by raynelacko.com raynelacko.com | Nov 16, 2017 | For the love of writing, Your highest potential
A year ago, a few writers and I tried something daring. We asked local teens to come out and read something they’d written to a live audience. It could be a poem, a confession, a chapter from a novel in progress, or a short story. Our only rules: Five minutes of...
by raynelacko.com raynelacko.com | Nov 10, 2017 | For the love of writing, Your highest potential
I’m thrilled to announce that Reading Opens Minds has chosen my novel RADIO HEAD for book club participants, thanks in part to a generous donation from the John Aaroe Group. Reading Opens Minds, a non-profit organization, brings the book club experience to...
by raynelacko.com raynelacko.com | Sep 29, 2017 | Best Writer Tips, For the love of writing, Your highest potential
The teen writers asked for it, so we’re bringing it back! On October 25, 2017, the Teen Story Slam returns to Westside Pizza! Teen creative writers in grades 7-12 are invited to step up to the mic to read their own prose for 5 minutes. Anything goes: a short...
by raynelacko.com raynelacko.com | Aug 28, 2017 | Freelance Writing, Your highest potential
Please read my latest article on Huffington Post: storybooth: How Sharing Stories Helps Kids (To Help Other Kids) Seventh-grade student Carissa carried a painful memory around with her, but it wasn’t a secret. There were plenty of kids who witnessed (her now ex)...
by raynelacko.com raynelacko.com | Jun 30, 2017 | Fiction Novel Writing, For the love of writing
We’re so excited for the 2017 Teen Writing Camp at KRL’s Bainbridge Island branch! Calling all Kitsap area teens in grades 7-12! Join me and author Margaret Nevinski for a jam-packed week building your work-in-progress, creating new characters and stories,...
