Congratulations to Ann Eisenstein, a fellow SCBWI-Carolinas writers, who won an autographed copy of Sheri Levy's novel, Seven Days to Goodbye. Thanks to all of you who entered. Here is another book to try and win! At a recent SCBWI-Carolinas conference, I took an informative workshop with Emma Dryden on world building. First, Emma instructed us… Continue reading The Spy Catchers of Maple Hill AND a Giveaway!
My apologies if you receive this blog post twice. I am reposting it since it didn't seem to get sent out the first time and I wanted you to have a chance to win this fantastic book. Two girls. One white, one black. The South and civil rights. Given my own work-in-progress, Half-Truths, how could I… Continue reading Yankee Girl and a Giveaway
Two girls. One white, one black. The South and civil rights. Given my own work-in-progress, Half-Truths, how could I not read Yankee Girl? Drawing upon her own childhood experiences, the author, Mary Ann Rodman, writes in her author's note: "Like Alice (the protagonist), I was the daughter of an FBI agent. In the summer of… Continue reading Yankee Girl and a Giveaway!
Hill Hawk Hattie by Clara Gillow Clark, fiction for upper elementary school girls, tells the beautiful story of 11-year-old Hattie Belle in the late 1800's. With her mother dead, Hattie is left alone with her father, a rough logger who makes his living by rafting the logs down the Delaware River. One day her father comes… Continue reading Hill Hawk Hattie and a Giveaway!