, Beatrice attributes disasters, resulting mostly from activities aimed at being […]
Teacher Testimonial on My Book Talk–Terrific!
“My middle school Novel Writing Workshop enjoyed a presentation by Deborah Baldwin, author of Bumbling Bea. The students had read the book and had many questions for the author. One boy asked, “How did you know how to write such ‘with it’ dialogue?” Baldwin’s answer delighted the […]
An Indie Publisher/Fantasy Writing 32.0
One of the wonderful aspects of writing a book as an indie publisher is what you experience afterward. Indie publishing is not without its share of challenges (reviews, especially), but who would have thought this would happen thirty two years ago, when Bumbling Bea’s plot came […]
Family-isms and ” Flag Dinners”
In my ‘Tween book, Bumbling Bea, I wanted to explore “family-isms”. Beatrice’s younger and only brother loves to name family dinners after flags. No joke! Edmund LOVES flags. I didn’t even know there were people who studied flags. I mean they are pretty cool and all that, but study flags for a living? Boy, was […]