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Category Archives: Children’s writing
Meet Margot Finke, author of “Ruthie and the Hippo’s Fat Behind”
Tell us something about yourself? Many years ago, I owned a pet store in Australia, and sold tropical fish and goldfish. My husband, Alan, an American from New York, had set up a wholesale fish hatchery in Queensland, the state … Continue reading
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Meet Janet Ann Collins, author of The Peril of the Sinister Scientist.
I’d like to introduce author Janet Ann Collins. Janet Ann Collins is the author of two fiction books for children. The Peril of the Sinister Scientist is about a middle school boy who thinks he was cloned from the blood … Continue reading
Good News about my book
My chapter book, “The Angry Little Boy,” is going to be published by 4RV publishing. Here’s a link to their website: http://www.4rvpublishingllc.com/ . I’m thrilled!! It’s my first book. I only started writing fiction in 2006, after I hooked up … Continue reading
Happy New Year
My cast is off, so no more excuses for not working on my new MG novel. I’ve accumulated lots of emails from D who kindly copied me on the email she sends to her band students, and I need to … Continue reading
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Meet Author Elysabeth Elderling
Meet Elysabeth Elderling, the author of the Junior Geography Detective Squad series. The first two books in the series are available from a href=”http://4rvpublishingllc.com” target=”_new”>4RV Publishing. They are “State of Wilderness” and “State of Quarries.” How did you get started … Continue reading
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Read about Unwelcome Guest at Fair Hill Farm by Nancy Famolari
Read about Nancy Familari’s new book, available this month, and stay tuned for an interview with Nancy on October 3rd. When fifteen-year-old Meg discovers that a beautiful Swedish student with designs on her boyfriend has come to spend a year … Continue reading
First Draft progress
I’m up over 14000 words, and still a week to go before the challenge ends. I’m writing over 500 words per day, so I expect to pass the 15000 mark pretty soon. Major, major work to do on the next … Continue reading
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Challenge update — POV
Saturday, by which point I had just over 8000 words, I was struck by the notion that I needed to write this book in the first person. My previous one (recently completed) is third person — so I guess it … Continue reading
Challenge
In response to a challenge by Lea Schizas a bunch of us are engaged in writing (or working on an existing) novel to be completed (as per our goal) by October 7. I signed up. Yikes. So now I’m writing … Continue reading
Meet Crystalee Calderwood
Crystalee, You wrote Angeline Jellybean in rhyme. Did you plan it that way? CC: No, I started writing and that was what came out. In fact, I didn’t realize at first that it was a picture book, but when I … Continue reading
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