Overthinking It

WHERE ELLA WENT Cover Reveal!

Plus: visual vs. auditory people, cover insights from 6th graders, the cover design process, and more!

Aug 11 • 

Laurie Morrison

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July 2025

When stories don't let you forget how they're being told

The challenges and delights of maintaining a fictive dream in a multi-modal novel

Jul 20 • 

Laurie Morrison

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April 2025

How distance running helped me figure out my life (and a book, which turns one today!)

Celebrating KEEPING PACE'S first birthday and sharing the story of how I (briefly) became a marathon runner, and distance running changed my life.

Apr 9 • 

Laurie Morrison

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August 2024

My Goodreads Confessional

On seeking validation, setting boundaries, what I'm writing next, and what I have to say about shame.

Aug 14, 2024 • 

Laurie Morrison

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April 2024

Release Day Reflections & Five Fun Facts

KEEPING PACE is on shelves today!

Apr 9, 2024 • 

Laurie Morrison

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February 2024

Grace and Emily

How Emily Dickinson popped up in my new book and why she stayed there

Feb 1, 2024 • 

Laurie Morrison

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December 2023

On Writing About a Reader

The role of books and libraries in KEEPING PACE plus JLG news, ARCs, + a challenge for early readers!

Dec 28, 2023 • 

Laurie Morrison

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September 2023

On juggling professional identities...and a COVER REVEAL for KEEPING PACE!

My two professional identities–teacher and writer–have always felt deeply connected.

Sep 26, 2023 • 

Laurie Morrison

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August 2023

Learning how to fail, or reframing "failure"

What I've been working on this summer+ the pub date, description, and preorder links for my next middle grade novel, KEEPING PACE!

Aug 16, 2023 • 

Laurie Morrison

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June 2023

On spoilers and plot twists

plus book recs and a COMING UP SHORT giveaway!

Jun 23, 2023 • 

Laurie Morrison

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May 2023

The epiphany that cracked the plot of my next novel

. . . and the need for books about 14-year-olds, and an incomplete list of books set during/just before/just after 8th grade

May 9, 2023 • 

Laurie Morrison

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April 2023

On "manageable" revisions and trips

Reflections on spring break, developmental edits, and un-plannable magic, plus a 4-book giveaway, verse novel recommendation, and news!

Apr 4, 2023 • 

Laurie Morrison

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