Thought for the day:
"Writing a first draft is very much like watching a
Polaroid develop. You can't--and, in fact, you're not supposed to--know exactly
what the picture is going to look like until it has finished developing."
~ Anne Lamott ~
A gift for my writer friends:
Here are a couple of links I think you
will find valuable.
Another good blog post on that old bugaboo, Show Don’t Tell
– http://kathytemean.wordpress.com/2012/10/01/show-dont-tell-when-to-break-the-rule/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+WritingAndIllustrating+%28Writing+and+Illustrating%29
A good post on books with mythological connections – http://mayrassecretbookcase.blogspot.com/2012/10/studying-mythology-consider-reading.html
“I still thought a lot about Daddy. I
thought about him during music class when Mr. Perez asked the class to play a
slow song. I’d play that song on my oboe like I was the one who wrote it, like
every high and low note was telling my story.”
Groovy’s best friend, Frankie, is there for her, along with
his older half-brother, Luis, who owns The Swallow, a great little restaurant
in the small town of Capistrano, California, where they all live. Luis often invites
Groovy to help with the cooking at The Swallow and even shares some of their
secret family recipes with Groovy, helping her work her way through her
troubles at home.
Kathryn Fitzmaurice |
The Year the Swallows Came Early is a realistic story that will strike a note with far
too many middle-grade kids. Kathryn Fitzmaurice's writing is wonderful, and a charming cast of
small-town characters round out and support the story. Middle-grade girls will
be especially enchanted by this book, but so will many others. I know I enjoyed
every word.
One of you will win a gently-used, nicely-inscribed and autographed copy of
this book. Just leave a comment and I’ll put your name in the hat. Blog, link
on Facebook, or Tweet a link to my blog and let me know for an extra entry.
If you are interested in more great middle-grade books, check out Shannon Messenger's great blog every week on Mondays for Marvelous Middle Grade Monday. Click HERE to visit.
If you are interested in more great middle-grade books, check out Shannon Messenger's great blog every week on Mondays for Marvelous Middle Grade Monday. Click HERE to visit.
On the book giveaway, this is for U.S. only. Sorry, but it would
be too expensive for me to send books out of the country. But please leave a
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