by drcrocker | Apr 14, 2020 | Uncategorized
The other day, I was reminiscing with my mother, who is staying with me while we are self-isolating during this pandemic. She read through the first draft of my second middle-grade chapter book, which is currently called “Ireentje Makes Waves.” The title is a work in...
by drcrocker | Mar 26, 2020 | Uncategorized
So, Guys, I need your input on this chapter. You see, it is very anachronistic for girls to attend Charm School. How can I explain it? Any suggestions? The girl scout leader had good news. Younkers, the department store in the middle of Des Moines, was offering girls...
by drcrocker | Mar 13, 2020 | Uncategorized
The next day, the family set off for Colorado. Dad asked the children if they would like to drive to the tippy top of a mountain. Robert thought it would be cool, but Caroline wasn’t so sure. As you know, she was afraid of heights. But, she figured that, if she sat on...
by drcrocker | Mar 4, 2020 | Uncategorized
Having finished the books that were burning inside me, I’ve recently been spending some time learning about how to write, promote, and sell books. Maybe I have things backwards, but there’s a reason I called my first autobiographical book, “Ireentje Learns the Hard...
by drcrocker | Feb 19, 2020 | Uncategorized
Over the past few days, I’ve been working on a new book: ‘Ireentje Makes Waves: The Adventures of a Dutch Immigrant Child in Iowa’. Such fun to allow my mind to wander back to those days in Iowa before I reached my teens. So instructional to realize that some of the...
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