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Bring on the sniffles and big snotty sneezes - April Newsletter 2026

Angela Hatch — Wed, 1 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0000

News from the Makerspace Desk of Angela Hatch
March is in the books and April is in the air! Here's my little Spring poem:Bring on the sniffles and big snotty sneezes That make room for flowers and pretty Spring breezes.As if it's not enough to have runny noses and wheezes,She pranks us with pollen...but then SHE sneezes."About all that pollen," she laughs, "I'm just teasin.'""April Fool's Day!" she says, "Enjoy the Spring season!"Happy Spring! As Spring arrives, I find my creativity has been in overdrive. There's been so much happening. Even bad poetry!I discovered that I love creating puzzle games. In March, I created two games that tie in with my Makerspace Mysteries book. I'm focusing on one at a time and have had game testers play the first one. Feedback on the game has been fabulous; people have really enjoyed it. Once I work out the final prototype, I will send the design to a game producer. More to follow on that!This month I attended a Writer's conference (Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators). The highlight was the breakout session called Author Business 101 on classroom visits. It was very informative.

Fun and Unique Days to Celebrate in April:
Apr 1 - April Fools' Day: Time for those jokes and pranks! When my son was young, I made a plastic ham and cheese sandwich for his school lunch but put the real ham and cheese slices in a plastic baggie off to the side. He didn’t know that and ate only the bun. Okay, so I felt a little bad about that one. So, when I filled his Cheetos bag with fake popcorn used for shipping, I felt even worse! What's the funniest prank you ever played?Apr 4 - International Pillow Fight Day: Have an epic pillow fight and watch the feathers fly! Age does not matter!Apr 7 - National Caramel Popcorn Day: I LOVE caramel corn. Like love love it. I think it deserves more than just one day of celebration a year. In fact, if you want to celebrate it every month, I'm with you. Here is a great recipe I use:Caramel Corn:7 1/2 qts popped popcorn (keep warm in oven)combine:2 c brown sugar1/2 c corn syrup1 c butter1 tsp saltBoil for five minutes. Add 1 tsp baking soda and 1 tsp vanilla. Add to popped popcorn and bake 1-2 hours at 200 F, stirring every fifteen minutes until popcorn no longer sticks in clumps. (Here's where you pretend you saw me take a bite on a food video and roll my eyes and stomp my foot because it's so good.)Apr 10 - National Siblings Day: Cheers to family and to our brothers and sisters. Write a “What I love about my sibling” letter or poem. Or make them smell your armpits like my brother did. Your choice. Kidding, that never happened. I love my brother. He's amazing.Apr 18 - National Animal Crackers Day: Who's with me on how to eat an animal cracker. Head first, right? Then legs. Then body. There really is no other way.Apr 20 - National Lima Bean Respect Day: I think this only works if you know someone whose had one stuck up their nose. And got it out.Apr 22 - Earth Day: Celebrate the planet! Do a nature clean-up project, plant a tree, gaze at the stars. Do something Earthy.Here are a few of my latest astrophotography images. You'll recognize the moon. The other one is Orion's nebula, estimated to be 24 light years away.

Apr 23 - National Talk Like Shakespeare Day: I had loads of fun with this! Make this a dinner activity with your kids or friends. Here's an example: "Hark, how dost thou fare this day? Doth not thy heart delight in perusing this missive?" (Hello, how are you today? Don't you just love reading this newsletter?") Use this handy dandy translator to help you out:Shakespearean English TranslatorApr 30 - International Jazz Day: I don't know what it is about watching cats playing instruments, but I'm hooked! Seriously. Hooked. Check out Jazz Cat Noir on youtube: https://youtu.be/6wWgjpFGSj0?t=22

Angie's Amazing Adventures
As you may recall, in my personal/non-writing life, my goal this year is to have one cool adventure every month.March's Cool Adventure was touring our library's Makerspace. If your library has one and you haven't been, you're missing out! I toured the Makerspace in our library this month. Ideas are buzzing around like fireflies in my mind! So excited to do some work in the creative lab!I'm so thankful for our library. By the way, Apr 21st is Thank You for Libraries Day. Celebrate! Read a book, do a cool project, learn a new hobby. It's all there! Still working on my author branding, but I made some buttons to give out at the writer's conference I attended this month.

In January, I gave away copies of "When the Earth Trembled." If you read it, and liked it, it would mean a lot if you left a review on amazon. Go to: Amazon.com: When the Earth Trembled eBook : Hatch, Angela: Kindle StoreThat's it for this month. If you know someone else who might like a newsletter like this or if you'd like to learn about any of my books, check out my website at: angelahatch.com. It's all there. Books, newsletter sign-ups, everything! With curiosity and hope,Angela Hatchwww.Angelahatch.comAdventure with purpose. Stories that spark courage, laughter, and heart.

© 2026 Angela Hatch
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When I was a Mermaid - March Newsletter 2026

Angela Hatch — Sun, 1 Mar 2026 00:00:00 +0000

News from the Makerspace Mind of Angela Hatch
Hi!It's been a creative month as I return from a very productive writing retreat by the beach (visited daughter and got to stay in a hotel almost a whole week to write all day uninterrupted - how great is that!).I was at my laptop in the hotel breakfast area when a lady leaned over and said, "my friend and I were wondering....are you a writer?""Well, yes I am!" They got excited when I told them I wrote middle grade. (Her friend was a retired principal; she was the librarian.)While there, I got a glimpse or two of the beach and even took some stunning sunset pics. Below is one of them.The highlight, of course, is that I completed edits to an upcoming book I will pitch this month at a writing event. You will be pleased to know "MakerSpace Mysteries - Trouble Over Turtle Cove" is pitch-ready!

Fun and Unique Days to Celebrate in March:
Mar 2 – Dr. Suess Day – Celebrate by having green eggs and ham for breakfast! (We did that once for the kids. Their expressions were priceless!)Oddly, Mar 2nd is also Fun Facts About Names Day. If you've read any of my books, facts about names is a weird thing that I write about often. I have no idea why, but now at least I can celebrate it!Mar 4 - National Sons Day - Parents, enjoy some time with your boy, no matter how big or small.Mar 9 – Daylight Savings Time - Daylight savings begins. Move clocks forward one hour and get an extra hour of daylight! It's also Check Your Batteries Day.Mar 13 - National Earmuff Day - Why, oh why, is this not in Jan!?!Mar 14 - National Pi Day- You know what to do here. Bake (or get) a pie and divide it into infinity servings!Mar 18 - Awkward Moments Day - Well, I thought this one would be....interesting. Celebrate by taking awkward photo shots. Some of these were pretty funny: 73 Awkward Sibling Photoshoot Ideas

in 2026 | awkward photos, awkward family photos, awkward family picturesMar 19 - Absolutely Incredible Kids Day - Let the kids decide how they want to celebrate this. But I say it definitely should include ice cream!Mar 20 – Alien Abduction Day – Go stargazing and look for aliens. Or, check out this AMAZING website! It's very cool. What Did Hubble See on Your Birthday? - NASA SciencePlug in your birthday and see what the Hubble saw on that day! Here’s mine:

Mar – 29 – Mermaid Day – I met a mermaid last year. She even let me borrow her fin for a quick spin! Learning to swim with one fin was WAY more difficult than I thought! The takeaway - it's good to learn hard things (and develop your core muscles at the same time!)

Angie's Amazing Adventures
As you may recall, in my personal/non-writing life, my goal this year is to have one cool adventure every month. February’s Cool Adventure was in my backyard. For Christmas I got a super cool telescope and I am learning how to see the stars and get a glimpse of deep space. Here is my first attempt at a few things in the sky:

I did not get to see any aliens on these night sky adventures, but that's okay. I love seeing what's out there. Isn't the detail on the first image of the moon amazing? The last two are nebulas, Horse head and Monkey head.As we head into the pollen season, keep your tissues handy and enjoy watching nature wake from its winter slumber. Thanks for being part of this storytelling adventure!By the way, March is National Reading Month. Enjoy a book or two...or ten! If you would like to learn about any of my books, check out my website at: angelahatch.com. With curiosity and hope,Angela Hatchwww.Angelahatch.comAdventure with purpose. Stories that spark courage, laughter, and heart.

© 2026 Angela Hatch
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Not just another boring newsletter (I hope!) - February Newsletter 2026

Angela Hatch — Sun, 1 Feb 2026 00:00:00 +0000

Not just another boring newsletter (I hope!)
Welcome to my February newsletter! I hope you were able to download When the Earth Trembled last month. I released it a few years ago and did an extensive edit. It'll be a good read for these cold Winter days.

Some Fun days to celebrate in February: February 1 - Change Your Password Day: From privacysavvy.com, for those who used common passwords like “password,” “abcdef” and “123456” know that in 2021, “123456” appeared as the easiest-to-crack password, taking hackers less than one second to crack. Remember that next time you set up your new password.Feb 7 - National Periodic Table Day – I like this element the best!

Feb 11 - National Inventors' Day – Celebrate the brilliant minds that dream, tinker and ask the question “what if…” Try a new experiment, invent something, do something creative. Maybe even bring your kids/grandkids to visit your local library’s makerspace. (I only recently found out what a makerspace was! It’s basically all my crafts in one area!) Feb 17 – Random Act of Kindness Day – Practice kindness and pay it forward. Compliment a friend, help a neighbor, smile at a stranger, bring a meal….it’s limitless. If you want to double up, Feb 16th is Do a Grouch a Favor Day.Feb 26 – Carpe Diem Day – Seize the day! Don't get caught up in shoulda, woulda, coulda.... Remember that the only real moment we have is now. Embrace it. Celebrate the joys and opportunities that life has given us. Have those adventures you've always dreamed about! Live large. It's a great day to be grateful!

Adventures AheadI am currently working on final edits on my new middle grade book MakerSpace Mysteries – Trouble over Turtle Cove and an escape room/scavenger hunt classroom activity to do in conjunction with the book to have it ready for an upcoming conference in March to pitch to agents. More info to follow.Once I complete this, I plan to re-edit When the River Cried Out, the sequel to When the Earth Trembled and re-release that again. If I can get all the edits done, I plan to release the revised sequel in conjunction with Groundwater Awareness Week, the second full week in March, or Clean Drinking Water Week during the first week of May. May seems more realistic, but more to follow on that as well. As you may recall, in my personal/non-writing life, my goal this year is to have one cool adventure every month. January’s Cool Adventure was a trip to visit my daughter to see the ABBA tribute concert. Oh my goodness! What fun! We started out with dinner at Mellow Mushroom then on to the concert where we were Dancing Queens for the night!

I would love to hear about your adventures, no matter how big or how small! So, that's it for this month. Take time to enjoy some tea, read a good book, and celebrate some fun holidays. Thanks for being part of this storytelling adventure!

With curiosity and hope,

Angela Hatch

www.Angelahatch.com

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Welcome to my first-ever author newsletter! - Jan Newsletter 2026

Angela Hatch — Thu, 1 Jan 2026 00:00:00 +0000

Angela Hatch

Hi and Welcome to my first-ever author newsletter! It’s taken me about ten years to finally do this, but today’s the day, and this is the year! Welcome! Bien venidos, willkommen, välkommen, byenveni….you get the idea.January always feels like a time of new beginnings and fresh starts (Or a brand-new newsletter in this case!) I plan to send the newsletter out monthly (at least for now but we'll see how that goes; it could turn into a quarterly thing). I’m still working on the structure, but my plan is to focus on travel, adventures and unique holidays. I may throw in a joke or two, or some interesting facts here and there and give you my latest writing/book news. Hopefully, you’ll find the newsletter interesting and entertaining.Not only is January a month of fresh starts, it also holds a moment of deep reflection. On January 12, 2010, a devastating earthquake struck Haiti, forever changing countless lives. That moment inspired the book “When the Earth Trembled,” a gripping survival story rooted in compassion, courage, and the strength to overcome unimaginable loss. For the month of January, I’m offering When the Earth Trembled as a way to remember the survivors and bring light to the 2010 earthquake in Haiti. Download your free copy today!Download When the Earth Trembled

Some Fun days to celebrate in January January 16 – Appreciate a Dragon DayWhy did the dragon cross the road? He wanted to eat some chicken! (badump bump)You could celebrate this in a kind of normal way, like by watching “How to Train Your Dragon” or “Pete’s Dragon,” but if you’re like my eight-year-old character, Drama Mama, you’ll want to do it with flair! Try eating nitrogen ice cream and watch smoke billow from your mouth like a real dragon!January 17 – Ditch New Year’s Resolutions Day -Celebrate that however you want! January 19 – Popcorn DaySo if you missed Appreciate a Dragon Day on the 16th, you still have time. Celebrate it today with some fun dragon movies! And popcorn.January 21 – Squirrel Appreciation DayI love watching squirrel obstacle courses. There are some very funny ones that make me want to spend a few hours making one myself, like these: Backyard Squirrelympics 3.0- The Summer Games and Backyard Squirrel Maze 2.0- The Walnut Heist. If you don’t have that kind of time to build these courses, you could just put up a squirrel-friendly feeder and fill it with nuts and seeds. Or, to make things interesting, you could get a squirrel-proof bird feeder and see how long it takes for squirrels to figure out how to get the seeds. You know they will!Fun fact: Did you know squirrels have accidentally contributed hundreds of trees to our nation’s forests? It’s estimated that 30% of their stored nuts are never found and eventually turn into healthy trees. (from 20 Awesome Facts About Squirrels - Wildlife Informer)January 25 – Opposite DayThe perfect day to eat dessert first! Or breakfast for dinner!

Adventures AheadI have lots of goals this year, especially as a writer:Complete edits on books 1-3 of the Drama Mama series and determine the best time to release.Complete final edits on new middle grade STEM mystery MakerSpace Mysteries – Trouble over Turtle Cove (This is my next project)Complete final edits on MG book on service dogs, NorthPaws Academy, Finding Zahra. And re-edit When the River Cried Out, the sequel to When the Earth Trembled and re-release in March release in conjunction with Groundwater Awareness Week, second full week in March)My word this year is organized. I also plan to read/listen to 10 Newbury award books, three motivational/self-help books, and three books on craft.In my personal/non-writing life, my goal is simple – to have one cool adventure every month. Can’t wait to tell you about them! And super excited to hear about yours - what fun and exciting things do you have planned this year? Let me know!Thanks for being part of this storytelling adventure! With curiosity and hope,Angela Hatchwww.Angelahatch.comAdventure with purpose. Stories that spark courage, laughter, and heart.

© 2026 Angela Hatch
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