PREMISE:
Imogen, Ashton, Joshua and Hannah, aged five, eight, eleven and thirteen, find a china crock in the attic of a house being renovated as a boutique hotel. Since the crock has no identifiable owners, they open it. Inside is a hoard of metal charms.
I chose the cowboy boots charm. Each of these charms has an associated story or poem, which will be written by contributing authors. The charms come in a wide variety of anything from anchors to dinosaurs, elephants, hats, shoes, roses, clocks and so on. Each contributor received a charm by post or email, and the charm inspired a story or poem.
The stories stand alone, each having its own characters, theme, setting and period. The four children above do NOT appear in the stories. Neither does the attic setting. The linking text joins them so each story will address something of interest to one of the bracket-story children.
These anthologies are filled with the stories, poems, and illustrations of authors you know. The anthologies together make a fantasy novel but each can stand on their own. They are beautiful. You have to order through the contributors. I'll be glad to order for you at cost + shipping. You'll be glad you did.
Just shoot me an email. They make great Christmas presents. :-)
Sharon Mayhew is having a giveaway for volume 2.
YaY, you got your post up! I barely got mine up, so don't feel bad.
ReplyDeleteJust saw this on Teresa's site - very cool!
ReplyDeleteThanks for the shout out, Robyn. I haven't gotten mine yet and haven't written a post about it and now I'm going on bloggy break.
ReplyDeleteThanks for talking about it. Would love it if some one read my stories. I think it's a shame one has to order through the author. Makes it more difficult, don't you think? I even hate to say anything bad about it because it was such fun to write knowing they were done with you guys in there. And Sally was an angel. A perfect angel. :)
I have Volume 2 - and I want your autograph!!! :) I can't wait to read it...I just need for Santa to bring me those extra hours I keep begging for.
ReplyDeletehi miss robyn! for sure this was a fun project. it was lots more fun for me because it was a togetherness project. i loved writing my poem but even more i loved doing something special with my blogger friends. its so cool for the mother d andaughter writers being in the same anthology. i would of liked to do that with my mom.
ReplyDelete...hugs from lenny
Great post! It really was a lot of fun being a part of this project.
ReplyDeleteI want to read these stories, Robyn! I hopped over to your friends place and entered the giveaway :) love & hugs!!!
ReplyDeleteWhat a great idea. Congrats on being published. And awesome that you did it with Sharon, Theresa, and Lenny.
ReplyDeleteSounds like an interesting project and fun idea for a writing prompt.
ReplyDeleteI MUST get this! YAY!
ReplyDeleteThese sound fabulous and I love the story behind the stories! I can't wait to check these out. Congrats and best of luck! :)
ReplyDelete~Jess
Well of course you chose the cowboy boots one! I'd be surprised if you didn't, amigo! :) Hugs to you, sweet friend!
ReplyDeleteHi Robyn .. so great to read about - and I've asked Sharon for my copies .. but will be thrilled to read these stories .. and know they're from my friends on the net ..
ReplyDeleteIt'll be fun having the two children participate too .. the wise man Lenny and then Theresa's daughter, Mia .. and I see others ...
Have fun - wonderful project .. and enjoy this pre Christmas week - hope all is well .. I'll be emailing at some stage! Cheers Hilary
That's such a great concept!
ReplyDeleteHi, Robyn. I hope you will stop by to accept the award I've nominated you for.
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I saw this on Theresa's blog and love the idea of these.
ReplyDeleteThese sound like really amazing stories! I want to read these.
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Very cool idea. Congrats!
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