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Reading Magic - Have you found any books as an adult that you read as a kid & forgot about? - Day 7

Benjamin Fife

Jan 21, 2021
1 min

Reading Magic - Have you found any books as an adult that you read as a kid & forgot about? - Day 7

The book, Me Too Iguana, is part of the Sweet Pickles series that my sister had Iguana becomes the ultimate copycat & wants to have somethin

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ReadingMagic - Do you still own any books that you had as a kid? - the Reading Magic Game - Day 6

Benjamin Fife

Jan 20, 2021
3 min

ReadingMagic - Do you still own any books that you had as a kid? - the Reading Magic Game - Day 6

I do remember tracing the characters outlines on the cover. I remembered the characters. I remembered the solution to the puzzle. I remem

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ReadingMagic - How have you encouraged your kids to read for fun? -The Reading Magic GameDay 5

Benjamin Fife

Jan 19, 2021
2 min

ReadingMagic - How have you encouraged your kids to read for fun? -The Reading Magic GameDay 5

When anyone finds a book they love, we're delighted to share it with each other. Our house gradually gets smaller and smaller as we add bo

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ReadingMagic - When did you first discover that reading could be fun? - The Reading Magic Game day 4

Benjamin Fife

Jan 18, 2021
3 min

ReadingMagic - When did you first discover that reading could be fun? - The Reading Magic Game day 4

I remember sitting at the end of the hall in our basement next to my oldest brother’s room reading, and reading, and reading on the floor by

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ReadingMagic - Who are your favorite authors of kids books and why? - The Reading Magic Game Day 3

Benjamin Fife

Jan 17, 2021
2 min

ReadingMagic - Who are your favorite authors of kids books and why? - The Reading Magic Game Day 3

No one else draws like Dr. Seuss. Others may emulate, but it's like copying Van Gogh or the unique vibrato of Louis Armstrong’s trumpet.

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ReadingMagic - What was your favorite animal book or story and why? - The Reading Magic Game Day 2

Benjamin Fife

Jan 16, 2021
3 min

ReadingMagic - What was your favorite animal book or story and why? - The Reading Magic Game Day 2

How about you? What animal books did you connect with as a kid? Have any affected how you treat animals?

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#readingmagic - What was your favorite book growing up? - The Reading Magic Game Day 1

Benjamin Fife

Jan 15, 2021
2 min

#readingmagic - What was your favorite book growing up? - The Reading Magic Game Day 1

I don't own Dr. Seuss' brilliant gem I adored more than any other book when I was 7-8 years old. My elementary school library that year pro

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#readingmagic - Join me for 30 days of blogging about the Magic of Reading

Benjamin Fife

Jan 15, 2021
4 min

#readingmagic - Join me for 30 days of blogging about the Magic of Reading

THE READING MAGIC GAME I learned to love reading as a kid and chances are you did too. If you didn't... Maybe this could be a gateway for y

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Is this a kissing book? Part II - My Review of The Vine Eater by Carol Beth Anderson

Benjamin Fife

Nov 12, 2020
2 min

Is this a kissing book? Part II - My Review of The Vine Eater by Carol Beth Anderson

Anderson has created a character - Sarza - who is a perfect foil to the Lovey-Dovey nature of the 2 primary couples in the series. Not every

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Benjamin Fife

Nov 10, 2020
6 min

An Epic Adventure with Jenelle Schmidt

Multiple times in producing these books, I’ve been moved to near tears in performance, as well as goose bumps. I'd share some of my favorite

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Benjamin Fife

Oct 14, 2020
4 min

Dark.. Darker.. and Cheese... And Dr. Who

Please enjoy my first self-produced video interview of one of my authors. If this doesn't make you want to check out the book, shame on you

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Benjamin Fife

Aug 12, 2020
3 min

Zak Bates Readup Event No. 2

Zak Bates Eco Adventure Readup Event with Benny Fife & Brad Swift. Bring the whole Family.

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Zak Bates Eco-Adventure Summer Readup event.

Benjamin Fife

Jun 30, 2020
2 min

Zak Bates Eco-Adventure Summer Readup event.

With its white-knuckle action and a wholly green, eco-friendly message, this is the perfect way to kick off this new adventure together.

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Recent Releases & What's in the Pipeline

Benjamin Fife

Jun 2, 2020
2 min

Recent Releases & What's in the Pipeline

My 3 most recent releases are all part of various series - Their Greatest Game picks up where First of Their Kind left off, Gather the Child

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Benjamin Fife

Apr 15, 2020
14 min

Star Trek Who?

Both shows started out HIGHLY campy. It was the 60's, folks. At the time, they were awesome. Both of the initial shows celebrated diversi

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Review Everything - Why I Try to & Some Tips for Reviewing Books in General

Benjamin Fife

Apr 13, 2020
5 min

Review Everything - Why I Try to & Some Tips for Reviewing Books in General

for those of us on the 'getting into our careers as creators' side of things goes - an honest review stating objectively what we did well

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Challenges - "Give Me Six Characters to make Fan art of"

Benjamin Fife

Apr 11, 2020
4 min

Challenges - "Give Me Six Characters to make Fan art of"

There are any number of challenges out there. Pick one for yourself.

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Endymion Spring - Proof that publishing houses aren't really any better than self publishing.

Benjamin Fife

Apr 7, 2020
3 min

Endymion Spring - Proof that publishing houses aren't really any better than self publishing.

Peppered throughout the modern day storyline are some rather bizarre similes and metaphors, such as "The silver coins glistened like gobs of

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Covid-19 #1 - Knee Jerk Reactions - We all have them.

Benjamin Fife

Apr 6, 2020
7 min

Covid-19 #1 - Knee Jerk Reactions - We all have them.

Since Real people are Really having to deal with this, it explains why knee jerk reactions seem to be par for the course. We are human.

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Why World Music is My Go-to Feel Good Music

Benjamin Fife

Apr 3, 2020
3 min

Why World Music is My Go-to Feel Good Music

What hooked me to ethnic & world music? More than anything - the organic nature of it. The similarities sometimes in rhythms & life that co

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