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If you’ve been reading my newsletter for a while, you know I’ve gone through some questioning about who my books (Piper Pan and Her Merry Band) are really for: especially after getting some feedback that the characters I’ve created are too dark for a “pixie dust world.” I’ve followed this opinion, and have come full […] Here’s a “children’s” book with a light, bouncy tone stirred with flavors of friendship, insight, and growth. (You know by now that I believe good children’s books are written for all ages.) The Sugar Mountain Snow Ball, by Elizabeth Atkinson, brings a small dose of the mystical (or magic) into the quotidian lives of 13-year-old […] I’m reading an amazing and moving memoir by Madeleine L’Engle called The Summer of Great-Grandmother. Therein is a tiny childhood story about poppies—it’s perfect to remind you of the necessity to make time for dreaming. When Madeleine was twelve years old, she attended boarding school for the first time, […] I picked up today’s book recommendation thinking (from the cover!) that I was unlikely to enjoy it. As it turns out—it brought unexpected delight. The best way I can describe this delightful work of historical fiction When Mischief Came to Town, by Katrina Nannestad, is to do that thing they do in Hollywood to pitch […] What do you think of the teenage mind? Would you want it for your own? The incredible popularity of young adult fiction these past years continues to open the way for more talented writers, and even more satisfied readers! It would seem the obvious genre to shoot for as a writer seeking popularity. However, one […] My subject line, Magic, Music, War and Friendship, is from the cover liner of The Wrinkled Crown, by Anne Nesbet. I had to smile when I copied it—minus the music, it could well describe Piper Pan and Her Merry Band! In fact there are a number of similarities between this imaginative tale and my own: […] |
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