Will Phillips
Will Phillips
Will Phillipsis an American student from West Fork, Arkansas. At the age of ten, while a fifth grader at West Fork Elementary School in 2009, Phillips gained international attention for his refusal to say the Pledge of Allegiance because of social-political reasons...
teacher romance librarian
Librarians and romance writers accomplish one mission better than anyone, including English teachers: we create readers for life - and what could be more fulfilling than that?
opportunity speak librarian
I take every opportunity I can to speak to librarians.
boards website bulletin-board
My website bulletin board is the place I interact with my readers.
giving-up hero islands
The final cover for Heroes Are My Weakness feels exactly right. It reflects the cold, wintry setting of an isolated island off the coast of Maine and the feisty spirit of a heroine who refuses to give up, even when the odds are stacked against her.
rip self guy
Chasing after a guy who's not interested in you will rip the hell out of your self-respect. Better to face facts now because the longer you put it off, the harder it'll be.
writing fool hard
Writing is hard for everybody except fools.
writing mail illusion
E-mail creates the illusion that you're writing. You're not.
kids giving able
Figure out what depletes you creatively and get it out out of your life. (This doesn't apply to spouse and kids.) Give yourself permission to put garbage on the screen. A lot of days it's the only way you'll be able to keep going. You can clean it up later.
ships tides success-of-others
Celebrate the success of others. High tide floats all ships.
heart generosity trying
Try to live with a generous heart. Doing anything else is too hard.
creativity hands going-away
Fear goes hand-in-hand with artistic creation, and no amount of success will make the fear go away entirely.
villain heroines
A villain always preferred luring the heroine to his lair.
writing people over-it
Everybody won’t like everything you write. Some people won’t like anything you write. Get over it.
snakes long dirt
When you've been around a snake long enough, you learn how to crawl in the dirt.