author, educator, attorney…lover of books, angels, & sailing ships
PortiaLily Taylor with Her Author's Copy of Captain Con and the Red Jacket “People say ‘it only takes one yes,’ and it really is true. Rejection is so painful, but it’s all worth it when you get that yes.” ~ Author Beth O’Leary Through my years working as an attorney and an educator, I still… Continue reading It Only Takes One Yes (My Fiction Publishing Journey) by PortiaLily Taylor
by PortiaLily Taylor "Ships are the nearest things to dreams that hands have ever made..." ~ Robert N. Rose A Brigantine Sails from the Writer’s Dreams into the Pages of Her First Novel by PortiaLily Taylor The sailing ships that crossed oceans in olden times have always fascinated me. How were they built to travel… Continue reading A Brigantine Sails from the Writer’s Dreams into the Pages of Her First Novel
“It’s difficult for someone these days, to understand what it was like, to suddenly have a ray of light in the dark. That’s really what it was like.” District of Columbia student Ken Howard regarding the 1963 March on Washington On August 28,1963, over 250,000 gathered for what came to be known as the March… Continue reading The March on Washington through the Eyes of a Child
“If you want a happy ending, that depends, of course, on where you stop your story.” -- Orson Welles After many hours of worry and rewriting, I finally finished the first draft of my middle reader novel, Sarah Finn. Much of the anxiety and editing involved in coming to that milestone regarded whether or not… Continue reading Does a Children’s Book Need a Happy Ending?
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