By Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig
When I was asked to speak to the 8th graders at the local middle school, my first thought was, “Oh cool…I can encourage young people to write.” Then I thought, “Uh-oh. But these are middle schoolers. And middle schoolers are scary.”
Then there was a sense of relief that my daughter at that school is in 7th grade and wouldn’t be embarrassed by me, no matter what.Continue reading