tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6957836269434178832024-02-07T02:49:48.520-08:00Spinning PearlsSally_Odgershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08556799528006564605noreply@blogger.comBlogger110125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-695783626943417883.post-48838630419368455352014-06-01T08:05:00.002-07:002014-06-01T08:05:27.686-07:00STOP the Bully, by Karen Tyrrell<span style="font-size: large;">Today I welcome Karen Tyrrell on the first stop in her <i>STOP the Bully</i> tour. Karen is an Aussie author who cares passionately about mental health and family well-being. <i>STOP the Bully</i> is a lively, well-paced story for mid-grade readers. Best of all, it's not only an "issues" book. The characters are people we come to care about.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">A. Brian is an old fashioned kid with old fashioned morals. I named him Brian from the very inception and it just stuck.</span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">A. The twist idea and the ending came first for me. Then I wrote the story backwards, giving clues to the mystery, making sure the twist would only be revealed in the final chapter.</span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">A. I wanted a cover to be provocative, eye-catching and a tiny bit controversial. So, the teacher or parent would ask the class, what do you think the story is about? Are the characters assertive or aggressive? In reality, the cover depicts two different scenes where Amelia in one scene and Brian in another, save a bullying victim from the bully.</span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Q. <i>STOP the Bully</i> seems to me to be an excellent book for classroom read-aloud. Is that the way you envisage it being used, or is it more of a novel that just happens to have this particular subject matter?<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">A. YES, I envisage teachers reading a chapter or two each day leaving the kids wanting to hear more. (Fingers crossed). I would love children to be hooked in until the very end when Brian’s story is solved and resolved. <i>STOP the Bully</i> is perfect for spring-boarding discussions on bullying strategies and resilience.</span><span style="color: #1f497d; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<o:p><span style="font-size: large;"> Thanks Karen! Read on for more on this brand new book.</span></o:p></div>
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Sally_Odgershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08556799528006564605noreply@blogger.com15tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-695783626943417883.post-47194732576778948412014-03-09T03:27:00.000-07:002014-03-09T03:27:18.865-07:00Meet Marko Stout: Multimedia artist<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 22.5pt; text-align: left;">
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<b><span lang="EN-US">Q. Hi, Marko - Multimedia is a familiar
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<span lang="EN-US">A. A multimedia artwork can move and occupy time or develop over time,
rather than remaining static as with traditional media. The work now engages
senses of sight, hearing, touch and even smell. The newer formats provide
an expansive palette for artistic expression for today's artists; I don’t think an
artist should limit themselves to a particular medium.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">A. I create work that primarily interests and inspires me, hopefully it
also clicks with critics and collectors. So, regardless of what others think it
will still be great art to me. You need to create as if you’re not afraid of
critics- they will always be critical, it’s their job. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">A. New York can be a very busy place filled with modern stress that
never seems to really stop, being at red alert all day and every day- 24/7. But
this is great for the artist and curious people, there is so much to taken in,
some many unlimited opportunities to observe all types of people and really
just not enough time. So a good artist must also intrinsically now how to
distill and edit everything, so the
viewer will understand what he’s talking about. This is the best time to live
in the best city in the center of the universe- I love it! <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span lang="EN-US">A. When working with a model I try to provide the basic idea of what
we’re going for a </span><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;">defined sense of its meaning- </span><span lang="EN-US">but I like the freedom to capture the aesthetic that appears
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">A. Some of the larger installations or collection of works are meant to
be taken as a whole and cannot be broken into smaller individual elements or
the entirety and meaning of the piece ceases to exist. But, much of my work and
especially the prints are indeed meant to stand alone as a lone gallery display
or part of a collector’s assembly. We are now starting to provide some of the
more popular standalone prints on a limited edition print series in
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<span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">A. I know my style has been influenced by the
changes in the New York society that I’m trying to comment on in my work and
the changes in technology and mediums that allow of ever more comprehensive
artistic expression. I’m not sure if you
could say my work belongs to any particular art movement or style, but whatever
the style is, it is definitely modern and very 21st century. One thing that is
certain is we live in a time where everything is always changing very quickly-
and a relevant artist must change also. I think the terms of styles and
artistic movements are losing their meaning as we all blend styles and
techniques to communicate an artistic idea or a certain feeling or make a
comment on society- that’s the nature of modern art. </span></span><br />
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<span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Thanks so much for this, Marko. I love to hear from people so enthusiastic and focused on their works. For anyone wishing to find out more about Marko Stout and his artistic vision, head off to <a href="http://www.markostout.com/" target="_blank">http://www.markostout.com/</a></span></span>Sally_Odgershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08556799528006564605noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-695783626943417883.post-91226862642448885622014-01-29T20:17:00.000-08:002014-01-29T20:17:24.087-08:00Almost Dead - Kaz Delaney<div class="MsoNormal">
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Kaz Delaney is the author of quite a few books but her new title, "Almost Dead", is - well - pretty lively! I am happy to host Kaz and her book at Spinning Pearls as part of her blog tour. Now, Kaz is a modest person (fun, bubbly, wonderful... but modest). So, I thought I'd put her just a little outside her comfort zone. This is not cruelty. It is a public service. I asked Kaz to pretend she was the ideal reader for "Almost Dead" and to write a wildly enthusiastic letter to someone extolling its virtues.</div>
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"I'll try," said Kaz.</div>
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I think you'll agree she did more than try. She totally pulled it off! Over to Kaz!</div>
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Dear Auntie Kate,<o:p></o:p></div>
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Thank you so much for sending me Kaz Delaney’s latest young
adult novel, <b>Almost Dead. <o:p></o:p></b></div>
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What a treat! I loved it! Suspense, mystery, romance and
teen angst all in one story! It even had a ghost – a very cute and cheeky ghost
- which was such a change! I shouldn’t
have been surprised that I enjoyed it so much. As soon as I saw the cover I had
a good feeling creep over me. Such pretty,
bright colours! Good energy! It just screamed <i>“I am fun!”</i> I suspected right from that moment that this had the
potential to be a great summer holiday read. (<i>Though, when the cool change swung in and I was curled up under a
doona, I realised it was a good ‘anytime’ read</i>.)<o:p></o:p></div>
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I certainly wasn’t disappointed. Man! That Macey Pentecost
has such a lot going on in her life! At first she seems kind of tough, as in
strong, and so self-contained but I soon found out that she can be just as
vulnerable as the rest of us. Her outer
shell is just a bit more brittle than -
well - than mine, anyway. Okay, I wouldn’t say she’s all marshmallow
once you peel back that shell – maybe a hard caramel that gets sweeter and
softer the further you get into it? What do you think? Am I right?<o:p></o:p></div>
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I really liked her! And she so smart and funny! And oh wow –
that mouth! I wish I could think up lines like she can. Hilarious! I wouldn’t like to be on her bad side though.
I don’t think she’s cruel; in fact, she’s got the really strong moral streak
and she fights against social injustice all the time – but if you were the
underdog, she’d be on your side and I swear it would be like having Batgirl
there with you! Then again, if you were
cruel or thoughtless – and especially if you act in a really stupid way – then
be warned: she doesn’t take prisoners! I
really liked that about her. <o:p></o:p></div>
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My heart broke for her over the whole family thing. Man, I
don’t know how she coped... I’m not sure how I’d cope if I was hit with
something like that – especially right after her mother walked out. I don’t think I’d handle it as well as Macey
did though. I’d probably fall apart and never leave my room!<o:p></o:p></div>
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Still, if I lived in a place like Macey’s that wouldn’t be
such a bad idea, right? What a mansion! And right there on the beach on the
Gold Coast. It sounded like paradise and
it just added something to the story. I had never been that keen on the GC, but
now I can’t wait to have a holiday there and walk around those streets that
Macey and Finn walked. Those kebab and burger places are real you know. I looked them up! And the markets and that
beach strip... <o:p></o:p></div>
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My fave parts? Hmmnn. I’m torn between the stalker story
line and the romance. Nick of course was just too cute and at first I wanted
Macey to get with him – even though that would have been weird because at that
time he was astral travelling and therefore not really real... But then I met
Finn. O.M.G. Is he hot or what? Please, please I hope I meet a Finn one day...<o:p></o:p></div>
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But you know, on second thought, it was definitely the
stalker mystery that I loved best. I love, love a good mystery and this one
kept me guessing all the way to the big reveal!
And there were some parts that were downright scary! I couldn’t put it down; I had to keep reading
to see who it was! And there were so many false clues! It could have been any one of them. Me? I truly had no idea who it was! It was like –
whammo! Kaz Delaney caught me completely
by surprise – and that was great! Ah-mazing!<o:p></o:p></div>
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Yep, this has certainly gone down on my fave read pile for
this summer. It has great pace – it
really moves along quickly. Did it
challenge me? Well, apart from the
mystery – which is kind of a great game between author and reader - I guess
it’s not that kind of book. This is pure entertainment and on that score it really delivered. <o:p></o:p></div>
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So thank you again! I laughed, I cried and I shivered with
anticipation – and sometimes in fear and worry for Macey. The perfect reading experience. <span style="font-family: Wingdings; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-char-type: symbol; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings;">J</span>
I am sooo going to go out and look for
‘Dead Actually’ now! (<i>Unless, of course, you’re thinking you’d
like to get me an early birthday pressie? Okay, just kidding...)</i> <o:p></o:p></div>
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Love K xx<o:p></o:p></div>
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There! Now, if anyone has questions of comments for Kaz, you can totally write them in the comments area below. (Oops- now I'm talking like Macey...)</div>
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And Kaz and her publisher are offering a free comp of Almost Dead. Since I know this giveaway will be popular, I'll give you the month of February to enter. At the end of the month I'll draw the winner out of a hat. And if you've already bought a copy by then, that is totally fine. You'll have an extra copy for a friend.</div>
Sally_Odgershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08556799528006564605noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-695783626943417883.post-40290282629098535902014-01-07T21:34:00.001-08:002014-01-07T21:34:32.704-08:00Meet Matthew C. Martino!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Today we welcome Matthew Martino to Spinning Pearls. Matthew is a writer, actor and film producer based in the UK.</div>
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and a film producer. This is an impressive resume for anyone, let alone someone
in his early twenties. Please tell me which you count as your main talent or
field, and why?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span class="s21"><span lang="EN-GB">A. Thank you, I wouldn’t know which one to call my main talent field
but I do enjoy writing , although my books may not be novels as such I’ve
always enjoyed the art of researching about something and putting it on pen and
paper. It's obviously a bit hard to write and I never had respect for authors
until I wrote "Let's Fly". I then realised that it's not all milk and honey. That
having been said I feel my knowledge and talent within film production is
growing day by day.</span></span><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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"Let's Fly". What inspired you to write it? Who do you see as an
ideal reader for this book?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span class="s21"><span lang="EN-GB">A. "Let's Fly" was one of those things that I put my whole heart into. I’ve had an interest in aviation since I was back in the streets of Africa. I
felt inspired to write the book as I wanted to provide resources for aspiring
pilots to be able to learn more about the field. I realised that most pilot
books on the market were too complex so I simplified mine as much as possible.
The ideal reader for "Let's Fly" could be anyone in essence; it does have a few
physics and general knowledge facts embedded in it.</span></span><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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challenging and why?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span class="s21"><span lang="EN-GB">My most challenging role had to be my own "Let's Fly" Documentary. I
never realised how it can be to get everything together all by yourself. I
usually jump onto projects where a Director and most crew are already attached
but having to create everything from scratch was a bit of a challenge. Still, I do
love a challenge and I learnt so much from it and I know in future when I
endeavour into my own production I will know what to look out for.</span></span><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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talents. How do you see these developing as you progress through your twenties?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span class="s21"><span lang="EN-GB">A. I do! I’ve been told it's not a good thing to be a ‘Jack of all
trades’ so I might have to stick to one thing sooner or later. In all honesty I
don’t know what the rest of my twenties will bring, I have realised that
towards the end of 2013 and going through to now I’ve not been spending too
much time on set. I’ve gone from being on set every day to pre-production
meeting, investor meetings and doing castings and location scouts. In an ideal
world I’d love to continue to do a bit of everything and hopefully find a lucky
lady to share the journey with me.</span></span><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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you’d like to tell us about?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span class="s21"><span lang="EN-GB">A. Yes the future...I’m currently meant to be working on a film ‘Essex
Crystal’ which will be directed by award winning director Azeem Khan. That
will be an interesting venture and a challenge. I’m also in talks to bring back "Let's Fly" Documentary but I can't say too much at the minute. I’ll be signing
someone on to pen the project then take it from there. I'm also looking to put a
lot of time into my charity works this year and take a more hands on approach. Sadly my writing days are gone – I don’t think I can write anymore, I now
tend to lose concentration quickly.</span></span><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span class="s21"><span lang="EN-GB">Thanks for your time, Matthew. I really admire multi-talented people.</span></span></div>
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For those who'd like to find out a bit more about Matthew and his endeavours, here's a link to his <a href="http://www.starnow.co.uk/matthewcmartino" target="_blank">Star Now</a> page.<br />
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Sally_Odgershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08556799528006564605noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-695783626943417883.post-30044805752121465142013-12-22T14:49:00.000-08:002013-12-22T14:49:10.470-08:00Kingdom of the Sun<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody>
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Today I welcome author Ariffa Bevin to Spinning Pearls. Ariffa agreed to answer my curious questions about the intriguingly titled novel - <u>The Kingdom of the Sun</u>.<br />
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Helvetica Neue";">A. Out of all the questions that are asked about
my book, I have to say that this one is my favorite. So, thank you for asking
it! I came up with the title “Kingdom of the Sun” by thinking deeply about the book’s
message and what I wanted the book itself to signify. The sun is an extremely
significant theme in the novella for its representation of literal and
figurative light, hope, and strength. </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Helvetica Neue";">You see, although Helena is the
protagonist of the story, the book is really about the kingdom of Sooryan as it
tries to regain all that was taken away from it in order to be seen as a country
worthy of the name Sooryan, and I will leave it to my readers to decipher the
true meaning of that word. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Helvetica Neue";">As an author, I want “Kingdom of the Sun”
to be like the sun. I want it to not only tell the story of a nation fighting
for truth, hope, honor, and happiness, but I want it to shed light on the unseen
and ignored issues and perspectives of society and the world. I want my readers
to feel the strength that comes from the sun in believing they have the
strength to overcome anything. And like how the sun signifies hope, I want
<i>Kingdom of the Sun</i> to represent the hope that change can and will happen for
the better: in the world and in our own lives.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Helvetica Neue";">A. I would love to! Set in the modern-day
kingdom of Sooryan, <i>Kingdom of the Sun</i> tells the story about a nation that
became successful based solely on education and its Scholars as the foundation.
However, the story opens with Sooryan in economic, political, educational
turmoil. In a kingdom where Scholars and education were once top priority, the
Royals of the past and present years favor competition, status, and money more.
And although Sooryan’s people and Scholars are well aware of the nation’s
decline, Helena is the only one who truly sees what needs to be done and has
the courage and strength to do it. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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author, you might also like <i>this </i>one" lists? Please tell us a
couple of authors that fit in with you and your book.</b><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Helvetica Neue";">A. Well, there are two authors that come to
mind. The first is George Orwell and his novel <i>1984. Kingdom of the Sun</i> possesses many of <i>1984’s</i> characteristics like literary symbolism, rebellion, and most
importantly, its story pertains very much to what is happening in today’s
countries. The second author that I believe has a similar style to mine is
Margaret Duras and her beautiful novella <i>The
Lover</i>. What I enjoyed most about this book, besides the touching true
story, is that Duras uses very simplistic sentence structure that is extremely
powerful and dense at the same time. I tried to do the same with <i>Kingdom of the Sun.</i><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Thank you, Ariffa! If anyone has comments or questions, I'm sure Ariffa will be happy to respond.</span></div>
Sally_Odgershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08556799528006564605noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-695783626943417883.post-81851596983120802262013-12-15T05:57:00.001-08:002013-12-15T14:46:53.575-08:00Ascending the Spiral with Bob <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I wanted to interview Bob Rich about his new book, Ascending Spiral, but since we've known one another a long time, I decided on a new approach. Here is what I asked him, and what he replied!<br />
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My Question:</h2>
<span style="color: red;">I can interview you? Excellent.
I could ask you questions, in the ordinary interview style, but I think I'll just go for one
big question and it's THE big question. </span><span style="color: red;">Your
new book is called Ascending Spiral. Please suppose, for a moment, that it is
an international best seller, fuelled by viral word-of-mouth marketing. What's
the buzz? What do your readers take away from this book that prompts them to
recommend it to others?</span><br />
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Bob's Response:</h2>
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<span lang="EN-US">Thank you
for the question, Sally... I think. I am not very good at blowing my own
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<span lang="EN-US">OK, first
because it is entertaining. It’s a good read, and people have told me that once
they start, they don’t want to put it down. It currently has 25 reviews, 17 of
them 5 star, the rest 4 star. One reader posted a very critical review, but
even he gave it 4 stars.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">My
publisher nominated “Ascending Spiral” for the Pushcart Prize <a href="http://www.pushcartprize.com/">http://www.pushcartprize.com</a>
because... well, because he enjoyed reading it.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Recently, a
reader interviewed me (unusual, I know), and I posted the results at my brand
new blog <a href="http://wp.me/p3Xihq-2a">http://wp.me/p3Xihq-2a</a> She told
me she’d read it three times! No, not the interview, the book.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Second, because it is designed to change the world. I am a
professional grandfather, and I love children. What kind of a future are they
growing into? Let’s not worry about climate change for the moment, but there
are many other things I don’t like.<o:p></o:p></div>
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We are in the middle of the sixth great extinction event of
Earth’s history. Some of it is due to ocean acidification, but most is habitat
destruction. Nearly half of over 7 billion people live in cities. Human
structures now cover a significant area of what was once farmland, and before
that part of nature. Add to this damage from mining, replacing rainforest with
oil palms, land covered by transport infrastructure, and you can see that we
are killing the natural world. And we are not apart from nature, but a part of
it, and the beauty and diversity of life is a source of joy and wonder, as well
as what keeps us alive.<o:p></o:p></div>
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A great advance of the 20th century over the 19th was the
reduction of disparity between rich and poor. In most parts of the world,
almost everyone could have a reasonably decent life. This is no longer the
case. With the population explosion, there is less for everyone. And with a
culture of greed, more and more ends up the exclusive property of fewer and
fewer people.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Then there is pollution. We are poisoning ourselves, and
every other living being. Combine this with all the radiation we have
unleashed, and a chronically stressful lifestyle, and you have the epidemic of
cancer that is rarely acknowledged, but is growing all the same. When I was
young, cancer was an old person’s disease. Not any more. This is why one of my
books is on cancer.<o:p></o:p></div>
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OK, enough gloom. The point is, I want to do something about
it, and all my 15 books are tools for improving the world.<o:p></o:p></div>
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I could have written a nonfiction book advancing my
philosophy -- but that would have only been read by people who already agree
with me. Fiction is more effective at reaching people who are open to a change
of viewpoint, but haven’t thought about the issues that have concerned me for
over 40 years. So, by entertaining, I am recruiting: join my team!<o:p></o:p></div>
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I have diagnosed the problem: it is a culture of conflict
and greed. The path to survival, to a decent, humane, equitable life for all of
us, is culture change, to one of compassion and cooperation. This is what
Ascending Spiral is about, and this is why I want it read by millions.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<o:p>So, that's what Bob has to say when I corner him with an outrageous (for a modest man) suggestion. I found it fascinating and thought-provoking. Who <i>wouldn't </i>want his or her book to improve the world?</o:p></div>
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<o:p>Below is a picture of Bob in one of his favourite roles, and below again, his bio.</o:p></div>
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<a href="http://bobswriting.com/" target="_blank">Dr Bob Rich</a> is the author of 15 books, 4 of them award winners. He and his wife chose to
live below the official Australian poverty level, and raised 3 wonderful
children while doing so. This was not on welfare benefits, but by working part
time, and replacing paid work with directly providing for their own needs. A
byproduct was an interesting, meaningful, stimulating, contented life. You can
read about the reason for this crazy behaviour in<a href="http://wp.me/P3Xihq-5&gt" target="_blank"> Bob’s essay</a> ;. His motto for
today’s world is, “Live simply so you may simply live.”</div>
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Okay, so that's Bob Rich and this is his new book. Thanks to everyone who visits Spinning Pearls. Please leave a comment. If you have any questions for Bob, I'm sure he'll answer them.</div>
Sally_Odgershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08556799528006564605noreply@blogger.com17tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-695783626943417883.post-1863418669451574442013-12-11T16:33:00.003-08:002013-12-11T16:42:25.296-08:00THE STORY OF CHARMS Part 1 (Concerning Clovie)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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In May 2013, overwhelmed as usual by work, I decided to start a new little project just for fun. It all started before that though, with the series <i>The Fairies of Farholt</i>, which I am developing with an illustrator. I thought it would be good if my young fae protagonists had signature necklaces or charms, which could possibly be marketed with the books. I looked on eBay for inspiration, searching specifically for four-leaved clover or shamrock charms for Clovie, the protagonist of the first book. I didn't find what I was looking for (they were all too big, too crude, too fancy or just too expensive) but I found a lot of wonderful charms- a much wider variety than I'd known existed. Right away, my brain concluded this was exactly what I needed for a project for my grandchildren... to read about that, tune in to the next installment of this blog-serial. (You can do that by subscribing to this blog. Don't worry... you can always unsub if I waffle on too much.)<br />
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In the meantime, here are some links to check out. (Please do!)<br />
The Fairies of Farholt project is at <a href="http://www.thefairiesoffarholt.com/">http://www.thefairiesoffarholt.com</a> Yes I know... my son would click his tongue and tell me that url is too long. I tend to go for long descriptive urls, partly because they are intuitive and partly because the shorter simpler ones usually belong to someone else already! Here's the tinyurl version. <a href="http://tinyurl.com/lgkde6q" target="_blank">http://tinyurl.com/lgkde6q</a> which is just about as long as the other one. Hmmmm.<br />
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To see CHARMS, visit <a href="http://www.printscharmingbooks.com/" target="_blank">http://www.printscharmingbooks.com</a> or, <b><a href="http://tinyurl.com/pjf9tyz">http://tinyurl.com/pjf9tyz</a></b><br />
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The Charms project is out there now, but two other projects, KEEPSAKES and LUCKY DRAW are still open for contributors. If you're interested, pop along to <a href="http://www.printscharmingbooks.com/keepsakes-anthology.html" target="_blank">KEEPSAKES</a> or <a href="http://www.printscharmingbooks.com/lucky-draw-anthology.html" target="_blank">LUCKY DRAW</a> Aha! Those are short! Short, I tell you! SHORT!<br />
<b><br /></b>Sally_Odgershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08556799528006564605noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-695783626943417883.post-29669930521360614632013-11-01T19:53:00.001-07:002013-11-01T19:55:58.750-07:00Websites- How to LOSE Customers.<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">I get
newsletters from three people in the fitness/diet/exercise/lifestyle area. Just
lately I’ve had cause to write to all three of them about things they’ve done
that are a MAJOR turnoff for me when clicking on their links. </span></div>
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excellent, so I assume the new one would be too. However, he had a sneaky
clause that meant the product would keep arriving at the full price after that
freebie. I think there was a box to uncheck, but it was wayyy down. I wrote to
him and said that was not the way to get happy customers (I’d read a lot of
snaky comments about it) and he fixed the problem. Now you opt-in rather than
having to opt-out.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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would thank me”. I told him that is not the thing to say to an international
audience that will include Australians. He meant my behind would be smaller…<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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a piece of information. Clicking the link took me to an unrelated page. He does
this a lot, so I think it’s a deliberate ploy. He offers something we might
want to know (which veg has the highest carb for example) and that link goes to
a hard-sell page. As far as I could tell the info I wanted and was promised wasn’t
there at all. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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we want and then make us click through screen after screen of video and
testimonial. The videos are soooo slowwww. I can read the info in 30 secs but
the dude doing the audio takes 2 minutes. So, having wasted about 9 mins
waiting for the screens to advance I click off that site. I will never
willingly go back. And I still don’t have the info I was offered.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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techniques and testimonials tricks can backfire big time. You might pick up a few customers, but you WILL lose a lot like me.</span></div>
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Sally_Odgershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08556799528006564605noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-695783626943417883.post-56558573148183324572013-09-24T17:55:00.000-07:002013-09-24T17:55:04.524-07:00Don't Wake the Troll!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Don't Wake the Troll! is a wonderful new picture book by Ben Kitchin, illustrated by Ben Redlich and published by Koala Books. The lively story tells of a group of dwarves whose treasure is stolen by a troll, so off they go to steal it back. The writing style is lively with plenty of word play and the illustrations are the perfect complement to the text.<br />
This is one of those picture books that has wide appeal. Very young children would enjoy the rhythmic text while older ones would find the story exciting. Reading-aloud adults will appreciate the themes of overcoming fear, solidarity and crime definitely not paying off...I especially love the last page!<br />
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I'd love to see another collaboration between these talented creators. Let's hear it for The Two Bens!<br />
To follow the Don't Wake the Troll! celebrations and bloghop, pop along to Jackie Hosking's blog <a href="http://jackiehoskingpio.wordpress.com/2013/09/25/dont-wake-the-troll-blog-hop-and-book-giveaway/" target="_blank">HERE</a> Before you go, though, here's a contest. Leave a comment to be in the running for your choice of the following three prizes:<br />
Ten Picture Book Mistakes (PDF)<br />
50% off an assessment of your own picture book text from Affordable Manuscript Assessments<br />
(Giving Our Kids) a Reason to Write (PDF)<br />
Sally_Odgershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08556799528006564605noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-695783626943417883.post-48902795388449571282013-09-05T21:38:00.001-07:002013-09-05T21:41:44.963-07:00Meet Donna Smith!<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Today Spinning Pearls is delighted to host a stop in Donna Smith's Jazmine Montgomery tour.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Hi Donna- thanks for visiting!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Hi Sally Thank you for inviting me along today to Spinning
Pearls. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">I thought today we could enjoy a chat somewhat a little
different. When am I talking to children about writing, I am
often asked about Verbs. So, today I thought I might talk about
Verbs. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<strong><span style="color: #4e4e4e; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">Understanding Verbs: </span></strong><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<strong><span style="color: #4e4e4e; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">Verbs</span></strong><span style="color: #4e4e4e; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;"> are so
exciting as they not only describe a type of action but they also tell us when
things are happening in the text. These include tense (past, present and future
tense). A verb is also defined as a state of being. Every sentence must have a
verb. Identifying the verb will give the reader greater understanding of the
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<em><span style="color: #4e4e4e; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">The cat </span></em><strong><i><span style="color: #4e4e4e; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">ate</span></i></strong><em><span style="color: #4e4e4e; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;"> the
rat.</span></em><span style="color: #4e4e4e; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;"> In this example ‘<em>ate</em>‘
is the verb as it is the action word within the sentence. In the sentence <em>The monkey </em><strong><i>is</i></strong><em> smart</em> there is no
action word, however there is a <em>‘state
of being’</em> which is <em>‘is</em>‘.
Therefore ‘<em>is</em>‘
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<span style="color: #4e4e4e; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Sometimes the verb can be changed by adding an ending. This
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Tense verbs have an ending added to the base verb to show the reader when
things occur in the text. Such as past, present and future. The most common
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is added to the verb to show the reader the text is ‘present’ tense. When using
this type of tense verb, changing the base word always needs a little helper
such as words like: were, was, are, is.</span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #4e4e4e; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Timmy <strong>was
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<span style="color: #4e4e4e; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Jazmine<strong>
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<span style="color: #4e4e4e; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">In each of these examples the base verb has been changed
to include <strong>ing</strong></span><span style="color: #4e4e4e;"> (reading) and a helper has been included (are).</span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #4e4e4e;">2) </span><strong><span style="color: #4e4e4e; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">es</span></strong><span style="color: #4e4e4e;"> – This is the easiest to remember. ‘</span><em><span style="color: #4e4e4e; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">es</span></em><span style="color: #4e4e4e;">‘ is added to a base verb which ends in ‘</span><em><span style="color: #4e4e4e; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">y</span></em><span style="color: #4e4e4e;">‘. The ‘</span><em><span style="color: #4e4e4e; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">y</span></em><span style="color: #4e4e4e;">‘ is dropped in most
cases and </span><em><span style="color: #4e4e4e; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">‘i’</span></em><span style="color: #4e4e4e;"> is added, then ‘</span><strong><span style="color: #4e4e4e; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">es</span></strong><span style="color: #4e4e4e;">‘
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<span style="color: #4e4e4e; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Fly becomes <em>flies</em></span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #4e4e4e;">3) s –
is added to a base verb to show present tense IF the subject in the sentence is
a single person/ thing. ‘S’ is also added when text is written in the third
person.</span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<strong><span style="color: #4e4e4e; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">For example:</span></strong><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #4e4e4e; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Timmy <em>eats</em>
pears.</span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #4e4e4e; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Jazmine <em>swims</em></span><span style="color: #4e4e4e;"> fast.</span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #4e4e4e;">Benjamin </span><em><span style="color: #4e4e4e; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">likes</span></em><span style="color: #4e4e4e;"> trucks.</span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #4e4e4e; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Sometimes the word may also change completely such as:</span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<em><span style="color: #4e4e4e; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">I </span></em><strong><i><span style="color: #4e4e4e; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">teach</span></i></strong><em><span style="color: #4e4e4e; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;"> poetry</span></em><span style="color: #4e4e4e; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;"> to <em>I </em><strong><i>taught</i></strong><em> poetry</em>. In this example
teach becomes taught – the word changes completely</span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">I hope Sally this
provides your readers some </span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">insight to</span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"> what Verbs are and how they are used.</span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"> I will pop by
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Regards,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Donna</span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 10pt;">Thank YOU Donna! </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">published by Wombat Books in 2013.</span><br />
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<a href="http://www.robertvescio.com/uploads/8/3/2/3/8323648/4837986.jpg?1356997850" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://www.robertvescio.com/uploads/8/3/2/3/8323648/4837986.jpg?1356997850" /></a><span style="font-size: large;">Marlo Can Fly is a lovely picture book. Quite apart from the story, which I'll get to in a minute, the book is a visual and tactile delight. The cover is simply designed with a light and airy look and the endpapers have a soft bird-patterned design. The interior artwork keeps the naturalistic colours of the Australian bush and the illustrator has been true to the text.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Marlo Can Fly is the story of a rugged individualist who happens to be a magpie. Magpies, so the other birds tell her, should fly. Marlo has other ideas. <em>Why should I fly just because the others do? she thought. </em>After an encounter with Sally the python, Marlo decides slithering looks like fun... and so does kerthumping like a kangaroo. Failure doesn't bother Marlo, but conforming <em>does. </em>But then she meets Kev Koala. Will Marlo put a frightened baby's needs above her own wishes?</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Marlo is a doughty character with a warm heart and a waspish manner. Her story is funny, touching and ultimately triumphant as Marlo discovers the true freedom of being herself.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Visit the author at </span><a href="http://www.robertvescio.com/"><span style="font-size: large;">http://www.robertvescio.com/</span></a><span style="font-size: large;"> and see the trailer at </span><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PqHEQJ9Xa-U"><span style="font-size: large;">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PqHEQJ9Xa-U</span></a>Sally_Odgershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08556799528006564605noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-695783626943417883.post-70098268714415194432013-03-16T03:52:00.000-07:002013-03-16T03:52:34.689-07:00Me & Him...<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #1f497d; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">Today I welcome Karen Tyrrell to Spinning Pearls to talk about her follow-up to Me & Her - titled, appropriately enough, Me & Him!</span></span></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #1f497d; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">1.<span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 7pt/normal "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #1f497d; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;">How did the experience of writing Me & Him
compare with that of writing Me & Her?</span></b><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;">Writing <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Me and Her</b> was a cathartic experience, healing
from the traumas of parent-teacher abuse and mental illness. I wrote from two
points of view, <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Me</b>: mother, wife,
teacher and writer. <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Her:</b> psychic,
healer to the living, telepathic to the dead and I was very psychotic. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;">I wrote <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Me and Him</b> as a conscious decision to
share my healing tools with others. <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Me
and Him</b> comprises two books in one. A self- help book with a guide to
recovery and to mental happiness. And a memoir of dramatic events as <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Him, </b>my husband-carer, divulged new insights
into my illness.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #1f497d; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;">2. <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Which
book took you longer to write, and why?<o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;">Me and Her</span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;"> took six years and over 100
drafts to write, learning the craft of writing from the bottom up. <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Me and Him</b> only took a year, utilizing my
experiences as a memoir and mental health author, blogger and a magazine article
writer.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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many editing passes do you usually make before you hire an outside editor?<o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;">I re-drafted
my book until I couldn’t improve it any more. Then I sent out my manuscript to
beta readers for feedback and line editing. Finally I sought Affordable
Manuscripts for final editing and proof reading.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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regarding self-editing?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;">Complete
a self-editing course like Queensland Writers Centre: Year of the Edit to learn
structural and line editing.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Thanks, Karen! I've had the chance to read both these books and I recommend them to anyone with an interest in self-determination and mental health.Sally_Odgershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08556799528006564605noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-695783626943417883.post-6820795959071401392013-01-01T22:38:00.000-08:002013-01-01T22:38:00.087-08:00My Next Big Thing<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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2/January/2013<br />
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<strong>The Next Big Thing</strong> is a game of tag for authors. I was tagged by <a href="http://www.wendyblaxland.com/apps/blog" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Wendy Blaxland</a>. I have tagged two other authors for next week. They answer the same questions about their own next project, and tag other authors for the week after. <br />
Follow the game around the world…Where will it end<strong>?</strong><br />
<strong>What is the working title of your next book?</strong><br />
<em>Clovie Trefoil - Book one of the series The Fairies of Farholt.</em><br />
<strong>Where did the idea come from for the project?</strong><br />
I love writing fantasy and I wanted to write an exciting new fantasy series for young readers in primary school. I decided to plan the whole series from the beginning. Working titles for the stories are "Clovie Trefoil", "Billabunya", "Tonash and Genimo", "<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">Lark and Shalla", "Foss Ammonite" and "Pother Sneckboggart".</span><br />
<strong>What genre does your project fall under?</strong><br />
This is fantasy adventure with a quest component.<br />
<strong>What actors would you choose to play the part of your characters in a movie rendition?</strong><br />
Clovie would have to be played by an unknown, I think, since she is about ten years old in human terms. The Cromach could be played by any character actor who can do a Scots accent and carry a staff with dignity. <br />
<strong>What is the one-sentence synopsis of your project?</strong><br />
When the Great Cairn of Sky loses its cap stone, Clovie Trefoil sets off on a quest across the Lands of the Fae to find the elusive Heatherghillie. (That's the first book only.)<br />
<strong>How long did it take you to write the first draft of the manuscript?</strong><br />
It took about a week of work, but I didn't work on it continuously because I was away for few days in the middle of the process.<br />
<strong>What other projects would you compare this story to within your genre?</strong><br />
I don't know of any others that work quite this way. <br />
<strong>Who or what inspired you to write this book?</strong><br />
I wanted to write a series of fantasies for this specific age group, and make the stories exciting rather than "cute". (I don't do cute.) I also wanted to play with multiple formats - audio, e- and teacher-notes.<br />
<strong>What else about the project might pique the reader's interest?</strong><br />
The first month of work on the series is chronicled in an already-published book called <strong><a href="http://www.thefairiesoffarholt.com/finding-farholt.html" target="_blank">Finding Farholt</a>. </strong><br />
Find out more at <a href="http://www.thefairiesoffarholt.com/">www.thefairiesoffarholt.com</a><br />
<strong>And next week, on 9<sup>th</sup> January, two other wonderful authors will tell you about their Next Big Event: Robyn Opie Parnell robynopie.blogspot.com.au/ and Michelle Tatam</strong><br />
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Being a curious creature, I asked author/artst Selina Fenech about the experience of creating her first full length illustrated novel, "Memory's Wake". I was lucky enough to read "Memory's Wake" in manuscript form, and found it both enchanting and exciting to find a "new" author to enjoy. I have found three or four new, or new-to-me, authors in the indie publishing world over the last couple of years, and hope to interview others soon as well.<br />
Now, over to Selina, to tell us how "Memory's Wake" came to be...<br />
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #1f497d; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">My illustrated young adult novel Memory’s Wake has been through many
incarnations before it was completed. It started life as a comic book script,
then I had plans to turn it into a story with illustrations, much like the
illustrated Stardust by Neil Gaiman and Charles Vess. Then finally I decided
that it should be a proper full length novel. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #1f497d; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><o:p><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> </span></o:p></span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #1f497d; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">When I started writing it as a full novel, at first I was adamant that I
wouldn’t illustrate it. I knew while I was writing that I didn’t want to create
a book that relied on illustrations, or that was thought to be relying on the
illustrations. I’d also read that a lot of people didn’t like pictures with
their novels, since they liked to imagine what the characters looked like on
their own. So right to the very final draft, I wrote the book as though it wasn’t
going to be illustrated. Of course, when I reached that point, I changed my
mind. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #1f497d; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">There were a few reasons why I chose to illustrate the novel after all-<o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #1f497d; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">1. Because I’m an artist. Illustrating is my “day job”, so I wanted to
have a go at illustrating my characters and story world. I enjoyed painting
them so much I’ve done over 45 illustrations for the book. It also meant I
didn’t have to pay an outside illustrator, and I knew that the illustrations
would appeal to people who were already fans of my artwork style. This has been
a good thing and a bad thing. I’ve had a lot of fans of my art mention that
they didn’t think the story would be very good and only bought the book for the
art. Fortunately, they had said they were pleasantly surprised and loved the
story too!<o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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references. Memory’s Wake suits being illustrated because of its genre. I also
have another story which I didn’t illustrate because the other story (about
super-powered teens) just didn’t suit being illustrated in my opinion. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #1f497d; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">3. Because why should teens miss out? Lots of kids books are
illustrated. Even a lot of adult books, particularly in the fantasy genre are
illustrated. But there’s a gap between them where books just don’t have
pictures. I don’t see why teenagers have to miss out. As a teen I loved
illustrations and stories, and had to turn to comic books to get my fix of both
together. I’d love to see more illustrated books of all genres become available
for all ages!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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illustrated the first book I’m committed now to illustrating all three books!
It’s a lot of work, but luckily it’s a labour of love. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<b><span style="color: #1f497d;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Selina Fenech - Portfolio
Website <o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div>
<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><a href="http://www.selinafenech.com/"><span lang="EN-AU" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-AU;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Calibri;">www.selinafenech.com</span></span></a></span><span style="color: #1f497d;"><o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<b><span style="color: #1f497d;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Fairies and Fantasy Pty Ltd -
Selina's Online Art Store<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div>
<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><a href="http://www.fairiesandfantasy.com/"><span lang="EN-AU" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-AU;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Calibri;">http://www.fairiesandfantasy.com</span></span></a></span><span style="color: #1f497d;"><o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<b><span style="color: #1f497d;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Memory's Wake - Illustrated
Fantasy Novel by Selina Fenech<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div>
<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><a href="http://www.memoryswake.com/"><span lang="EN-AU" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-AU;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Calibri;">www.memoryswake.com</span></span></a></span><span style="color: #1f497d;"><o:p></o:p></span><br />
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Hi, Cynthianna, and welcome to Spinning Pearls. I have some curly questions
about your writing, and especially your new release The
Fixer-uppers.<br />
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Q.“The Fixer-Uppers” is an enticing title. Which came
first, the title or the storyline?<br />
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A. That's a good question! I remember
I was watching the baggage handlers at an airport when we were coming home from
a trip several years ago. I thought, "A hardworking guy like these guys would
make a good hero for a romance story." So from there, I developed the character
of Mike, the baggage handler, and then Cassie, the single mom bakery manager,
sort of came to me as the perfect heroine for Mike. After that point, I had to
come up with a place for Cassie and Mike to live in, and the idea of a house
that's a "fixer-upper" seemed the most logical. Characters led to the storyline
that led to the title. :)<br />
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Q. In your sig file you suggest Unique and
original handmade gifts for that hard to please nerd in your life:
www.smilingassassin.com Could you tell us a little about this?<br />
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A. Smiling
Assassin Productions is our creative workshop. My husband is a talented author
in his own right, A J Matthews. He's also a wonderful miniature
sculptor/painter who makes all kinds of original science-fiction/fantasy and
steampunk inspired artworks. He takes on commissions and has made all sorts of
fun items like bookends and figurines for fans of Doctor Who and other sci-fi
shows/fandoms. Be sure to check out some photos of his work at the web site.<br />
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Q. I noted your characters thought of themselves “in like” rather than
“in love”. That’s a wonderful concept for a romance; much nicer than the
more common “instant dislike” thing. Did you intentionally write a
feel-good romance in reaction to reading one too many
at-one-another’<wbr></wbr>s-throats stories or do you go on a case-by-case
basis?<br />
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A. I always let the characters tell me what their relationship is
going to be like. Cassie and Mike are strong characters and have definite
opinions about themselves and each other. Both of them are nice, ordinary
people--the type of people you meet every day at work and play. They find that
they share similar experiences with members of the opposite sex (their exes
treated them poorly) but at the first, they're not sure they're ready for a new
relationship, so they tell themselves they're "in like" and promise to be
friends. Of course, the physical attraction can't be denied and sparks fly
sooner not later... but I don't want to give away all the plot here, so please
buy the book and find out for yourself! ;)<br />
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Q. How do you find sweet
romance faring with so many lines tilting towards the spicier
alternative?<br />
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A. It is sort of in the background, but I don't think it's
totally out of the picture, yet. Lots of readers enjoy a good ol'-fashioned
romance without graphic sex, so I hope in <i>The Fixer-Uppers</i> I've given
them some sympathetic characters and a storyline they can relate to and really
enjoy without the fear of being overwhelmed with situations they may find
personally not to their tastes.<br />
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Q. OK – you’re the casting director in
your dream movie. Who gets to play Mike? Who do you cast as
Cassie?<br />
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A. For Mike, I've always thought Mike Nelson of <i>Mystery Science
Theater 3000</i> fame would be perfect. He's sort of tall and blond. For Cassie,
I'm not sure. She's a redhead, so she needs an actress with spirit and
vivaciousness. Who would you suggest? ;)</div>
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Hmmm - Anne Hathaway maybe? Thanks so much for visiting
Spinning Pearls…<br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Meet Bronte and her telepathic dog! They're the stars of the new book by Aussie Brian Curtin. I caught up with Brian in September and asked him a few curly questions about the book.</span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><strong>Hi, Brian; </strong></span><br />
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<span style="color: black;"><strong><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Q.<span style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></span><span style="color: #1f497d; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif";">Bronte comes across as a very convincing twelve-year-old. How did you go about getting the voice and tone right?<u5:p></u5:p></span><o:p></o:p></span></span></strong></span><br />
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A. </span><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I am not quite sure of what you mean by voice and tone. I wrote it as
I thought a twelve-year-old and a dog would talk. <br />
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<span style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><strong>Q. <span style="color: #1f497d; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif";">Kosta sounds like a Greek name. Did you name Kosta in the story after anyone or anything? Or did the name just pop into your head?<u5:p></u5:p></span></strong><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"> A. Bronte and Kosta are real I have known Bronte since she was three years
old. Actually she now has Kosta 2 as Kosta 1 died.</span></span><br />
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<span style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><strong><span style="color: black;">Q. <span style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> H</span></span></span><span style="color: #1f497d; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif";">ow did you come up with the idea of a polyglot telepathic psychic dog?</span></span></strong></span></span></span><br />
<span style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><strong><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: #1f497d; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif";"></span></span></strong></span></span></span><br />
<span style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: #1f497d; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif";"><span style="font-size: large;"><strong>A. </strong><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial;">I am not real sure. I started this book when Bronte was twelve she is now fourteen going on fifteen. I didn't start it as a publishable book; it was only some thing I wrote for her only. She is like a daughter to me. When I really got into it I began to like it and so I refined it and submitted it. When I got the idea of telepathy I searched the internet to see if I could find anything like it. I didn't want to copy anyone's idea. When I found virtually nothing I thought it might be worth writing. </span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: blue;">Q. <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></span><span style="color: #1f497d; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif";">Kosta was an astronomer once. Did you research stars for the story, or did you use knowledge you had already?<u5:p></u5:p></span><o:p></o:p></strong></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"></span><br /></span><o:p></o:p></span><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">
A. Yes I researched the stars. I had a lot more information about stars
and there distances from earth and the name of the stars in the Canis Major
Constellation, but I cut it I thought it might be an over-kill. <br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Q. Any more adventures planned for Bronte and Kosta?</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">A. Possibly, but at the moment I am working on a book for my daughter
Katelyn called <i>Katey and her Possessed Budgie</i>. She is only six months older
that Bronte and they are friends.<br />
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I took the photo on the cover and that is Bronte and Kosta. Tina at DD doctored
the photo and changed my lettering. During the photo shoot Kosta would not pose
as I wanted him to so I superimposed him into it.
Bronte is a Ballet Dancer and would be the right age at the moment to play
Liana in my first book if they made a movie or ballet of it now. She has won a
lot of trophies in Ballet.
I didn't write OnePlusOne on Bronte's dancing ability that book was started
before she took up dancing. <br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Thanks Brian! I always love to know how books come to be written. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Bronte and Her Telepathic Dog is a lovely follow up to Brian's previous ballet romance One Plus One Makes One, which is also available from Devine Destinies. Follow the link below to find out more, or to buy a copy of Bronte and Her Telepathic Dog for the doglovers and stargazers in your life...</span></span><br />
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<strong><span style="color: blue; font-size: x-small;">School Magazine with Jackie Hosking 18/09/2012 </span><a href="http://jackiehoskingpio.wordpress.com/school-magazine/"><span style="color: blue; font-size: x-small;">http://jackiehoskingpio.wordpress.com/school-magazine/</span></a><span style="color: blue; font-size: x-small;">
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<span style="color: blue; font-size: x-small;">Writing Children's Books with Robyn Opie Parnell 23/09/2012 </span><a href="http://robynopie.blogspot.com.au/"><span style="color: blue; font-size: x-small;">http://robynopie.blogspot.com.au/</span></a><br />
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<span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Angela Sunde at <span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica;"><a href="http://angelasunde.blogspot.com.au/">http://angelasunde.blogspot.com.au/</a></span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Helvetica","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> on 02/10/2012<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></td></tr>
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Sally_Odgershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08556799528006564605noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-695783626943417883.post-41083324965980329382012-08-26T23:31:00.001-07:002012-08-26T23:32:04.769-07:00A Year With Marmalade<span style="font-size: large;">Today I have Alison Reynolds visiting at Spinning Pearls as part of her tour with her amazing picture book A Year With Marmalade.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Hi
Sally! Thank you for inviting me to the lovely Spinning Pearls.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">I
was wondering why picture books are such a popular genre to write. My
publisher asked me to write a picture book with a background of the
seasons and A Year with Marmalade emerged. But could I have written
it as a chapter book? I don’t think it would have worked half as
well. The juxtaposition between the words and illustrations is half
the music.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">5
Reasons to write picture books</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">They’re
short. BUT this does not mean they are easy to write. Mem Fox took 2
years to write the 487 words of </span></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i>Koala
Lou</i></span></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">. </span></span>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">You
can achieve a clarity and simplicity that is hard to maintain over a
longer piece of work.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">They
can look and feel fabulous. I love the textured trunk on the cover
of A Year with Marmalade. Many picture books are actual works of
art. </span></span>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">It’s
fascinating to have an illustrator interpret/add to your story. </span></span>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Both
small and big children love them. For many of us, picture books are
our first exposure to literature. Picture books are fun!</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Do
any other writers out there like to write picture books? Why?</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Thanks
for hosting the A Year with Marmalade tour, Sally.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Looking
forward to seeing your new work Bushland Lullaby soon!</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: medium;">Thanks, Alison... Now, see below for a competition and the other stops in the blog tour.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: medium;"></span> </div>
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<strong>CONTEST</strong></div>
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</strong><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Marmalade’s
personality really shines through in Alison Reynolds and Heath
McKenzie's newest picture book </span></span><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><i>A
Year with Marmalade</i></span></span><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">.
Share your favourite picture showing your cat's personality to win. </span></span>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">The
winner will receive a signed copy of </span></span><a href="http://www.fivemile.com.au/books/childrens/picture-books/a-year-with-marmalade.html"><span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><i><u>A
Year with Marmalade</u></i></span></span></span></a><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">
and a copy of the picture book </span></span><a href="http://www.fivemile.com.au/books/childrens/picture-books/lighty-faust-the-lion-8.html"><span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><i><u>Lighty
Faust the Lion</u></i></span></span></span></a><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">,
a book about a much bigger cat. </span></span>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Share
your favourite picture of your cat by uploading it to author Alison
Reynolds’ Facebook page at
</span></span><a href="https://www.facebook.com/alison.reynolds.524"><span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><u>https://www.facebook.com/alison.reynolds.524</u></span></span></span></a><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">
or email it to Alison as a low res jpeg file at </span></span><a href="mailto:alrey@msn.com.au"><span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><u>alrey@msn.com.au</u></span></span></span></a><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">
and she’ll upload it on her website </span></span><a href="http://www.alisonreynolds.com.au/"><span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><u>www.alisonreynolds.com.au</u></span></span></span></a><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">
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<b><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Today I welcome Catriona Hoy, author of <i>The Little Dinosaur, </i>to Spinning Pearls.</span></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">So - I hear you had a blast at the Little Dinosaur
launch? Will you tell us about that?<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Hi Sally,
thanks for having me over here today. Yes, it has been a hectic couple of weeks
but it was great to see everything finally coming together. It was a bit scary
a few days beforehand as suddenly the numbers of rsvp’s doubled and it looked
like possibly 200 people were coming! I started to panic about whether I had
enough food or wine and made a few extra trips to the shops. I did have an
awesome cake made by Cecilia, a multi-talented lady who I teach with.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">The key
to the success of the whole event was the choice of venue. I held it at the
Monash Science Centre, where many years ago the whole story began when I
interviewed fossil preparator Lesley Kool for a series of articles for
Pearson’s magazines. The Science Centre was very supportive and it was just the
ideal venue. Dr Pat Vicker-Rich works there and it is her daughter Lleaellyn
that the particular dinosaur in the story was named after. Pat welcomed
everyone to the Centre and then Lesley Kool spoke about her work. She had
everyone enthralled and was just as inspiring as when I first met her many
years ago. There were lots of dinosaurs and fossils for both young and old
enthusiasts to admire. The science centre were also very helpful with
advertising and I can’t praise the entire staff highly enough.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">How did the Monash Science Centre get the dinosaurs
on display? Did they set out to obtain them, or was it serendipity?<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">The
Science Centre is open to the public and has an educational focus. When I first
began chatting to them about holding the launch, they were planning for a new
exhibition. It was a bit of serendipity and a lot of hard work over the weekend
on the part of the staff but they managed to get some of the display up and
running for the weekend. In particular Corrie and Wayne were putting things
together all Saturday and Sunday. It worked well for all of us, I got a great
launch and they were able to show the centre to people who didn’t know about
it. In particular they had a model of a Lleaellynasura.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">A lot of people think of dinosaurs as being
HUGE. Why do you think the little ones get so little press?<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Much of
the books about dinosaurs in the past have been about Northern Hemisphere
dinosaurs. That was one of the reasons I wanted to write this book, about
Australian dinosaurs. They were generally smaller and had particular features
which has led them to be called ‘polar dinosaurs.’ Back in the Cretaceous, what
is now Australia was much further south and was joined on to Antartctica.
However, because the whole planet was warmer, the area actually supported a
wide variety of life. Some of these little dinoaurs had features such as large
eye sockets which suggest they could see in the dark. It’s nice to see them get
their time in the sun, in a manner of speaking!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">In the early days of paleontology, scientists
often put the bones together incorrectly. Do you know any examples of how they
eventually got things right?<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Sally,
it’s not just paleontology…all of science is like that. It’s a constantly
changing world where a hypothesis is proposed and tested, accepted and then
suddenly some new evidence comes along which challenges everyone’s ideas. Each
new discovery teaches and leads us to re-evaluate our world and I think that’s a
great thing. So perhaps nothing is ever ..’right’…merely ‘righter?’ When I was
interviewing Lesley, she told me a story of a little mammal bone which was
found at Inverloch, which caused a lot of controversy because it showed that
mammals existed far earlier than scientists had supposed. It surprised me that
some dinosaurs had feathers. I know that in the process of working out how
bones go together paleontologists look at the sites where tendons and ligaments
would join and work out how they would move, compared to animals living today.
It’s a fascinating story and made all the more difficult because full skeletons
are rare. Often it is only a few bones or parts of bones.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">Thank you
for having me over to chat today Sally. Some great questions and hopefully your
readers will want to find out more. There are some Australian dinosaur facts in
the end papers of The Little Dinosaur but lots of great information on websites
out there such as the ABC. Some of your readers might like to check out this
site. </span><a href="http://www.abc.net.au/science/ozfossil/ageofreptiles/polar/default.htm"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">http://www.abc.net.au/science/ozfossil/ageofreptiles/polar/default.htm</span></a><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"> and there are also teachers
notes available on the publishers website.</span> <a href="http://www.abc.net.au/science/ozfossil/ageofreptiles/polar/default.htm"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">http://www.abc.net.au/science/ozfossil/ageofreptiles/polar/default.htm</span></a><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"><span style="font-size: large;">http://robynopie.blogspot.com.au/2012/06/childrens-author-catriona-hoy-and.html/<br />
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<span style="color: red;">Wednesday June 13, 2012</span><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Sheryl
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</span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">http://sherylgwyther.wordpress.com/2012/06/13/dinosaurs-stories-science-and-life-the-little-dinosaur-blog-tour/</span></a><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"><br />
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<span style="color: red;">Wednesday June 20, 2012 </span><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Tania
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</span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">http://www.kids-bookreview.com/2012/06/blog-tour-kbr-chats-to-catriona-hoy-and.html/</span></a><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"><br />
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<span style="color: red;">Wednesday June 27, 2012 <o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: red;">Wednesday July 4, 2012 <o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div>
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Sydney Saturday 30th June, 2012 <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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Tasmania Saturday 14th July, 2012<br />
Fullers Bookshop, Launceston<br />
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<br /></div>Sally_Odgershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08556799528006564605noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-695783626943417883.post-75151527071374388012012-05-31T19:45:00.001-07:002012-05-31T19:45:25.614-07:00Donna Smith's Billy Cart Derby TourToday we welcome Donna Smith of Jelli Beanz Publishing for a pit stop on her Billy Cart Derby tour. Donna is talking about language development.<br />
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<span style="color: #4e4e4e; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 28px;">It is interesting to know that research shows us that children do in fact have an innate biological clock of sorts which triggers the development of language acquisition.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #4e4e4e; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 28px;">The biological trigger usually appears at around the age of eighteen-twenty months of age. This innate trigger tends to be a universal occurrence. Research studies show that children from various cultures and countries experience the same onset of language speech in children at the same age.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #4e4e4e; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 28px;">What does vary however is the rate and depth to which the language develops once the onset has commenced. The onset of language itself begins well before the child needs language skills. Often babies from around six to eight months will begin to babble syllables and single utterances. True language of speech is classed as the stage to which two words are joined together clearly.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #4e4e4e; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 28px;">This cannot be brought forward by repetition. Language speech development will not emerge before it is programmed to emerge.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #4e4e4e; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 28px;">Studies show us that this not triggered by external factors. The child will begin to speak regardless of environment. The triggers for development tend to be associated with a growth spurt of the brain. To understand the brain growth spurt, let us look at the brain at birth. The brain contains millions/ maybe billions of cells and weighing around 300 grams. Not all of the cells are connected at birth; this is what makes the brain light in weight. The brain itself does not develop any further cells after birth; however the growth spurt changes are evident in the weight mass. Between birth and two years of age the brain increases from around 300grams to almost 1000grams (1 kilogram). This is the result of the cells interconnecting. It is at this point that studies show, language begins to develop.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #4e4e4e; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 28px;">A common myth is that parental intervention of direct teaching including expansion and corrections by imitation and repetition, is not only fruitless, but it can also prevent the natural progression of language develop in their child.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #4e4e4e; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 28px;">Expansions are often done unconsciously by parents/ adults.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #4e4e4e; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 28px;">This type of corrected speech can hinder the child’s progress. Parental expansions do not teach a child to speak. Studies show the children acquire the utterances and words themselves naturally. Those children in an environmental ‘rich’ situation (meaning exposed to talking, children learn a high percentage of their speech from just listening, and exploration) will progress more quickly with a greater vocabulary. Those children that lack the surrounding stimulus of speech and listening can begin to fall behind to language progression.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #4e4e4e; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 28px;">Direct teaching with correction and expansions and or repetitions does not kick start language development in children. Research shows that those who try to ‘coach’ their children actually interfere with their natural development.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #4e4e4e; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 28px;">The best model you can set for your child is to speak to them ‘normally’, in a natural manner. Children will extract the grammar themselves and their speech will develop naturally when they are individually ready. The more stimulation (sensory) that you provide your child, the richer environment your child will have to draw upon. Children reach regular ‘milestones’ at certain ages and innate behaviour will take its natural progressive course.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #4e4e4e; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 28px;">There are many ways that parents can help children develop a love for reading and books. The most enjoyable way is sharing. Sharing books together and enjoying the journey they take you on is a wonderful way to spend time with your child. Escaping into another world, taking wild balloon rides, walking in space with space animals, being a mighty king of a large castle and kingdom or a beautiful princess who rides in a pumpkin are all wonderfully exciting adventures you can share with your child.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #4e4e4e; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 28px;">3) Books, comics, magazines and fliers are materials that children can read.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #4e4e4e; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 28px;">4) Joining your library is wonderful experience for children. Borrow books regularly; make it a part of your week.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #4e4e4e; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 28px;">5) Instead of buying lollies for treats, buy your child a book and suitable comic book. Children can never have too many books.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #4e4e4e; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 28px;">6) Sit with your children when they are reading and prompt them to tell you about the characters in the story and what they enjoyed most about the book.</span></div>
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</div>Sally_Odgershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08556799528006564605noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-695783626943417883.post-43143656468853786632012-05-29T00:30:00.001-07:002012-05-29T04:32:11.853-07:00Calling Blog Tourers...Spinning Pearls is happy to host a stop on your blog tour. Just leave a comment to ask for a spot. Best suited to children's books, mainstream fiction and popular non fiction.<br />
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Affordable Manuscript Assessments is the blog for how-to writing advice and information from the Affordable Manuscript Assessments and Workshops site and service.Sally_Odgershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08556799528006564605noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-695783626943417883.post-2742009226129354992012-05-15T01:00:00.000-07:002012-05-19T17:30:10.009-07:00Karen Tyrrell Talks Writing and Editing her Memoir<strong>The prize draw will be held at </strong><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;"><b>mid-day Monday 21st
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<span style="color: black;">I wrote about the most
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<span style="color: black;">I wrote my memoir over six
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<span style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">This is a story written by a girl named Pat Bonney when she was ten years old. It was published in the newspaper in 1937 and I have just read it for the first time. Why would I be interested in a story three quarters of a century old? Pat was my mum! The accompanying picture shows her as a small child.</span></div>
<br /><br /><span style="font-size: large;">"BOTHER homework," sighed Jill as she rubbed her eyes. In a moment she was flying through the air on the back of a green and gold rosella parrot which seemed to be in rather a bad mood, because when Jill asked where they were going, he only grunted.<br />At last he condescended to mutter, "The Queen of Wattles sent me to bring you to Fairyland for her birth day party."<br /> Soon they came to a beautiful wattle tree, where the parrot dropped his wings and they floated to earth to a most beautiful gully, with a rippling stream flowing through.<br /> Jill felt a little shy, but she bowed to the Queen, who was clothed in gold, and surrounded by wattle fairies.<br /> Suddenly there was a disturbance on the little stream, which proved to be the platypus arriving with the water lily fairies. No sooner had they arriv ed than the kangaroo came bounding along laden with the orchid fairies. There were sun orchids, green hoods, brown beaks, gnats, rabbit ears and butterfly and spider orchids, also many others that Jill did not know.<br /> Soon after, the wallaby came with the heath fairies in their pink, white and red frocks, while the opossum followed with the gumnut fairies.<br /> After bowing to the Queen, all the fairies danced merrily round her untilmidnight, when they sat down to a fairy supper served on toadstools.<br /> Suddenly Jill felt a bump. She thought that the kangaroo had col lided with her, but opened her eyes to find her pen in her hand, and she heard her brother say, "Wake up, sleepy head, you can't do your home work in your sleep."</span></div>
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<b><span style="color: #1f497d; font-size: 14pt;">1</span></b><b style="text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="color: #1f497d; font-size: 14pt;">. The title of your new book is “Do Not Forget Australia”. Can you name three things you would never forget about Australia if you had to leave?</span></b></div>
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<span style="color: #1f497d; font-size: 14pt;"> A.<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 7pt;"> </span></span><span style="color: #1f497d; font-size: 14pt;">Great question. Three things I wouldn’t forget:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #1f497d; font-size: 14pt;"> - Our beautiful landscape – hills, forests, plains and, of course, the beaches. Oh, and the smell of the gumtrees. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #1f497d; font-size: 14pt;"> - The light. The sun and sky in Australia have a special white brightness that the rest of the world seems to miss out on.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #1f497d; font-size: 14pt;">- Our freedom. Oh, Australia has its problems (like every country) but, in the main, Aussies are free to follow their dreams and beliefs. We are so very lucky.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="color: #1f497d; font-size: 14pt;">2. How did you come by the idea of connecting the two boys in your story via an adult character?<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="color: #1f497d; font-size: 14pt;"> A.<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal;"> </span></span><span style="color: #1f497d; font-size: 14pt;">From very early on I had the idea of two child characters – one in each country - but it took a while to figure out how to connect them in a way which was feasible to the time. I had thought to have them as penpals, but had trouble with making that authentic. Then, as I thought about the fact that there were Australians stationed there in France, I realised it was quite feasible for an Australian child to have a soldier father there. </span><span style="color: #333333; font-size: 14pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="color: #333333; font-size: 14pt;">3</span></b><b><span style="color: #1f497d; font-size: 14pt;">. Had you ever worked with Sonia, your illustrator, before? If so, on what projects?<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="color: #1f497d; font-size: 14pt;">A.<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 7pt;"> </span></span><span style="color: #1f497d; font-size: 14pt;">No, I hadn’t worked with Sonia before, though I had seen one of her covers and admired it. And when Walker Books sent me samples of her work and asked me if I thought she was a good match for this story I said an emphatic ‘yes’. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-size: 14pt;"> </span><b><span style="color: #1f497d; font-size: 14pt;">4. “Do Not Forget Australia” was several years in the making, so you must have had definite mind’s eye views of the characters. How did Sonia’s interpretation match your mental pictures?<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="color: #1f497d; font-size: 14pt;"> A.<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 7pt;"> </span></span><span style="color: #1f497d; font-size: 14pt;">Funnily, I am not really a visual thinker so don’t tend to have very set ideas about how a book should look. The mental images I had were mostly from photos I’d seen whilst researching, and I love the way Sonia has drawn on photo references. Her style is perfect (in my opinion) for the story. I couldn’t have asked for more!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-size: 14pt;"> </span><b><span style="color: #1f497d; font-size: 14pt;">5. Was the story always going to wear this title? How did you arrive at the title?<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="color: #1f497d; font-size: 14pt;">.<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 7pt;"> </span></span><span style="color: #1f497d; font-size: 14pt;">A. Yes, the story had this title right from the beginning. It was the sign bearing the words ‘Do Not Forget Australia’ that inspired me to research and write this story, and I didn’t ever consider any other title. Fortunately, there was never any discussion about changing the title – which is something that does tend to arise with a lot of stories. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-size: 14pt;"> </span><span style="color: #1f497d; font-size: 14pt;">Thanks heaps for having me, Sally. It’s great to be out and about talking about the book without even leaving home.</span><span style="color: #333333; font-size: 14pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #1f497d; font-size: 14pt;">Thank <i>you</i>, Sally! You can follow Sally on her blog tour by visiting the sites below.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #1f497d; font-size: 14pt;">Please leave a comment for a chance to win a copy of this beautiful book, donated by Walker Books, the publisher. The prize draw will be made on March 14th.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">4th march 2012</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">5th March 2012</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Karen Tyrrell</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">6th March 2012</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Writing for Children</span></span></div>
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<u><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><a href="http://writing-for-children.blogspot.com.au/" style="color: #888888; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">http://writing-for-children.blogspot.com.au/</a></span></span></u></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">7th March 2012</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Spinning Pearls</span></span></div>
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<u><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><a href="http://spinningpearls.blogspot.com.au/" style="color: #888888; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">http://spinningpearls.blogspot.com.au/</a></span></span></u></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">8th March 2012</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Katwhiskers</span></span></div>
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<u><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><a href="http://katswhiskers.wordpress.com/" style="color: #888888; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">http://katswhiskers.wordpress.com/</a></span></span></u></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">12th March 2012</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Pass It On</span></span></div>
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<u><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><a href="http://www.pass-it-on-blog.blogspot.com.au/" style="color: #888888; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">http://www.pass-it-on-blog.blogspot.com.au/</a></span></span></u></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">12th March 2012</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Kids Book Review</span></span></div>
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<u><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">http://www.kids-bookreview.com/</span></span></u></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">13th March 2012</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Under the Apple Tree</span></span></div>
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<u><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><a href="http://angelasunde.blogspot.com.au/" style="color: #888888; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">http://angelasunde.blogspot.com.au/</a></span></span></u></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">14th March 2012</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Lorraine</span></span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"> Marwood. Words into Writing</span></span></div>
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<u><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><a href="http://lorrainemarwoodwordsintowriting.blogspot.com.au/" style="color: #888888; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">http://lorrainemarwoodwordsintowriting.blogspot.com.au/</a></span></span></u></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-size: 14pt;"> <o:p></o:p></span></div>Sally_Odgershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08556799528006564605noreply@blogger.com16tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-695783626943417883.post-43430664719209271892012-03-02T04:42:00.002-08:002012-03-02T04:44:37.051-08:00Coming Soon... Sally Murphy's Blog Tour StopHi, everyone! On March 7th, Spinning Pearls will be meeting Sally Murphy as part of her blog tour for her new picture book, DO NOT FORGET AUSTRALIA. <div><br /></div><div>You can follow the tour at these venues.</div><div><br /></div><div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: rgb(7, 55, 99); font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; text-align: -webkit-auto; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="MsoNormalTable" style="border-collapse: collapse; margin-left: -1.15pt; width: 751px; "><tbody><tr height="17" style="height: 12.75pt; "><td height="17" nowrap="nowrap" valign="bottom" width="151" style="border-top-style: solid; border-right-style: solid; border-bottom-style: solid; border-left-style: solid; border-top-color: windowtext; border-right-color: windowtext; border-bottom-color: windowtext; border-left-color: windowtext; border-top-width: 1pt; border-right-width: 1pt; border-bottom-width: 1pt; border-left-width: 1pt; border-image: initial; height: 12.75pt; padding-top: 0cm; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-bottom: 0cm; padding-left: 5.4pt; width: 113pt; "><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small; "><span style="font-size: 10pt; ">1st March 2012</span></span></div></td><td height="17" nowrap="nowrap" valign="bottom" width="226" style="border-top-style: solid; border-right-style: solid; border-bottom-style: solid; border-left-style: solid; border-top-color: windowtext; border-right-color: windowtext; border-bottom-color: windowtext; border-left-color: windowtext; border-top-width: 1pt; border-right-width: 1pt; border-bottom-width: 1pt; border-left-width: 1pt; border-image: initial; height: 12.75pt; padding-top: 0cm; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-bottom: 0cm; padding-left: 5.4pt; width: 169.35pt; "><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small; "><span style="font-size: 10pt; ">Let's Have Words</span></span></div></td><td height="17" nowrap="nowrap" valign="bottom" width="375" style="border-top-style: solid; border-right-style: solid; border-bottom-style: solid; border-left-style: solid; border-top-color: windowtext; border-right-color: windowtext; border-bottom-color: windowtext; border-left-color: windowtext; border-top-width: 1pt; border-right-width: 1pt; border-bottom-width: 1pt; border-left-width: 1pt; border-image: initial; height: 12.75pt; padding-top: 0cm; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-bottom: 0cm; padding-left: 5.4pt; width: 281pt; "><div class="MsoNormal"><u><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small; "><span style="font-size: 10pt; "><a href="http://letshavewords.blogspot.com.au/" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(136, 136, 136); ">http://letshavewords.blogspot.com.au/</a></span></span></u></div></td></tr><tr height="17" style="height: 12.75pt; "><td height="17" nowrap="nowrap" valign="bottom" width="151" style="border-top-style: solid; border-right-style: solid; border-bottom-style: solid; border-left-style: solid; border-top-color: windowtext; border-right-color: windowtext; border-bottom-color: windowtext; border-left-color: windowtext; border-top-width: 1pt; border-right-width: 1pt; border-bottom-width: 1pt; border-left-width: 1pt; border-image: initial; height: 12.75pt; padding-top: 0cm; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-bottom: 0cm; padding-left: 5.4pt; width: 113pt; "><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small; "><span style="font-size: 10pt; ">2nd March 2012</span></span></div></td><td height="17" nowrap="nowrap" valign="bottom" width="226" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: windowtext; border-bottom-width: 1pt; border-left-style: none; border-left-width: initial; border-left-color: initial; border-right-style: solid; border-right-color: windowtext; border-right-width: 1pt; border-top-style: none; border-top-width: initial; border-top-color: initial; height: 12.75pt; padding-top: 0cm; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-bottom: 0cm; padding-left: 5.4pt; width: 169.35pt; "><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small; "><span style="font-size: 10pt; ">Kids Book Capers</span></span></div></td><td height="17" nowrap="nowrap" valign="bottom" width="375" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: windowtext; border-bottom-width: 1pt; border-left-style: none; border-left-width: initial; border-left-color: initial; border-right-style: solid; border-right-color: windowtext; border-right-width: 1pt; border-top-style: none; border-top-width: initial; border-top-color: initial; height: 12.75pt; padding-top: 0cm; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-bottom: 0cm; padding-left: 5.4pt; width: 281pt; "><div class="MsoNormal"><u><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small; "><span style="font-size: 10pt; "><a href="http://content.boomerangbooks.com.au/kids-book-capers-blog/" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(136, 136, 136); ">http://content.boomerangbooks.com.au/kids-book-capers-blog/</a></span></span></u></div></td></tr><tr height="17" style="height: 12.75pt; "><td height="17" nowrap="nowrap" valign="bottom" width="151" style="border-top-style: solid; border-right-style: solid; border-bottom-style: solid; border-left-style: solid; border-top-color: windowtext; border-right-color: windowtext; border-bottom-color: windowtext; border-left-color: windowtext; border-top-width: 1pt; border-right-width: 1pt; border-bottom-width: 1pt; border-left-width: 1pt; border-image: initial; height: 12.75pt; padding-top: 0cm; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-bottom: 0cm; padding-left: 5.4pt; width: 113pt; "><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small; "><span style="font-size: 10pt; ">3rd March 2012</span></span></div></td><td height="17" nowrap="nowrap" valign="bottom" width="226" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: windowtext; border-bottom-width: 1pt; border-left-style: none; border-left-width: initial; border-left-color: initial; border-right-style: solid; border-right-color: windowtext; border-right-width: 1pt; border-top-style: none; border-top-width: initial; border-top-color: initial; height: 12.75pt; padding-top: 0cm; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-bottom: 0cm; padding-left: 5.4pt; width: 169.35pt; "><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small; "><span style="font-size: 10pt; ">Running With Pens</span></span></div></td><td height="17" nowrap="nowrap" valign="bottom" width="375" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: windowtext; border-bottom-width: 1pt; border-left-style: none; border-left-width: initial; border-left-color: initial; border-right-style: solid; border-right-color: windowtext; border-right-width: 1pt; border-top-style: none; border-top-width: initial; border-top-color: initial; height: 12.75pt; padding-top: 0cm; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-bottom: 0cm; padding-left: 5.4pt; width: 281pt; "><div class="MsoNormal"><u><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small; "><span style="font-size: 10pt; "><a href="http://kerrilane.wordpress.com/" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(136, 136, 136); ">http://kerrilane.wordpress.com/</a></span></span></u></div></td></tr><tr height="17" style="height: 12.75pt; "><td height="17" nowrap="nowrap" valign="bottom" width="151" style="border-top-style: solid; border-right-style: solid; border-bottom-style: solid; border-left-style: solid; border-top-color: windowtext; border-right-color: windowtext; border-bottom-color: windowtext; border-left-color: windowtext; border-top-width: 1pt; border-right-width: 1pt; border-bottom-width: 1pt; border-left-width: 1pt; border-image: initial; height: 12.75pt; padding-top: 0cm; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-bottom: 0cm; padding-left: 5.4pt; width: 113pt; "><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small; "><span style="font-size: 10pt; ">4th march 2012</span></span></div></td><td height="17" nowrap="nowrap" valign="bottom" width="226" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: windowtext; border-bottom-width: 1pt; border-left-style: none; border-left-width: initial; border-left-color: initial; border-right-style: solid; border-right-color: windowtext; border-right-width: 1pt; border-top-style: none; border-top-width: initial; border-top-color: initial; height: 12.75pt; padding-top: 0cm; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-bottom: 0cm; padding-left: 5.4pt; width: 169.35pt; "><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small; "><span style="font-size: 10pt; ">Read and Write with Dale</span></span></div></td><td height="17" nowrap="nowrap" valign="bottom" width="375" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: windowtext; border-bottom-width: 1pt; border-left-style: none; border-left-width: initial; border-left-color: initial; border-right-style: solid; border-right-color: windowtext; border-right-width: 1pt; border-top-style: none; border-top-width: initial; border-top-color: initial; height: 12.75pt; padding-top: 0cm; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-bottom: 0cm; padding-left: 5.4pt; width: 281pt; "><div class="MsoNormal"><u><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small; "><span style="font-size: 10pt; "><a href="http://orangedale.livejournal.com/" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(136, 136, 136); ">http://orangedale.livejournal.com/</a></span></span></u></div></td></tr><tr height="17" style="height: 12.75pt; "><td height="17" nowrap="nowrap" valign="bottom" width="151" style="border-top-style: solid; border-right-style: solid; border-bottom-style: solid; border-left-style: solid; border-top-color: windowtext; border-right-color: windowtext; border-bottom-color: windowtext; border-left-color: windowtext; border-top-width: 1pt; border-right-width: 1pt; border-bottom-width: 1pt; border-left-width: 1pt; border-image: initial; height: 12.75pt; padding-top: 0cm; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-bottom: 0cm; padding-left: 5.4pt; width: 113pt; "><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small; "><span style="font-size: 10pt; ">5th March 2012</span></span></div></td><td height="17" nowrap="nowrap" valign="bottom" width="226" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: windowtext; border-bottom-width: 1pt; border-left-style: none; border-left-width: initial; border-left-color: initial; border-right-style: solid; border-right-color: windowtext; border-right-width: 1pt; border-top-style: none; border-top-width: initial; border-top-color: initial; height: 12.75pt; padding-top: 0cm; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-bottom: 0cm; padding-left: 5.4pt; width: 169.35pt; "><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small; "><span style="font-size: 10pt; ">Karen Tyrrell</span></span></div></td><td height="17" nowrap="nowrap" valign="bottom" width="375" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: windowtext; border-bottom-width: 1pt; border-left-style: none; border-left-width: initial; border-left-color: initial; border-right-style: solid; border-right-color: windowtext; border-right-width: 1pt; border-top-style: none; border-top-width: initial; border-top-color: initial; height: 12.75pt; padding-top: 0cm; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-bottom: 0cm; padding-left: 5.4pt; width: 281pt; "><div class="MsoNormal"><u><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small; "><span style="font-size: 10pt; "><a href="http://karentyrrell.com/" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(136, 136, 136); ">http://karentyrrell.com/</a></span></span></u></div></td></tr><tr height="17" style="height: 12.75pt; "><td height="17" nowrap="nowrap" valign="bottom" width="151" style="border-top-style: solid; border-right-style: solid; border-bottom-style: solid; border-left-style: solid; border-top-color: windowtext; border-right-color: windowtext; border-bottom-color: windowtext; border-left-color: windowtext; border-top-width: 1pt; border-right-width: 1pt; border-bottom-width: 1pt; border-left-width: 1pt; border-image: initial; height: 12.75pt; padding-top: 0cm; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-bottom: 0cm; padding-left: 5.4pt; width: 113pt; "><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small; "><span style="font-size: 10pt; ">6th March 2012</span></span></div></td><td height="17" nowrap="nowrap" valign="bottom" width="226" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: windowtext; border-bottom-width: 1pt; border-left-style: none; border-left-width: initial; border-left-color: initial; border-right-style: solid; border-right-color: windowtext; border-right-width: 1pt; border-top-style: none; border-top-width: initial; border-top-color: initial; height: 12.75pt; padding-top: 0cm; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-bottom: 0cm; padding-left: 5.4pt; width: 169.35pt; "><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small; "><span style="font-size: 10pt; ">Writing for Children</span></span></div></td><td height="17" nowrap="nowrap" valign="bottom" width="375" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: windowtext; border-bottom-width: 1pt; border-left-style: none; border-left-width: initial; border-left-color: initial; border-right-style: solid; border-right-color: windowtext; border-right-width: 1pt; border-top-style: none; border-top-width: initial; border-top-color: initial; height: 12.75pt; padding-top: 0cm; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-bottom: 0cm; padding-left: 5.4pt; width: 281pt; "><div class="MsoNormal"><u><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small; "><span style="font-size: 10pt; "><a href="http://writing-for-children.blogspot.com.au/" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(136, 136, 136); ">http://writing-for-children.blogspot.com.au/</a></span></span></u></div></td></tr><tr height="17" style="height: 12.75pt; "><td height="17" nowrap="nowrap" valign="bottom" width="151" style="border-top-style: solid; border-right-style: solid; border-bottom-style: solid; border-left-style: solid; border-top-color: windowtext; border-right-color: windowtext; border-bottom-color: windowtext; border-left-color: windowtext; border-top-width: 1pt; border-right-width: 1pt; border-bottom-width: 1pt; border-left-width: 1pt; border-image: initial; height: 12.75pt; padding-top: 0cm; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-bottom: 0cm; padding-left: 5.4pt; width: 113pt; "><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small; "><span style="font-size: 10pt; ">7th March 2012</span></span></div></td><td height="17" nowrap="nowrap" valign="bottom" width="226" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: windowtext; border-bottom-width: 1pt; border-left-style: none; border-left-width: initial; border-left-color: initial; border-right-style: solid; border-right-color: windowtext; border-right-width: 1pt; border-top-style: none; border-top-width: initial; border-top-color: initial; height: 12.75pt; padding-top: 0cm; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-bottom: 0cm; padding-left: 5.4pt; width: 169.35pt; "><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small; "><span style="font-size: 10pt; ">Spinning Pearls</span></span></div></td><td height="17" nowrap="nowrap" valign="bottom" width="375" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: windowtext; border-bottom-width: 1pt; border-left-style: none; border-left-width: initial; border-left-color: initial; border-right-style: solid; border-right-color: windowtext; border-right-width: 1pt; border-top-style: none; border-top-width: initial; border-top-color: initial; height: 12.75pt; padding-top: 0cm; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-bottom: 0cm; padding-left: 5.4pt; width: 281pt; "><div class="MsoNormal"><u><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small; "><span style="font-size: 10pt; "><a href="http://spinningpearls.blogspot.com.au/" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(136, 136, 136); ">http://spinningpearls.blogspot.com.au/</a></span></span></u></div></td></tr><tr height="17" style="height: 12.75pt; "><td height="17" nowrap="nowrap" valign="bottom" width="151" style="border-top-style: solid; border-right-style: solid; border-bottom-style: solid; border-left-style: solid; border-top-color: windowtext; border-right-color: windowtext; border-bottom-color: windowtext; border-left-color: windowtext; border-top-width: 1pt; border-right-width: 1pt; border-bottom-width: 1pt; border-left-width: 1pt; border-image: initial; height: 12.75pt; padding-top: 0cm; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-bottom: 0cm; padding-left: 5.4pt; width: 113pt; "><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small; "><span style="font-size: 10pt; ">8th March 2012</span></span></div></td><td height="17" nowrap="nowrap" valign="bottom" width="226" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: windowtext; border-bottom-width: 1pt; border-left-style: none; border-left-width: initial; border-left-color: initial; border-right-style: solid; border-right-color: windowtext; border-right-width: 1pt; border-top-style: none; border-top-width: initial; border-top-color: initial; height: 12.75pt; padding-top: 0cm; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-bottom: 0cm; padding-left: 5.4pt; width: 169.35pt; "><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small; "><span style="font-size: 10pt; ">Katwhiskers</span></span></div></td><td height="17" nowrap="nowrap" valign="bottom" width="375" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: windowtext; border-bottom-width: 1pt; border-left-style: none; border-left-width: initial; border-left-color: initial; border-right-style: solid; border-right-color: windowtext; border-right-width: 1pt; border-top-style: none; border-top-width: initial; border-top-color: initial; height: 12.75pt; padding-top: 0cm; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-bottom: 0cm; padding-left: 5.4pt; width: 281pt; "><div class="MsoNormal"><u><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small; "><span style="font-size: 10pt; "><a href="http://katswhiskers.wordpress.com/" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(136, 136, 136); ">http://katswhiskers.wordpress.com/</a></span></span></u></div></td></tr><tr height="17" style="height: 12.75pt; "><td height="17" nowrap="nowrap" valign="bottom" width="151" style="border-top-style: solid; border-right-style: solid; border-bottom-style: solid; border-left-style: solid; border-top-color: windowtext; border-right-color: windowtext; border-bottom-color: windowtext; border-left-color: windowtext; border-top-width: 1pt; border-right-width: 1pt; border-bottom-width: 1pt; border-left-width: 1pt; border-image: initial; height: 12.75pt; padding-top: 0cm; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-bottom: 0cm; padding-left: 5.4pt; width: 113pt; "><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small; "><span style="font-size: 10pt; ">12th March 2012</span></span></div></td><td height="17" nowrap="nowrap" valign="bottom" width="226" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: windowtext; border-bottom-width: 1pt; border-left-style: none; border-left-width: initial; border-left-color: initial; border-right-style: solid; border-right-color: windowtext; border-right-width: 1pt; border-top-style: none; border-top-width: initial; border-top-color: initial; height: 12.75pt; padding-top: 0cm; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-bottom: 0cm; padding-left: 5.4pt; width: 169.35pt; "><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small; "><span style="font-size: 10pt; ">Pass It On</span></span></div></td><td height="17" nowrap="nowrap" valign="bottom" width="375" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: windowtext; border-bottom-width: 1pt; border-left-style: none; border-left-width: initial; border-left-color: initial; border-right-style: solid; border-right-color: windowtext; border-right-width: 1pt; border-top-style: none; border-top-width: initial; border-top-color: initial; height: 12.75pt; padding-top: 0cm; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-bottom: 0cm; padding-left: 5.4pt; width: 281pt; "><div class="MsoNormal"><u><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small; "><span style="font-size: 10pt; "><a href="http://www.pass-it-on-blog.blogspot.com.au/" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(136, 136, 136); ">http://www.pass-it-on-blog.blogspot.com.au/</a></span></span></u></div></td></tr><tr height="17" style="height: 12.75pt; "><td height="17" nowrap="nowrap" valign="bottom" width="151" style="border-top-style: solid; border-right-style: solid; border-bottom-style: solid; border-left-style: solid; border-top-color: windowtext; border-right-color: windowtext; border-bottom-color: windowtext; border-left-color: windowtext; border-top-width: 1pt; border-right-width: 1pt; border-bottom-width: 1pt; border-left-width: 1pt; border-image: initial; height: 12.75pt; padding-top: 0cm; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-bottom: 0cm; padding-left: 5.4pt; width: 113pt; "><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small; "><span style="font-size: 10pt; ">12th March 2012</span></span></div></td><td height="17" nowrap="nowrap" valign="bottom" width="226" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: windowtext; border-bottom-width: 1pt; border-left-style: none; border-left-width: initial; border-left-color: initial; border-right-style: solid; border-right-color: windowtext; border-right-width: 1pt; border-top-style: none; border-top-width: initial; border-top-color: initial; height: 12.75pt; padding-top: 0cm; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-bottom: 0cm; padding-left: 5.4pt; width: 169.35pt; "><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small; "><span style="font-size: 10pt; ">Kids Book Review</span></span></div></td><td height="17" nowrap="nowrap" valign="bottom" width="375" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: windowtext; border-bottom-width: 1pt; border-left-style: none; border-left-width: initial; border-left-color: initial; border-right-style: solid; border-right-color: windowtext; border-right-width: 1pt; border-top-style: none; border-top-width: initial; border-top-color: initial; height: 12.75pt; padding-top: 0cm; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-bottom: 0cm; padding-left: 5.4pt; width: 281pt; "><div class="MsoNormal"><u><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small; "><span style="font-size: 10pt; ">http://www.kids-bookreview.com/</span></span></u></div></td></tr><tr height="17" style="height: 12.75pt; "><td height="17" nowrap="nowrap" valign="bottom" width="151" style="border-top-style: solid; border-right-style: solid; border-bottom-style: solid; border-left-style: solid; border-top-color: windowtext; border-right-color: windowtext; border-bottom-color: windowtext; border-left-color: windowtext; border-top-width: 1pt; border-right-width: 1pt; border-bottom-width: 1pt; border-left-width: 1pt; border-image: initial; height: 12.75pt; padding-top: 0cm; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-bottom: 0cm; padding-left: 5.4pt; width: 113pt; "><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small; "><span style="font-size: 10pt; ">13th March 2012</span></span></div></td><td height="17" nowrap="nowrap" valign="bottom" width="226" style="border-top-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-bottom-style: none; border-left-style: none; border-width: initial; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; height: 12.75pt; padding-top: 0cm; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-bottom: 0cm; padding-left: 5.4pt; width: 169.35pt; "><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small; "><span style="font-size: 10pt; ">Under the Apple Tree</span></span></div></td><td height="17" nowrap="nowrap" valign="bottom" width="375" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: windowtext; border-bottom-width: 1pt; border-left-style: none; border-left-width: initial; border-left-color: initial; border-right-style: solid; border-right-color: windowtext; border-right-width: 1pt; border-top-style: none; border-top-width: initial; border-top-color: initial; height: 12.75pt; padding-top: 0cm; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-bottom: 0cm; padding-left: 5.4pt; width: 281pt; "><div class="MsoNormal"><u><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small; "><span style="font-size: 10pt; "><a href="http://angelasunde.blogspot.com.au/" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(136, 136, 136); ">http://angelasunde.blogspot.com.au/</a></span></span></u></div></td></tr><tr height="17" style="height: 12.75pt; "><td height="17" nowrap="nowrap" valign="bottom" width="151" style="border-top-style: solid; border-right-style: solid; border-bottom-style: solid; border-left-style: solid; border-top-color: windowtext; border-right-color: windowtext; border-bottom-color: windowtext; border-left-color: windowtext; border-top-width: 1pt; border-right-width: 1pt; border-bottom-width: 1pt; border-left-width: 1pt; border-image: initial; height: 12.75pt; padding-top: 0cm; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-bottom: 0cm; padding-left: 5.4pt; width: 113pt; "><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small; "><span style="font-size: 10pt; ">14th March 2012</span></span></div></td><td height="17" nowrap="nowrap" valign="bottom" width="226" style="border-top-style: solid; border-right-style: solid; border-bottom-style: solid; border-left-style: solid; border-top-color: windowtext; border-right-color: windowtext; border-bottom-color: windowtext; border-left-color: windowtext; border-top-width: 1pt; border-right-width: 1pt; border-bottom-width: 1pt; border-left-width: 1pt; border-image: initial; height: 12.75pt; padding-top: 0cm; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-bottom: 0cm; padding-left: 5.4pt; width: 169.35pt; "><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small; "><span style="font-size: 10pt; ">Lorraine</span></span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small; "><span style="font-size: 10pt; "> Marwood. Words into Writing</span></span></div></td><td height="17" nowrap="nowrap" valign="bottom" width="375" style="border-top-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-bottom-style: none; border-left-style: none; border-width: initial; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; height: 12.75pt; padding-top: 0cm; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-bottom: 0cm; padding-left: 5.4pt; width: 281pt; "><div class="MsoNormal"><u><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small; "><span style="font-size: 10pt; "><a href="http://lorrainemarwoodwordsintowriting.blogspot.com.au/" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(136, 136, 136); ">http://lorrainemarwoodwordsintowriting.blogspot.com.au/</a></span></span></u></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div></div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"></div>Sally_Odgershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08556799528006564605noreply@blogger.com0