Have you ever been rejected? It’s not a pretty good feeling but our guest for today has been rejected 95 times by publishers but still strived and persisted until she published her first book. This week, we are going to talk about determination and dyslexia with the Author of the Dream Snatcher Series and The Unmapped Chronicles, Abi Elphinstone.
Abi grew up in Scotland, where she spent her weekends building dens in the woods, hiding in treehouses, and running across the highlands.
Despite being labeled as ‘unteachable’ and ‘prone to spasmodic outbursts of silliness’ by my headteacher, she got through school, and after obtaining an English degree at Bristol University and teaching English in Africa, Berkshire, and London, she is now back to hiding in tree houses and building dens—sometimes in real life, mostly with her books.
Links you might want to check:
Website: www.abielphinstone.com
Social Media: @moontrug (Twitter) @moontrugger (Instagram)
Buy link for signed and dedicated copies of Abi's books: https://nightowlbooks.co.uk/collections/abi-elphinstone-signed-copies
Dyslexia Quiz: https://bulletmapacademy.com/dyslexia-quiz/
Dyslexia at Work: www.dyslexiawork.com
Bulletmap Academy Page: https://bulletmapacademy.com
Show notes: https://bulletmapacademy.com/blog/130/
Interested in being a guest? Email us at info@bulletmapacademy.com
#67 Tip:Why putting thoughts into words can be hard with dyslexia? (Dyslexic Advantage Ch 7 P 64-67)
#66 Tip:Is reversing letters a sign of dyslexia? (Dyslexic Advantage Ch7 P 61-63)
#65 Tip:Becoming an Effective Contributor with Dyslexia
#64 Tip:Dyslexia and the importance of fast feedback when they learn.
#63 Tip:How prototyping ideas with children can help their dyslexia
#62 Tip:Feynman Technique: A technique we use to help children with dyslexia learn faster
#61 Tip:How to explain to a child how their brain works
#60 Tip:How working memory affects the five stumbling blocks of dyslexia
#59 Tip:The Origins of BulletMap Academy
#58 Tip:Darius' Dyslexia Assessment
#57 Tip:Thomas Edison: What lessons can we learn from his life?
#56 Tip:Biology, Dyslexia and Notes from audio
#55 Tip:Cooking and dyslexia: Creating innovative meals. Then forgetting the recipe?
#54 Tip:The real world implications of 3D thinking for dyslexia (Dyslexic Advantage Ch 6 p.53-56)
#53 Tip:How dyslexia can enhance 3D reasoning at the cost of 2D (Dyslexic Advantage Ch 6 p.51-53)
#52 Tip:Five Gears of Dyslexia: Reading, Writing, Remembering, Results and Organization
#51 Tip:Homeschoolers' advice to adjusting to remote schooling with dyslexia
#50 Tip:How the USA lockdown experience, remote schooling is affecting children with dyslexia
#49 Co-occurring visual problems that go along with dyslexia. Dr. Bhavin Shah
#48 The Potential impacts of eye-tracking technology - Lexplore Analytics part 2
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