Part of my assignment for the new Kids On Wheels magazine is writing serial fiction. I haven't written fiction in many years, and when I did, it was for teenagers; the KOW audience is 8-12 years old. I'm quietly freaking out, wondering how on earth I'm going to meet this challenge. I know I'll come up with something, but will it be anything anyone would ever want to read? To start my mind working along age-appropriate lines, I've been re-familiarizing myself with classic books for the reading level. I chose five: The Phantom Tollboth by Norton Juster, A Wrinkle In Time by Madeleine L'Engle (one of my favorites when I was that age), the incomparable Harriet The Spy by Louise Fitzhugh, From The Mixed-up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler by E. L. Konigsburg, and the modern classic Holes by Louis Sachar. Everyone should read Holes , it is brilliant. It was also make into an excellent movie, with a screenplay written, thank goodness, by the author. All this r...
Sweet!
ReplyDeleteCongrats!
Peter
Clear evidence of intelligent design!
ReplyDeleteWow... you're getting full force spam lately.
ReplyDeleteTurning off anonymous doesn't work. The spam comes as registered users as well.
ReplyDeleteI think it always goes on the latest post though. Maybe you could make a decoy spam collector post each time you make a real post.
Make it stop!!!! Too much spam!
ReplyDeleteThe spam comes as registered users as well.
ReplyDeleteI know - amazing!
Peter: thank you. I like that you're posting more these days. This time you even remembered to sign your name. :)
Wrye: do you know your name is Ray with a Southern accent? I just finished watching Dallas....
The key to the kingdom!
ReplyDeleteThe key to the kingdom!
ReplyDeleteYeah! Chez L-girl-Redsock.
Casa L-Sock?
ReplyDeleteRed-girl?
Or are you doing the seperate-yet-equal thing?
Whichever, I'm giddy with glee, pour les deux!
Merci, Andy!
ReplyDeleteWe generally call our home by a hyphenated last name, but I gotta say, L-Sock sounds pretty cool. I'm liking it.
It must feel wonderful! Laura I am anxious to get to that moment too! I got your email, thank you!
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ReplyDeletei guess the future is blurry! :-)
ReplyDeleteWe generally call our home by a hyphenated last name, but I gotta say, L-Sock sounds pretty cool. I'm liking it.
ReplyDeleteI dunno, Red-girl seems so appropriate for some reason. ;)
Especially because Red is the colour of Liberals up here... Funny our socialists (NDP) took orange.
ReplyDeletePeter
Funny our socialists (NDP) took orange.
ReplyDeleteYeah, pink would have been more appropriate.
What COULD that be in that picture?
ReplyDeleteI know what this is ... this is an espresso machine.
No, no, wait. It's a a snow cone maker.
Is it a water heater?
(sorry, too many Arnie flicks on TV lately)
Ray?
ReplyDeleteAs if I wasn't confused enough by Texas...
I dunno, Red-girl seems so appropriate for some reason. ;)
ReplyDeleteLOL!! Very good.
Especially because Red is the colour of Liberals up here... Funny our socialists (NDP) took orange.
Although I do believe I am orange.
(sorry, too many Arnie flicks on TV lately)
ReplyDeleteG, sometimes you confuse the hell outta me. :)
Ray?
As if I wasn't confused enough by Texas...
Sure. Say Ray with a fake Texas accent, and it comes out "Rye". At least it does on Dallas.