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Pendred (Penny) Noyce is a doctor, educator, and mother of five. She is the author of twelve books for children and young adults and one text for educators. Her children's novles are brainy and fun, mixing math or science with playful language and adventure. Three of her books have won prestigious Outstanding Science Trade Books awards from the National Science Teachers Association and the Childrens Book Council.
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How do you deal with writer’s block?

Pendred Noyce Badly. Sometimes I think of myself, during those long periods of block, as lying fallow, like a field. That was the case for many years after the fina…moreBadly. Sometimes I think of myself, during those long periods of block, as lying fallow, like a field. That was the case for many years after the final rejection of my first novel, TULKU, and the sudden death of my father. I turned away from writing for fifteen years, working on other things (math and science education mostly) and feeling that I had nothing to say. At the end of that time some kind of seed fell on that fallow and well-fertilized field, and now I know I do have things to say.

Writer's block now is a kind of procrastination, facilitated by all sorts of other duties and distractions. I fight it by giving myself small deadlines, goals and rewards, such as "500 words today, 1000 tomorrow." I have never been a person who had a strict daily time set aside for writing. Perhaps the moment has come.(less)

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What’s the best thing about being a writer?

Pendred Noyce The best moments of being a writer are when the story comes flowing out and the words tumble one after another and I don't notice time or hunger or di…moreThe best moments of being a writer are when the story comes flowing out and the words tumble one after another and I don't notice time or hunger or distraction. Those times are rare. Usually it's a matter of cranking myself up and getting down to work.

Overall, the best thing about being a writer is the chance to reach across the blankness between us and speak to another human being I may never meet.(less)

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	Lost in Lexicon: An Adventure in Words and Numbers by Pendred Noyce (Goodreads Author), Joan Charles (Illustrator) 3.95 avg rating — 141 ratings — published 2010 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Magnificent Minds: Inspiring Women In Science 4.21 avg rating — 38 ratings — published 2015 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Mosquitoes Don't Bite Me 3.78 avg rating — 36 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Remarkable Minds: 17 More Pioneering Women in Science and Medicine 4.26 avg rating — 19 ratings — published 2015 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Inventors, Makers, Barrier Breakers 4.56 avg rating — 16 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Ice Castle: An Adventure in Music by Pendred Noyce (Goodreads Author), Joan Charles (Illustrations) 4.12 avg rating — 17 ratings — published 2012 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Perilous Case of the Zombie Potion 4.67 avg rating — 12 ratings — published 2014	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Baffling Case of the Battered Brain 4.17 avg rating — 12 ratings — published 2014 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Case of the Covid Crisis (The Galactic Academy of Science Book 11) 4.43 avg rating — 7 ratings — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Vicious Case of the Viral Vaccine by Pendred Noyce (Goodreads Author), Roberta Baxter (Goodreads Author) (coauthor) 4.50 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 2013 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Today Calumet Editions published my young adult novel, THE BEECHWOOD FLUTE. Some might ask why after seven books focused on science (both fiction and nonfiction) I decided to return to writing fantasy.

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