“The thing about creativity is, people are going to laugh at it.
Get over
it.”
~ Twyla Tharp ~
Gifts for My Writer Friends:
Anne
R. Allen has a post all of us need at one time or another. Click HERE to read
14 Block-Busting Never-Fail Tips Every Writer Needs to Know.
Fiction
University has a terrific post HERE by Stephanie Gaither on How to Hook Readers
from Page One.
I
have often wondered what someone means when using the term “literary fiction”
and have never gotten a clear answer. Dear Editor.com has a pretty good answer
to this. Take a look HERE to see what she has to say.
Last week, I offered my gently-read copy of All Four Stars by Tara Dairman to one of you. This week's winner is Joanne Fritz. Congratulations, Joanne!! WooHoo for you!! If you don't know Joanne, you can find her blog HERE, and it is worth your time. She does book reviews and giveaways and then there's the brain stuff... Well, you'll have to check it out and take a moment to read her About Me tab. Joanne, I will send the book out this week. For the rest of you, stay tuned as I have another great giveaway this week.
I am going to make this short and sweet this week. I was up at 4:30 this morning so we could drive two hours to an early morning baseball tournament my grandson played in. It was a long day including two games for him and coming home in time to watch the NLCS game between the S. F. Giants and the St. Louis Cardinals. Just about enough baseball to keep me happy. Anyway, I
Mitsi Kashino is returning to her fifth-grade classroom after Christmas vacation, but her best friends, Mags and Judy, aren’t at their usual meeting place. At school, Mags and Judy are hanging out with Patty, who has never been nice. Judy and Mags ignore Mitsi and never defend her when Patty is mean. At least she still has her very best friend, her sweet dog Dash. But soon everything changes. The Kashino family is sent to an internment camp, and Mitsi isn’t allowed to take Dash. Life in the internment camp is hard on the family, and sometimes the family seems to be disintegrating. Will anything ever be right again for Mitsi and her family?
Kirby Larson takes her readers back in time to one of the saddest chapters in
our history to tell the moving story of a very American family. Her impeccable research and great writing makes this story feel absolutely authentic. Young readers will be transported and completely immersed in Mitsi’s story, all the while learning an important history lesson without knowing it. This book should find a home in middle-grade classrooms and school libraries across the country and will transcend that age group. Don’t miss this one.
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| Kirby Larson |
I have a gently-read hardback copy of this wonderful book to offer to one of you. All you need do is
have a US address, be a subscriber or follower and tell me that in a comment
you leave on this post. If you are reading this in your email, click HERE to go to the blog so you can leave a comment. If you would like extra chances, please spread the word
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Let me know what you have done in your comment, and I will put in extra chances
for you for each that you do.
