I have to brag. When our oldest was in her early teens or so, she looked up at me with her big eyes and said, “Mommy, I know what I want to do when I grow up. I want to write books for all my life!” So for her Jr./Sr. English I bought “Learn to Write the Novel Way.” I handed her the book and got busy with other things. I asked her every so often how she was doing with the book and if she needed any help. She would tell me about something new she learned or some great idea she wanted to share with her friends. I didn’t think much of it and just hoped for a little 150 or so page booklet to put in her graduation portfolio. In a few months she presented me with a pile of pages. I thought, “Oh, goodness, when will I have time to go through and correct all this?” It took a few weeks before I finally took the time to sit down with it. I started reading… I don’t know how long it was before I got up and chased Paul down, “Have you seen this! I can’t believe this came out of your daughter!”
Through the business of high school, internship, work, and life in general she has edited and rewritten most of the original work. It has matured with her. She finally finished it and we sent it off to an editor & virtual assistant for self-publishing. Now others are reading her book. Here are a few comments we’ve recieved:
“Just a quick note…I don’t know if my son noticed he said this, but while I was reading out loud from the book tonight his sister was make noise. He promptly told her “Shh, your interrupting the show.” I had to smile at that one (and no, the TV was not on, so “the show” was the book!)” ~Amanda You can read her Author Interview here.
“Ok. I have a bad thing about the book. It ended… ;( sniffle! Now my question is: WHEN IS BOOK 2 COMING OUT?!?!?!!!!!!” ~Karilyn
Through the business of high school, internship, work, and life in general she has edited and rewritten most of the original work. It has matured with her. She finally finished it and we sent it off to an editor & virtual assistant for self-publishing. Now others are reading her book. Here are a few comments we’ve recieved:
“Just a quick note…I don’t know if my son noticed he said this, but while I was reading out loud from the book tonight his sister was make noise. He promptly told her “Shh, your interrupting the show.” I had to smile at that one (and no, the TV was not on, so “the show” was the book!)” ~Amanda You can read her Author Interview here.
“Ok. I have a bad thing about the book. It ended… ;( sniffle! Now my question is: WHEN IS BOOK 2 COMING OUT?!?!?!!!!!!” ~Karilyn
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