tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-82819538083261566822024-03-15T21:10:12.843-04:00Robyn CampbellPoet, Picture Book and Middle Grade AuthorRobyn Campbellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17356555082768185840noreply@blogger.comBlogger619125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8281953808326156682.post-75400803587301556452015-07-25T00:05:00.000-04:002015-07-25T00:09:23.169-04:00YO! HO! I Took a Little Break To Get The New Site Ready.<br />
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AND it is!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Er, almost (my PDFs are not finished, my welcome newsletter is not finished). But I'm unveiling it anyway. Do you like it?? Oh, wait. You haven't seen it.<br />
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Please stop by and say hello. I have truly missed all of you. Alex, I have followed your tour. Loved your guest post about balancing everything in your life. The title was something like how you're human. *snort* Something you said hit me like a ton of bricks. You said it all comes down to priorities. I'd been feeling really guilty about not blogging through the stuff with Christopher (not to mention getting the new <strike>blog </strike>place furnished). But that helped me not to worry so much about that. It IS all about priorities. Thank you.<br />
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Christopher had some ER visits. We have a new neurologist. But our appointment isn't until August 6th. One night I thought he was having a stroke. Thankfully, it wasn't one. Strokes go with his brain disorder.<br />
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On Monday, I have a review of a very special picture book written by a very special debut picture book author. I hope you will stop by the new place to meet her.<br />
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I won't be back here anymore. *sniff* Goodbye Blogger. Hello Wordpress. :-)<br />
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<a href="http://robyncampbell.com/">My new home, y'all!</a>Robyn Campbellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17356555082768185840noreply@blogger.com60tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8281953808326156682.post-51605514379549668122015-05-18T04:00:00.000-04:002015-05-18T04:00:11.362-04:00It's Time For Blood, Boobs & Carnage Blogfest! Yep, You Heard Me Right. *snort*<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="background-color: white; line-height: 20.7900009155273px;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">So here we are. I have given this a lot of thought. Pondered it and considered it. I <b><u>was</u></b> able to whittle (a NC term), trim it down to two. </span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; line-height: 20.7900009155273px;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">First up, <b>Gotti</b>. This qualifies for book, movie AND television show (notice how I got a three for one there?). Hey, I'm hearing the BOOS. Look. I am one out of about ten folks who loved this story. What's not to love? Crime boss, famous Gambino family, "Teflon Don", Armand Assante...you get me right? The made for TV movie version was brilliant. Assante was a natural. I know people say that there was nothing new about this. That it was just like any other mob movie. BAH, I say. BAH, HUMBUG! I was in my element watching this and reading about it too. </span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; line-height: 20.7900009155273px;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Which brings me to my number two pick. (Are you sensing a pattern about me here?)</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #333333; line-height: 15.6000003814697px;">I haven't been blogging as much because I have a new and improved blog I'm working on(and that's quite a bit of a time suck). With the help of one of my kids, that is. It's on WP. I hope to unveil it very soon. </span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #333333; line-height: 15.6000003814697px;">Thanks for reading. </span></span></span>Robyn Campbellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17356555082768185840noreply@blogger.com48tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8281953808326156682.post-28684468414322368602015-04-24T09:00:00.000-04:002015-04-24T09:25:16.423-04:00Winners of the Celebrations Anthology and Poetry Friday<br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Random.Org picked three winners of The Poetry Friday Anthology.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Congratulations. <span style="color: #e69138;">WAHOOO!</span></span><br />
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<br />Robyn Campbellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17356555082768185840noreply@blogger.com43tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8281953808326156682.post-66185751736949175082015-04-20T11:40:00.001-04:002015-04-20T11:40:30.541-04:00Guest Posting TodayCatch me talking about vintage clothes over at <a href="http://authoramok.blogspot.com/2015/04/npm-2015-what-are-you-wearing-robyn_20.html">Author Amok's</a> discussing vintage clothes and Mary Ann Hoberman's poem I Like Old Clothes.Robyn Campbellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17356555082768185840noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8281953808326156682.post-12079169620791190222015-04-19T14:40:00.002-04:002015-04-19T17:46:24.837-04:00The Poetry Friday for Celebrations Anthology from Sylvia Vardell and Janet Wong.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">anthology. Very excited is an understatement. I did a happy dance for several days. :-) So I am extremely pleased to announce a giveaway, y'all. These poems are for </span><a href="http://www.poetrycelebrations.com/" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Poetry Celebrations.com</a><span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; line-height: 22.3999996185303px;"> and keeps the party going all year long! In </span><em style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">The Poetry Friday Anthology for Celebrations</em><span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; line-height: 22.3999996185303px;"> from Pomelo Books (</span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Teacher/Librarian Edition</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; line-height: 22.3999996185303px;"> and </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Children’s Edition</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; line-height: 22.3999996185303px;">) you’ll find poems for 156 holidays in English and Spanish, including: International Talk Like A Pirate Day (my poem), Random Acts of Kindness Week, Children’s Book Week, World Laughter Day, National Camping Month, International Literacy Day, Global Hand Washing Day, and more! Some are funny, some are serious, all are wonderful. This</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Go over to <a href="http://www.robynhoodblack.com/blog.htm?post=992941">Robyn Hood Black's</a> and check out all the Poetry Friday posts.</span></div>
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<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">I'm sorry I've been MIA. Christopher has had another problem. We are praying that this will go away. I am moving about trying to catch up on everyones A to Z posts. xoxoxoxo</span><o:p></o:p></div>
Robyn Campbellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17356555082768185840noreply@blogger.com19tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8281953808326156682.post-59661134304571323512015-03-05T14:21:00.003-05:002015-03-05T20:42:49.672-05:00Poetry Friday Roundup, Y'all!<!-- start InLinkz script -->
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<!-- end InLinkz script -->Robyn Campbellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17356555082768185840noreply@blogger.com66tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8281953808326156682.post-27835284568276466842015-02-24T04:00:00.000-05:002015-02-24T04:00:05.012-05:00Olive and the Great Flood<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; text-indent: .5in;">
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS";">Today I have a great interview for you all.
Connie Arnold has a new picture book out. It’s called </span><i><span style="background: white; color: black; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Olive and
the Great Flood</span></i><span style="background: white; color: black; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> and I jumped at the chance to join her blog tour. First, I
want to say the illustrations done by Kathleen Bullock are beautiful. The story
of Olive (the dove Noah sent to find dry ground) published by Guardian Angel
Publishing is a charming rhymer with gorgeous art that pops. Check out that gorgeous cover. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background: white; color: black; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Olive
doesn’t say a word (of course), but she is a well thought out character. I
loved reading this delightful Bible story again and again and you will too.
Olive keeps the other animals on the ark calm by lulling them to sleep with
soft, peaceful songs.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background: white; color: black; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">It’s a joyful,
rhythmic, fun picture book that children will want to read over and over again. <i>Olive and the Great Flood </i>is sure to become a classic.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background: white; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS';">Connie, <i>Olive
and the Great Flood </i>is so fun to
read. Where did you get the idea to write it?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i><span style="background: white; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS';">The
thought just sort of popped into my head when I was thinking about Noah, the
ark and the flood, about what an important part the dove had in the story.
Along with that was the thought of pictures of a dove with the olive branch or
leaf in its mouth depicting peace, and Olive came to life as a peaceful bird
who wanted to help the other animals.<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<span style="background: white; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS';">You had to be excited to find out that Kathleen was going to be the
illustrator. Did you all talk about the art? Did she ask for your opinions?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i><span style="background: white; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS';">I had only
seen book covers and a few illustrations that Kathleen had done and am thrilled
at how her illustrations for Olive and the Great Flood turned out! As with my
two previous books, I provided the text, the publisher provided the
illustrator, who did the art. I never saw any until all was finished. A most
pleasant surprise!<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<span style="background: white; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS';">Do you have plans for future stories taken from the Bible?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i><span style="background: white; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS';">There is
nothing specific I have planned at this time. I would love to write something
else but need to get the inspiration first. I do have another book coming from
Guardian Angel Publishing, but it is not a Bible story and will be my first
without rhymes.<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<span style="background: white; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS';">Can you tell us about your experience writing this particular picture
book? How long did t take you to finish it? Did the words just spill out onto
the page? <b>*wink</b>* <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i><span style="background: white; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS';">Good one,
Robyn! It really didn’t take long to write the first draft. Then I kept reading
it, putting it aside for a while, reading again, making changes, then submitted
to critique group, who made several suggestions. Writing a children’s book is
always challenging, but when you are doing it in rhyme with rhythms that must
be perfect, that steps up the challenge considerably! <o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<span style="background: white; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS';">You make writing picture books look so easy with your wonderful
stories. You know that I know it just ain’t easy. Ha. But please, some words of
wisdom for the writers who are reading this. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i><span style="background: white; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS';">There are
a few things I think are important to keep in mind: get your thoughts down when
you have the inspiration and don’t wait; once it is written you can go back and
do the proofreading and corrections; have someone else read it and give you
their opinion; put it aside for a while and come back to it fresh; and read it
aloud to yourself or someone else.<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<span style="background: white; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS';">Best and worst part of being a writer? <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i><span style="background: white; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS';">Best is
the positive feedback when you discover that someone loves what you wrote, and
worst is having a great story going and getting stuck and unable to finish it
satisfactorily.<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<span style="background: white; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS';">Connie, thank you so much for stopping by and sharing your story with
us. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i><span style="background: white; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS';">It has
been my pleasure, Robyn! Thank you for being a valuable part of my tour for
Olive and the Great Flood. I will check in for comments and to answer any
questions that someone might have.<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;"><span style="background-color: white;">You heard that, y'all. Ask away. Don't forget, you'll be entered into the giveaways.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;"><span style="background-color: white;">Thanks for reading!</span></span></div>
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Amazon - <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Olive-Great-Flood-Connie-Arnold/dp/1616335920/ref=sr_1_8?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1423498341&sr=1-8&keywords=connie+arnold"><b>http://www.amazon.com/Olive-Great-Flood-Connie-Arnold/dp/1616335920/ref=sr_1_8?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1423498341&sr=1-8&keywords=connie+arnold</b></a><b><o:p></o:p></b></div>
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<b>Guardian Angel Publishing - </b><a href="http://www.guardianangelpublishing.com/olive.htm"><b>http://www.guardianangelpublishing.com/olive.htm</b></a><b><o:p></o:p></b></div>
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Connie’s blog for tour schedule and prizes - <a href="http://childrensauthorconniearnold.blogspot.com/"><b>http://childrensauthorconniearnold.blogspot.com</b></a><b><o:p></o:p></b></div>
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<b>Those who comment will be entered to drawings for two
prizes, a copy of my first children’s book, Animal Sound Mix-up, and a gold
dove windchime.</b><o:p></o:p></div>
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It's another Poetry Friday. I'm scheduled to host the first Friday in March. My first time hosting. Can anyone say tension headache? I might run and hide under the bed. :-) I have another haiku for today. After all, it IS Haiku month. Feedback ALWAYS welcome. Thanks for stopping by and reading. </div>
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Springtime peeping through<br />
brilliant butter daffodils<br />
clusters spray the fields<br />
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Pop over to <a href="http://elizabethsteinglass.com/blog/">Elizabeth Steinglass and see the other poems.</a>Robyn Campbellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17356555082768185840noreply@blogger.com24tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8281953808326156682.post-28024285179294036812015-02-02T21:18:00.001-05:002015-02-02T21:24:43.581-05:00Mr. Ed's Ode To Phyll<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">It's Time For Punxsutawney Phyllis's 10th Anniversary Birthday Bonanza!!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">WOOHOO! Phyll(is) (the character written by Susanna Hill and illustrated by <span style="background-color: white; line-height: 15px;">Jeffery Ebbeler)</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #a29b88; line-height: 15px;"> </span>is 10-years-old! YEAH MAN! Phyll has been to our house twice. (You remember the race?) You don't? WHEW. And well...well...Mr. Ed has...*sniff* fallen for her. He knows he cannot fulfill his dream of a life with her. SO SAD, y'all. SO SAD.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I copied the rules from Susanna's blog. You didn't think I was gonna type all that stuff out, did ya? </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">*ahem* </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #776049; line-height: 18.4799995422363px;">If you wrote a poem for Phyllis, and/or have photographs, drawings, videos, or other fun feature accompaniments, please add your post-specific blog link to the list below, or post your poem etc in the comments, or </span><a href="mailto:susanna@susannahill.com" style="background-color: white; color: #708e45; line-height: 18.4799995422363px; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: blue;">Email</span></b></a><span style="background-color: white; color: #776049; line-height: 18.4799995422363px;"> it to me and I'll post it for you so that we can all enjoy everyone's creativity!</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #776049; line-height: 18.4799995422363px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #776049; line-height: 18.4799995422363px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #776049; line-height: 18.4799995422363px;">Maybe Phyllis and I will pick some top finishers, or maybe we'll have a vote later in the week, but either way, some people will win a signed copy of PUNXSUTAWNEY PHYLLIS (if there's anyone left on earth who doesn't already have one or who wants another for someone), a signed copy of Pat Miller's wonderful SUBSTITUTE GROUNDHOG along with audio CD!, and there will be some other non-groundhog-day-related picture books up for grabs too.</span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18.4799995422363px;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">ON WITH IT. First the poem and then poor Mr. Ed reciting it for Phyll is on FB.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">You
mean the world to me, Phyll<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Your
forecasts fit the bill.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">That
day we rode to victory,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It wasn’t a mystery.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Honey, we just clicked,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>No one could predict.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Our close relationship,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">when
I saw you take that dip.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">In
your bikini on that day,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">all
my thoughts were in disarray.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">We
decided ours was not to be,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">You
and I had to (mostly) agree.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">That
friendship is much better,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">So
I trashed the old love letter.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Besides
my dear sweet Phyll,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Blogger wouldn't upload my video. PSHAW! I posted it on facebook <a href="https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=10203745504025919&set=vb.1467997264&type=2&theater&notif_t=like">Robyn's other home.</a> If you care to have a looksee. DRAT, Blooger! DRAT, I say DRAT! It's being all wonky and everything.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Go to <a href="http://susannahill.blogspot.com/2015/02/punxsutawney-phylliss-10th-anniversary.html">Susanna Hill's blog</a> to see the rest of the entries. Thanks for watching. Er, Mr. Ed wonders if, perhaps by chance, you might just have a carrot or an apple? Maybe some potato chips? </span></div>
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Robyn Campbellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17356555082768185840noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8281953808326156682.post-33696215010136325832015-01-30T09:29:00.000-05:002015-01-30T09:30:27.778-05:00Poetry Friday<span style="background-color: white; color: #141823; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;"><br /></span>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #141823; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;">My haiku for Poetry Friday. Sorry, I've been slack in posting. My computer has had some serious problems. Today, I have to erase it. I just hope that fixes everything. </span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #141823; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;"><br /></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #141823; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;">winter's tempest boils </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Mia moves from the shadows to the spotlight when her matchmaking plans go awry in this contemporary M!X novel from the author of 30 Days of No Gossip.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Mia is used to feeling overlooked: her perfect older sister gets all the attention at home, and the popular clique at school are basically experts at ignoring her. So when it’s time for the annual Student Council chocolate rose sale, Mia is prepared to feel even worse. Because even though anyone can buy and send roses to their crushes and friends, the same (popular) people always end up with roses while everyone else gets left out.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Except a twist of fate puts Mia in charge of selling the roses this year—and that means things are going to change. With a little creativity, Mia makes sure the kids who usually leave empty-handed suddenly find themselves the object of someone’s affection. But her scheme starts to unravel when she realizes that being a secret matchmaker isn’t easy—and neither is being in the spotlight. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Here's an excerpt. This is book is so much fun. I'm going to have to buy it. Check this out.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">CHAPTER ONE</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">To: Stanton Middle School</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">From: Mia Hartley</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">This place could use a real-life Cupid.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I don’t ask for much. A ride to school without listening to my big sister Kellie gabbing on the phone with her BFF Margeaux. Maybe a few minutes where Mom actually listens to me instead of Kellie. Oh, and extra room in the back seat to set a box full of notecards to attach to chocolate roses so I don’t have to hold it in my lap all the way to school.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Unfortunately, none of those things were happening. My sister was doing the whole, “And then I said, and then she said” thing while my mom ignored my questions about dropping me off at school first. The cards in the box on my lap had to be filled out for our Valentine’s Day sale, which was a huge deal in my school every year.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Why did I have the box? Blame it on my desire to be liked. I signed up to help sell these because my BFF wanted to do it. And because if you did things like this, people knew who you were. It was nicer than being invisible, I figured. </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Why was the box on my lap? Good question. Because my cheerleader-slash-homecoming attendant-slash-most popular sophomore at Stanton High School sister had to have a place for her stupid science project. Which she’d probably get an A-plus-plus on because, in case it wasn’t obvious, she’s perfect—the golden child.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">I, meanwhile, have never gotten a carnation, rose, or even a pile of fake doody from a boy. Today my best friend Ashleigh and I sell chocolate roses before school, then tomorrow—Valentine’s Day—we hand those roses out in first period. That was when things would really get boring.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">If this year was the same as last year, we’d take orders for cards, only to find they were all for the same eight people. But this year, instead of watching other people hand out the cards, it would be me and Ashleigh. We’d have to pass out roses to those same eight people while people like me, my best friend Ashleigh, and most of the rest of seventh grade would be left sitting there, looking like nobodies.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">“Mia!”</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Kellie was yelling at me from the front seat. “What?” I asked loudly. If she was going to yell, I was going to yell, too.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">“You’ll be at the game Friday night, right?”</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">I frowned and wrinkled my nose. It was an automatic reaction to her “game requests.” If Kellie had been looking at me, she would have been mad. I went to six football games last fall because they were ‘big games.’ Now it was basketball season and a new round of ‘big games’ was about to start. Gag.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">“I have a sleepover,” I said. I didn’t, but I was pretty sure I could get one together. I just had to talk to Ashleigh about it.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">“But it’s the biggest game of the year,” Kellie whined. “You’ll miss my back handspring.”</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">I’d seen Kellie’s back handspring. And her round off. I’d also seen her back layout with half twist and every jump and split known to man. I had a pretty good feeling I knew what it looked like. Besides, after a while, all that showing off made it look like someone flopping across the gym floor to me.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">“Sorry,” I said with a shrug. “I have a life, too, you know.”</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">It was kind of a rude thing to say, but it felt really good. A surge of adrenaline actually shot through my body when I said it. It was about time I tried to point out that out to everyone because, even now, I would swear my parents think my world revolves around Kellie like theirs does.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">“Mia!” Mom scolded. I’m not sure why she was whispering, since Kellie was sitting closer to her than I was. But the good news was, while my brain was working overtime trying to come up with a way to get out of this without apologizing, the car slowed to a stop and I realized we were in front of my school.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">“What’s with that box?” Kellie asked. “Some super-secret spy stuff?”</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">I could tell she was being sarcastic, but I guess I deserved it after what I’d just said. “Valentine’s Day stuff.”</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">“For the roses,” Mom added. “Mia’s selling chocolate roses for Valentine’s Day.”</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Kellie perked right up. “I did that once,” she said. “Ours were carnations in different colors.”</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">“White for friendship, red for love?” Mom asked. “We did that when I was in school.”</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">“What was yellow?” Kellie asked Mom. “I thought yellow was friendship.”</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">While they hashed that out, I opened the box and looked inside. Stacks of cards, all ready to be filled out. We just had to sell them.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">“Mia’s going to win a lock-in,” Mom announced.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">I hadn’t been listening to the conversation, so I wasn’t sure how that had come up. I just kept going through my cards, making sure they were all stacked evenly.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">“You mean one of those things where you spend the night in your school gym?” Kellie asked.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">“This one will be at the sportsplex,” Mia replied, feeling a little defensive. “There’s ice skating and pizza and all kinds of other stuff.”</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">The lock-in would be fun, but if anyone thought that was why I was fighting to sell more roses…wrong, wrong, wrong. Winning the lock-in would show everyone I could do something. I’d be something besides invisible for a change. I really, really wanted that.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">“And Mia’s going to win,” Mom said.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">“It runs in the family,” Kellie said. “Our seventh-grade class won a big pizza party-movie day when I was in charge of sales. It’s so easy to do. Tell the guys with girlfriends if they don’t buy flowers for them, their girlfriends will be mad.”</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">I frowned. I didn’t know very many guys with girlfriends. Even if I did, that wouldn’t work. Even in seventh grade, Kellie had been drop-dead gorgeous. All she had to do was walk up to a boy and he’d buy all the flowers she had.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">“I’ll have to give that a try,” Mia said. “Thanks.”</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">“Get your friends to buy roses for you,” Kellie said, spinning around to look at me. “I got five roses in each color. That made us so much money. It works. Try it.”</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">I stared at her for a long moment. As annoying as Kellie’s perfectness was, she was a super-good sister. How could I ever be mad at her? Plus, she seemed to have no idea that I was a total loser compared to her. She always seemed to think I should be able to do whatever she did. It was annoying—and it made me feel bad for being annoyed.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Thankfully, Mom had pulled up in front of the school by then. “Gotta go,” I said, reaching for the door and jumping out, balancing the box under one arm as I closed the door. I took off for the front door so fast my backpack bounced against my back in an annoying way.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Stephanie Faris knew she wanted to be an author from a very young age. In fact, her mother often told her to stop reading so much and go outside and play with the other kids. After graduating from Middle Tennessee State University with a Bachelor of Science in broadcast journalism, she somehow found herself working in information technology. But she never stopped writing.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Stephanie is the author of 30 Days of No Gossip and 25 Roses, both with Aladdin M!x. When she isn’t crafting fiction, she writes for a variety of online websites on the topics of business, technology, and her favorite subject of all—fashion. She lives in Nashville with her husband, a sales executive. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #6fa8dc; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">The first winter snow</span><br />
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Robyn Campbellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17356555082768185840noreply@blogger.com37tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8281953808326156682.post-69203328083485136422014-12-23T03:00:00.000-05:002014-12-23T03:00:00.567-05:00Merry Christmas and We Have a Winner!YO! <a href="http://jlennidornerblog.what-are-they.com/">J Lenni Dorner</a> is the winner of the critique from Sharon Mayhew. Congratulations, woman! Merry Christmas everyone. I hope you have a safe and happy celebration. I'll see you all in 2015.<br />
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Writers, today I am going to tell you about a venture that Jill Corcoran (boy howdy, it is THAT Jill Corcoran) and Martha Alderson (yep, The Plot Whisperer herself) <span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="97d8ca86-17c5-4d2b-80f7-f3712d47b2c4" id="772ce814-bbb2-493c-95d8-2776eeae4592">are involved</span> with. They have built a writing how-to. A how-to <span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="43803f5f-4620-48d6-9ffd-60af2590869d" id="d54d2c70-a5ca-4117-b66a-e5366911a936">for</span> novels and one for picture books. Take your pick. I have rented the videos for both. So I am speaking as one who rented them and watched them. My review is after the info on the videos. Read <span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="a2ef7280-add8-4ede-8f08-86fc9e4e1864" id="8ad219d2-351c-4086-be2c-b6e0b8ca6194"><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="c5372587-cc5a-4a85-be45-4e7786e13dad" id="70f0f8ee-8c78-499f-82c6-ad1ea5718225"><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="4ad9eb06-1e6a-4ff3-ad7c-4ad231c63e98" id="73c57372-1dee-4739-aa4d-a7a0cdeca594">on</span></span></span>, people! <br />
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I'm so excited to Host 2 amazing ladies on my blog today, along with the fabulous program they have put together to help authors get their book published and to learn how to revise their own novels in a manner that will make manuscripts shine!!<br />
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Let's Introduce you first to this program!<br />
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<b><u><i>VIDEO SERIES</i></u></b><br />
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<i>We offer writers two video series with more in production:</i><br />
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<span style="color: #cc0000;">1) <span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="36c4a6b4-c6d9-48cd-9c3c-b754e08dd77d" id="f9163acd-c858-4980-85cf-729938dfe650"><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="c7d780ef-7089-4e8c-8c03-c87c4435b2be" id="57eb402e-be40-4f67-a95e-b8d5455469a2"><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="69946736-cbd1-453f-beea-78fc545c6ae7" id="748c7d68-a867-47a0-8caf-c10b43816b43">PlotWriMo</span></span></span>: Revise Your Novel in a Month</span><br />
http://apathtopublishing.com<br />
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8 videos, 5.5 hours + 3- hands-on exercises<br />
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Congratulations! You have written a draft of a novel. You’ve accomplished what many<br />
<span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="50d2fcba-e1f6-4f3d-ad6d-f09bd4245ec5" id="5c387917-bd3b-42f4-b0d4-57b6217858f0"><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="4f21dace-b3e8-49fe-9a1c-1de797721f59" id="5feb4704-f19c-4ebf-a78c-a758c42f1512"><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="bb2e82c5-9bfc-4253-9a34-fbc92e242127" id="1667ab2b-0acf-4851-bee5-f5d7d6944f7d">writers</span></span></span> merely talk about and dream of doing – you have written an entire story from<br />
<span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="4f8c5501-cb9e-4169-9fc8-f8bf845b696e" id="cf8eb0ab-538e-44d8-9dcd-1d0f3cecf24e"><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="7540ab20-fb8e-4d2b-8215-0caa612dfec7" id="85dad5ae-e2ba-4a6a-89af-929fffecc82c"><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="38296b46-1ab3-4cd7-bbb8-712388e20853" id="a74ae792-cfe8-449c-b111-06b01395f906">beginning</span></span></span> to end. When you finish celebrating, it is time to revise: to re-envision and<br />
<span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="19be6f3d-f425-4ce2-81ff-6b3208fe0a61" id="e17e7beb-d016-4355-b92d-a5b88c74f940"><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="ab125809-c6cc-4153-9930-5fe1ae82881e" id="bbc80bf5-c7a7-4210-b9d6-7e322a14707e"><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="eafdd595-a027-4bd7-a901-b474dd965d34" id="2b3cc1e7-89bc-45cf-9178-e76ce27c2ce6">rewrite</span></span></span> what you’ve written into a novel that agents, editors and readers will devour.<br />
Writing a great plot involves craft and skill and know-how. Before you undertake a major<br />
<span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="09f2a994-a8b4-4e55-bba7-87b8f0cc1b57" id="bb638d82-f73a-4ee6-b8e5-3180e2633505"><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="9c915345-a340-4c3e-8954-1879f454bc1b" id="c3cdb41b-a2e6-4b9e-aed2-75b67e0fbd1a"><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="c2cb4aae-03c2-47e7-b0d1-8b9be2b25ff0" id="c25b4036-a29a-4967-b322-fe41d85eb1f1">rewrite</span></span></span>, first consider your story from all angles with the help of step-by-step instruction<br />
<span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="eac90934-3552-437e-b749-57e66b176db4" id="120d6627-f559-4b0c-82fa-1e6526bcec43"><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="564b5b78-8b5c-46e4-a0cf-0a54c2cf1f3f" id="ce3d8d17-0b98-4c72-abb9-2d73a383c79f"><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="1e338099-0961-481d-875d-fb1f30224a22" id="7d5b4d9a-f91f-4213-83fd-598b702e79a4">and</span></span></span> daily exercises. You know you’re ready to rewrite when you’ve checked all the<br />
<span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="7d1482b3-6f92-4e12-a4e7-55691c386bdf" id="b6d2ab79-f3e2-4493-a9ef-c50b31a9d24c"><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="e4953f14-1513-47eb-963e-84bcba2bb2c8" id="ac072259-01f8-4b49-93b0-d713c7cf4db5"><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="79dd44e5-459d-406b-beb6-6ac972f6250e" id="9b7ff83d-4bf0-47ad-85f1-2088c391e715">essentials</span></span></span> elements for creating an exciting story with compelling characters and a<br />
<span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="26d09d7f-51dc-4187-9e9b-86033b20576f" id="f7850e83-863c-4bca-b1f5-c329238465fb"><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="f2fa0e76-7c59-408a-9583-f5f45fedb150" id="c043e1f4-02ae-4811-bdef-1e6e498eef6f"><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="03e0cc5b-f9e8-41a6-ae8c-eb56cabb1376" id="04636576-3910-40fe-ad8c-498d3ad84880">meaningful</span></span></span> plot.<br />
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<span style="color: #cc0000;">2) How to Write and Sell a Picture Book with a Plot</span><br />
http://apathtopublishing.com/how-to-write-and-sell-a-picture-book/<br />
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7 videos explain how to plot, write and sell picture books + provide exercises how to<br />
<span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="211aca70-3c73-4d10-b427-764ce258bee1" id="43468cd3-dbbd-4c35-9ba5-79beca225dda"><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="c2b210c9-cf90-4cdd-a167-61834760bc28" id="93f77b8d-d311-4df8-8d08-5cc06d25df7f"><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="81766c3e-8956-4118-963d-cca7fd0699ce" id="4815b2d6-c4ea-499f-9cd8-415ed61ca690">immediately</span></span></span> integrate the concepts into your own unique story. Learn about all the<br />
<span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="c1022e6c-ca4f-4c87-9d78-6f83807176a6" id="d9f68736-91fb-42ad-af72-9b857eded915"><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="151dd3d6-bdbc-4134-8592-29ffff5a618b" id="3a51c609-e027-4c8d-bb27-8db7da9f988a"><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="b8f0ea0c-5797-438c-abd3-8d631970ace1" id="48f883e6-9f4f-4649-8792-62c8752dc30e">different</span></span></span> kinds of picture books, examples of character-driven and action-driven picture<br />
<span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="258874d9-b374-4364-b94b-661569e3effa" id="05a0e7b3-0e47-41c2-86b7-12f2e0257e6f"><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="644200b8-5d1b-4db8-9c6e-87c60c842993" id="da7efb33-5ec2-4f70-8594-b1687a4c0a53"><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="0845cb1f-b63c-4b27-aa42-10cdaf4b3603" id="5b5b3e55-043d-4a4f-8b68-771999981d90">books</span></span></span>, how to develop winning picture book concepts, what are the major turning points<br />
<span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="abeb7626-af1e-4db3-8e92-c50864721675" id="1be31159-87ee-48b5-8c18-ae9918a732c9"><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="d45b18bf-5036-4a5a-924a-231eff964ad4" id="f9d26251-5c0f-44c5-a638-33c8488a0dcb"><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="cb01197e-4b5e-4e21-8b44-17ece60ed13e" id="ebb7b2ef-d5ea-430a-b483-20d1b3900423">in</span></span></span> every great picture book with a plot, writing, voice, character goals and motivation,<br />
<span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="422b7d65-77c8-4fd3-8336-310ab8a57230" id="ec9df1a1-ef67-4813-b79f-108cb54125d4"><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="c81388fc-a83f-47b3-bd78-7c2d5097b0e0" id="26a38c32-2365-471f-ae5d-92f03606f5f7"><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="27ece201-c9e0-4ab8-a9dc-ee12ac50eaef" id="590faabb-5872-4406-bccb-620c1a67e930">how</span></span></span> to revise, testing your theme and <span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="422b7d65-77c8-4fd3-8336-310ab8a57230" id="551c5afc-dd39-4bac-9bc7-242e5644dd3d"><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="c81388fc-a83f-47b3-bd78-7c2d5097b0e0" id="9e4c547e-1fb3-4d7a-8407-83dc18879bf5"><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="27ece201-c9e0-4ab8-a9dc-ee12ac50eaef" id="65ffd096-0536-4119-a641-ac73c6da70b4">take-away</span></span></span>, who to submit to and so much more…<br />
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<span style="color: #cc0000;">Here’s How the Video Series Work</span><br />
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Each video includes an in-depth look at the specific elements promised and how to<br />
<span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="db451e43-b514-46d0-9251-86fce4d382fe" id="8ca3855e-dee9-4463-bf1e-dab1e4f332cb"><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="794a79ba-9646-4797-afef-b993b08f5b17" id="92f6ea42-983f-4599-ad92-6e961a68cb5e"><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="0e40b001-15c5-4f08-919f-bc777ab4122d" id="eae3ed96-71b0-421c-bccf-8d5a47a225e3">consider</span></span></span> these essential story principles as you write, revise, rewrite, sell your story.<br />
Writing assignment(s) guide you with step-by-step instruction.<br />
Whether you decide to watch all the videos in a row and then go back and do the<br />
<span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="dabf52db-05ee-47b4-884b-f52ccbdb3d03" id="d3b0f02d-1f63-49e2-b1a1-de39358fd6eb"><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="5b716ca5-ac5d-434b-b022-15cb0067076f" id="63d7ab73-ac0a-4138-a578-889d4daced18"><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="ed10e151-e107-4793-898d-622741e01fbb" id="00f7b558-3810-4b83-a097-df1418e6c94d">exercises</span></span></span> or jump right <span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="dabf52db-05ee-47b4-884b-f52ccbdb3d03" id="4f9568cb-1dac-4112-9da4-2589ca2ebd35"><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="5b716ca5-ac5d-434b-b022-15cb0067076f" id="176f7b43-3f57-4270-bd8b-a570b33b6916"><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="ed10e151-e107-4793-898d-622741e01fbb" id="4b967b1c-d658-4c22-809b-44003acccd95">in to</span></span></span> the 1st video’s exercise, work at your own pace and take<br />
<span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="09b90ee8-4f98-4618-b0ae-ca558c92a9d1" id="d2cebc22-65dd-41d9-8ffd-1a8a317555a9"><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="3e24c58b-fc42-4ecb-ae2b-0729bbcb282a" id="160e5588-f831-4b30-8d6d-5b9bd3504d3a"><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="01651cc6-8758-4c11-886c-81ec8439f00e" id="6cc89a29-eb2d-4b6d-b593-b0cc93fac757">more</span></span></span> or less time on the step-by-step exercises. The series <span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="e2dcc094-163a-4b85-800a-a49ae87bcacc" id="a4110e3b-1fd3-4bc0-9ce3-2155d7cf4c15"><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="32115cee-6126-461f-b922-41b1be66419d" id="502a4653-fb21-46e1-9ed0-d470a47ce4c2"><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="a9e5271f-e7b8-4093-aaee-470d18ab07fb" id="a89c1e8d-6e29-44da-a211-f5ea24db3ee2">are designed</span></span></span> to fit into even<br />
<span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="506037a8-5a88-4290-908a-8f1082af505b" id="aa039bf9-2f6c-41f0-b30e-d40e0e4f75b3"><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="edc85d7c-434b-4838-818c-33d733379512" id="9fa593b9-0455-4639-b65d-451bab2e8d22"><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="8f312371-5aa6-4916-a61c-e09b3ebeddd0" id="d76d58d0-f435-47ee-a51e-aee2a0bf3fcb">the</span></span></span> busiest of schedules. Sign-in and watch video lectures, complete homework<br />
<span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="a11d193a-582d-4104-bd1f-775114b99d34" id="70f39068-07aa-42dd-a417-456410e9022d"><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="8a1099f9-287b-49fc-9cbd-9b51bd713e5d" id="e54df265-b09f-449e-93c7-4767aa163a1e"><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="54ce6de3-5a71-4bc8-b3e0-be0d66dcb97b" id="7251265c-7b3f-4433-9a7d-57ffdcbd2562">assignments</span></span></span>, and ask questions in a public forum on a timetable that fits your needs.<br />
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<i><span style="color: #999999;">Shout Outs:</span></i><br />
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<i><span style="color: #999999;">**The 1st draft you let yourself write any old way. Now revise your story from every angle</span></i><br />
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<i><span style="color: #999999;">**Can't seem to #finish your #novel? Ready to give up? Before you do, revise!</span></i><br />
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<i><span style="color: #999999;">**I’m finding the revision process FUN! Did I actually say that? Loving this process, thank you!</span></i><br />
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<i><span style="color: #999999;">**Friends don't let friends <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">#revise</span> alone</span></i><br />
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Let's introduce you to Jill and Martha now!!<br />
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<b><u>Jill Corcoran bio<o:p></o:p></u></b></div>
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Jill
Corcoran is the founder of Jill Corcoran Literary Agency and co-founder of A
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<b><u>Martha Alderson bio<o:p></o:p></u></b></div>
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Martha Alderson, author of <i>The
Plot Whisperer: Secrets of Story Structure Any Writer Can Master</i>, is known
as “The Plot Whisperer” for the help she offers writers worldwide. She is the
founder of PlotWriMo: Revise Your Novel in a Month and the award-winning blog <i>The
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These ladies not only brought us these amazing author tools, but also offer another service with 2 levels of Participation (Participants and Observers):<br />
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<span style="color: #0b5394;">Office Hours</span><br />
<span style="color: #0b5394;">2nd Thursday of every month</span><br />
<span style="color: #0b5394;">9:30-11:30am Pacific</span><br />
<span style="color: #0b5394;"><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="74e0a27f-126f-4e26-b41a-2c43c3a1fdf5" id="d79c0a76-fabb-41da-bf43-0dbe214c3d30"><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="bdddbebf-fc98-40f9-86ff-0443446556ce" id="4dd2a179-7564-458f-a7ac-8f40f7e84df3">on-line</span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: #0b5394;">http://apathtopublishing.com/office-hours/</span><br />
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<u>Active Participants and Observers</u><br />
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ACTIVE PARTICIPANTS: 8 authors each have 15 minutes to work with The Plot<br />
Whisperer Martha Alderson and Literary Agent Jill Corcoran on whatever you want help<br />
<span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="f6599b75-38e4-40c6-980f-8665d96403b9" id="02e59e58-4d2a-4ecc-a641-199227fa2dbd"><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="187d7152-d2db-4ab9-809f-cc65330d306e" id="ab8d0c8c-70a3-4113-a4a1-4d2d9b0ced78"><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="92ce8685-d2ae-4411-b50d-a1086eff4516" id="5c1cb9f8-7672-49ba-bec3-75f5dd4561d9">with</span></span></span>. Read part of your manuscript, query, discuss energetic markers, concept, brainstorm<br />
<span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="b3abb1eb-63f2-4266-bca1-db56e2ae2bdc" id="8710e5e5-f08c-41ed-930a-005c7ef06956"><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="60404ca9-ad76-4859-baa7-bda753975986" id="90c821a7-5e18-473e-b398-e3bd605c9aeb"><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="569eb6e8-f6ad-48b7-91ee-579d4c6f465b" id="72d6d35e-0a9b-41d4-81b9-087b38242a26">plot</span></span></span>, characters, <span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="b3abb1eb-63f2-4266-bca1-db56e2ae2bdc" id="bb439193-2e1f-4450-a29a-da3fd72a3fd8"><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="60404ca9-ad76-4859-baa7-bda753975986" id="b66d379e-cd86-438c-8a2f-0d4f7a9d270e"><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="569eb6e8-f6ad-48b7-91ee-579d4c6f465b" id="e48e3509-0539-40cf-b752-a899d8a9b543">etc</span></span></span> and receive feedback you can immediately apply to your work.<br />
Active participants must watch either Plotwrimo: Revise Your Novel in a Month or How<br />
<span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="48cf7452-92be-4623-9341-e2a58f02fa19" id="ed10b883-0495-44c4-bf84-fb4f27de3678"><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="16ef3471-e3d7-4f7b-be98-e4c3c2b4cb95" id="7179c531-6b1d-4b68-b562-92d674db445a">to</span></span> Write & Sell a Picture Book <span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="48cf7452-92be-4623-9341-e2a58f02fa19" id="d3997dd7-34d2-4883-9773-3af1c69a480a"><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="16ef3471-e3d7-4f7b-be98-e4c3c2b4cb95" id="ce0258b9-2ab9-4be7-b911-68080768825c">Videos</span></span>. This gives us a common language and baseline<br />
<span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="ff41b5e9-90f5-4179-85c9-378fd57eee5a" id="738a3b44-ff00-4b22-9ed7-598c1ce1dfc7"><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="db537479-538f-48ab-84fa-7b85543e04e3" id="71be3edb-c4e2-45d7-a568-a70d807532b5"><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="7c05be6f-3ebe-48c0-9d82-b1ffa9b59344" id="9648c9bc-d73e-4f0b-b35d-ea1ae3dc5d95">understanding</span></span></span> of underlying plot and story concepts for better communication.<br />
Receive a critique of your First Pages, Query, Concept, or get help with your Characters,<br />
Where to Start <span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="edfd8764-765f-4795-a3ec-17353c9142b6" id="70688ea5-1097-4415-8ed4-3b11c0b9fff3"><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="bd2a185b-a0b6-4871-a800-d628951ae352" id="552c597a-5d04-4780-882c-6844e6e1e940"><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="c9503a16-4126-4783-944f-342ad8d8cd48" id="21681d00-328d-446e-8de9-91d25ec39abf">your</span></span></span> Story, Crisis, Climax, etc. It is your time<span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="224862e4-bbef-48e9-a060-d101920165e6" id="e31d4090-23e4-4156-9172-a2783138f417"><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="a8384800-2824-456b-a281-582b1fec31cd" id="5e394ebf-63cf-4581-a58a-0ab7291e5372">...</span></span>your choice<br />
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***OBSERVERS: 15 observer spots. As an observer, you do not participate/read <span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="d1fb25cf-ef5f-44c4-8881-8e2768e2c116" id="f6d820c0-52ec-41fd-8e75-8dd3af8d02e2"><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="084fe119-1eea-4a80-bae9-c513a0affc52" id="8569d73a-6e03-4b89-b922-0f9cc470d87b">your</span></span><br />
<span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="662f40d4-4422-459f-bf94-666ba958e87b" id="ea6a039d-1ac3-47f7-8034-6159be1ff67a"><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="ddbec58a-a312-4048-aa56-7df136be8f72" id="f317c86f-7397-4ef0-81f1-9cb807ab5cba"><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="ccc405bf-4966-452e-bcf8-cc819d487cac" id="5922750a-6736-42bb-aa49-1dc12b662a4f">work</span></span></span>, but listen and learn from others during these sessions.<br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #0b5394;">SO MUCH HARD WORK FROM THESE LADIES! LET'S SEE WHAT REVIEWERS ARE SAYING ABOUT THESE VIDEOS AND SERVICES:</span><br />
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<i>Reviews of the series:</i><br />
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<span style="color: #666666;">"The amount of time, heartache, frustration, and hell that these videos are saving me from</span><br />
<span style="color: #666666;"><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="a91147be-4e57-4f7c-8a4f-069405e5135e" id="2429d2c0-d8f1-413d-911c-14ac40fdec04"><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="044ed0ae-80a7-4190-8f33-483b691209cb" id="fa4a7461-212e-48d3-84de-ae45b3f63777">is</span></span> immeasurable."</span><br />
<span style="color: #666666;"><br /></span>
<span style="color: #666666;">"Don't wait until you have a first draft to get the video series. If you have an inkling of a</span><br />
<span style="color: #666666;"><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="43e9ef4b-e1fe-4367-8db5-4f8b2860b19b" id="b76cccd3-79d0-40c3-8854-15e5985ef886"><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="80617f40-a867-48aa-9e9e-1707076050cd" id="2cb85ec9-db0c-4623-b49b-b11d16447ccc">concept</span></span>, get the video series. The videos will show you how to define your energetic</span><br />
<span style="color: #666666;"><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="5c3bc60a-c1f5-4866-a9f0-5ca360ff6ebe" id="dce407b4-f51c-4de8-9ad8-c78158e435aa"><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="f5584589-bdbe-4d84-b31d-ba2689e93d44" id="475cc275-ad70-4d9b-b0db-005b4f27bf14">markers</span></span>. You'll learn the difference between crisis and climax. The 8 videos constitute a</span><br />
<span style="color: #666666;">'<span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="fbfb7deb-c83c-4c11-89dc-f5478dd210bf" id="6c142b09-1bfc-4911-b4f0-7ce08cbd5d08"><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="7a3e5f96-8234-4dff-8b8a-647d1897b8b2" id="b672a81f-1b87-40dd-888b-6dd1caa2a0c8">top</span></span> to toe' writing course. Jill Corcoran & Martha Alderson, thank you for giving me</span><br />
<span style="color: #666666;"><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="bd8139f0-681a-4cf1-a11f-a9aea9b770e4" id="6edd380d-04a7-42fa-8336-ab9906a13a98"><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="7f6e14a9-4bc0-40e0-a789-5fc8306c2990" id="3e326613-e11b-4d08-a9a4-6628a385ec9d">the</span></span> opportunity to call myself a writer with pride." Dolly D <span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="bd8139f0-681a-4cf1-a11f-a9aea9b770e4" id="9ed77b0e-165a-4a1b-9fb4-8d81ba79acc5"><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="7f6e14a9-4bc0-40e0-a789-5fc8306c2990" id="fd31930f-e120-4643-b315-705e18a1552c">Napal</span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: #666666;"><br /></span>
<span style="color: #666666;">"I have been writing, writing, writing, and reading about writing, but I knew I was still</span><br />
<span style="color: #666666;"><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="0599c948-85ba-44a7-a61a-e28beb0b6be4" id="e4eb1c3e-aac2-4c20-9017-9be8eaedab14"><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="9184a98f-fb56-447c-ad75-8ae7b15569ef" id="7a633285-ee24-4595-926d-334a203743e4">missing</span></span> the mark. How I write and rewrite books will be forever changed for the better. "</span><br />
<span style="color: #666666;">Wendy McLeon MacKnight</span><br />
<span style="color: #666666;"><br /></span>
<span style="color: #666666;">"I felt overwhelmed with my latest revision. I feel like a weight has been lifted and I'm</span><br />
<span style="color: #666666;"><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="a647f0cb-f0b3-40e2-8a60-ca0844e546ef" id="b29f481a-ae86-4767-b357-5089d2c1b4a8"><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="4652ca52-460b-4b38-865c-3536f95fe5a2" id="98dcc51f-c483-4f7e-94f5-b61586f54f24">just</span></span> on day one."</span><br />
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<b>Last, but not least, these ladies offer a fantastic workshop to help people actively learn from the</b><br />
<b>A PATH TO PUBLISHING services.</b><br />
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<i><span style="color: #cc0000;">A Path to Publishing Workshops:</span></i><br />
http://apathtopublishing.com<br />
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We often tailor-make an advanced workshop for writers who have watched the series <span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="a331f92f-f078-4957-92c2-42e1b3ed901f" id="3e0ad37c-d722-4f41-9844-3313d450947d">to</span><br />
<span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="dbc25481-9cbb-475d-9fe0-bc89719f25df" id="e9903dc8-268b-46b5-84af-aa67ba7b9dd4"><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="ad76e10b-a2ec-4616-b414-f3ed2036075f" id="52ee7556-a7b9-4ef1-b806-f45e86c893fc">ask</span></span> questions and receive feedback on your own individual story.<br />
A Path to Publishing Facebook Group<br />
https://www.facebook.com/groups/apathtopublishing/<br />
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Everyone is welcome to join A Path to Publishing Facebook group created by Literary<br />
Agent Jill Corcoran and Plot Whisperer Martha Alderson as safe, smart, fun alcove for<br />
<span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="0072d47a-db68-4fdb-abd1-0de1b4b8cbc1" id="7903b6f3-7342-4101-82c6-272bb8252d43"><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="f4a40b7f-5600-4d3f-a12b-cec28d112da8" id="8d051bec-1b7f-4c82-abdc-8e2a8227dab2">writers</span></span> and illustrators to share and learn about the craft of writing and the book biz. This<br />
<span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="3efc1a5f-6734-4886-855b-e56dcdfd3893" id="8e39874e-663b-4440-8e43-9c0e12f994c4">is</span> NOT a place to sell your books, but a wonderful forum for us all to advance our skills,<br />
<span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="c4ca5129-34e4-4816-8da2-3ab1a16779c9" id="de54b671-1ae2-414f-8cad-81705bdb6346">our</span> creativity, and our dreams plus learn about what Jill and Martha are up to at A PATH<br />
TO PUBLISHING.<br />
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<b>My review:</b></div>
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The videos are well worth the cost. I have learned a lot with them. The thing that really cements all of this is the homework which is so comprehensive and thorough. It validates everything in the videos and then some. I never knew how to use the energetic markers. Now I do. I feel confident that even after my year with the videos, I'll be able to revise my novels on my own because of what I've learned. I am revising my MG using the information from the videos. It is much stronger and tighter.<br />
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You can watch all the videos and then go through the homework or watch them one at a time completing the homework for that particular video moving to the next one. Move along with your time schedule. You have them for a year.<br />
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Jill and Martha have a conversation with you. It's not like your typical instructor/class. Jill and Martha talk directly to you. Like it's just you and them. Of course, in a way it is. They do not talk down to you either. Which is very important. Another very important thing is the fact that Jill Corcoran is a powerhouse agent. I mean BRICK POWERHOUSE! Martha isn't chopped liver either (snort). Her Plot Whisperer books have sold like hotcakes and have helped many a writer become published.<br />
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The picture book videos are also very good. There's also a list of picture books for you to study. The thing I like about the picture book videos is that they help you learn how to study other picture books. SO IMPORTANT! I had never learned to do that before the videos. That's my biggest takeaway. It is the best thing about the picture book videos. If you can read published picture books and figure out why they worked then you can write books that will work too.<br />
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My take? Rent the videos. You'll be so glad you did.<br />
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Be sure to follow along and see what others are saying about these services and how they have helped them! Read individual reviews and more information about how this video series can help you!<br />
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I'll start out by saying that I intended to write the 50,000. I ended up with TWO novels and 90,000 words. I didn't outline. I'm a <span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="9540739a-47db-4262-b2c3-7f8df73c39fb" id="ab41c390-aa15-472b-96da-c9a50a4a1626"><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="fd3b8f54-9595-43b9-92cc-6ee8db245907" id="778909c8-54e6-40de-8213-519db2db4cfb">panster</span></span>. But I did write a two sentence synopsis. WHEW. That was tough! So when Nov. 1st arrived, I already had a plan in my head.<br />
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Wake up early and write until my fingers were raw. NAH! I decided to write before homeschool. Early morning is when I'm my freshest. The MOST important secret to my madness? CONSISTENCY. Sticking with the early morning plan. There were two hospital days with Christopher in those 20 days too. I couldn't write on those days. So it was actually 18 days. I woke up every day with one early morning goal. WRITE. I timed myself the first day. That's when I discovered that I could write 5000 words each morning. COLOR ME SHOCKED.<br />
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So on it went. I wrote 5000 words every day. With 18 days of 5000 words and two novels finished, I'm asked how I did it. My answer? That wise adage, BIC. And consistency. No excuses made for why I couldn't write on a specific day. I woke up, poured coffee and typed. I didn't wake up, check email, visit FB, look in on twitter, <span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="9ae4ea06-8adf-4a12-bec9-209cf8159a2a" id="f76a7340-eeed-482a-93fb-40668a0f72f9"><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="73749e5b-597f-4346-96c7-3b82b9befb43" id="ac0d5691-4937-4266-853b-d0b6ace06f2a">etc</span></span>, etc. Funny, I always thought that they were my writerly duties to be performed BEFORE writing. I learned during my NaNo write in that they are excuses. Go figure.<br />
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I am still relishing in my victory. But soon comes the cold hard reality of REVISIONS. So I will kick back and give <span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="cfe21220-e93a-4baa-a195-0c373d28c63e" id="09834d39-26d1-4aec-a4af-0ea30d56524d"><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="c9927493-6d1f-438a-8b85-34fa16306252" id="b650544d-4763-4a8c-bc3b-a6288cf6f097">myself</span></span> the thumbs-up in the mirror every morning until January sets in. <br />
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<br />Robyn Campbellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17356555082768185840noreply@blogger.com53tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8281953808326156682.post-16846641939888587772014-11-24T11:54:00.001-05:002014-11-24T11:54:31.780-05:00YO! Could you visit my great buddy, please?Lenny is blogging again. I figure some of you didn't see my FB. I know you didn't realize this because it has been awhile since he blogged. Now I know you want to pop over and see what he has to say. <a href="http://lennys-world.blogspot.com/">Go to Lenny's World, y'all!</a>Robyn Campbellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17356555082768185840noreply@blogger.com16tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8281953808326156682.post-27850324398574135192014-11-24T02:30:00.000-05:002014-11-24T02:30:02.574-05:00Crystal Collier Tagged Me and She Said I Might Not Get Any Cheese If I Decide Not To Play Along. So I Answer That Tag! YEAH!Is that the longest blog post title you've ever seen?<br />
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<a href="http://crystalcollier.blogspot.com/">Crystal Collier</a> tagged me in the <span style="background-color: white; color: #111111; font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21.9899997711182px;">Seven Deadly Sins. Pretty simple really. I answer the questions, I get some cheese and chocolate. I won't eat them together. That might make me sick. </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21.9899997711182px;"><span style="color: #111111;"><b>Wrath – Who’s the author with whom you have a love/hate relationship? </b>It would have to be Jay Asher. I love his writing. I loved and I hated his debut book Thirteen Reasons Why. It made me cry, it made me throw the book across the room. Yet I had to finish it. I couldn't let it just sit there all unread and stuff. After reading it, I thought a lot about the story. Day after day. </span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21.9899997711182px;"><span style="color: #111111;">Next Monday I am writing a post on how I wrote ninety thousand words in twenty days for NaNoWriMo. That's two novels, folks. </span></span><br />
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Robyn Campbellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17356555082768185840noreply@blogger.com33tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8281953808326156682.post-69440630323909605702014-11-10T05:00:00.000-05:002014-11-10T05:00:08.722-05:00Yeehaw Y'all. It's The Manuscript Maven. Uh-huh!<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">WOW. That has a wonderful ring to it, doesn't it? My long time critique partner and long time, dear friend, <a href="http://skmayhew.blogspot.com/">Sharon Mayhew</a> <span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="51cef225-a82b-4c2c-b219-b43289e49334" id="d6d16172-33f4-49af-ae14-85299e396803"><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="77e13b7d-83e5-4949-a697-9c96ee4312b6" id="670a3f46-848e-4b9c-806f-75a6d1da8b9b">has</span></span> a new venture to share with you. But first, check out her pic. Isn't she beautiful? </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Okay, so. Back to the venture. In her own words: </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"> </span><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I fell in love with editing when I was working with an agent for the first half of this year. I realized <span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="09a28e35-f925-4b03-a7c2-1e7feaca3a8b" id="aa7488ac-03ba-42fb-b598-f214cbc39e8b"><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="148471cd-a467-4df8-bf50-75f4f26dfbee" id="71342f53-a49a-42d7-9d55-299705382982">agenting</span></span> wasn't for me, but editing and coaching were. It was an amazing feeling helping someone revitalize their manuscripts. So after a lot of thought and discussion, I decided to start my own freelance editing service. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Want to check out her website? Go to <a href="http://www.themanuscriptmaveneditor.com/home.html">The Manuscript Maven.</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Thanks for reading. BTW, start thinking about what you're thankful for. Thanksgiving is almost here. :-) </span></div>
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Robyn Campbellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17356555082768185840noreply@blogger.com43tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8281953808326156682.post-73030149092274512352014-10-29T00:30:00.000-04:002014-10-29T00:30:01.849-04:00Sup With Me? Why Zompoemz and Catherine Johnson, Of Course. <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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welcome Catherine Johnson, the kid’s poet </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 200%; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="2b756bd3-4bee-4d3c-84d5-faa4767848dc" id="6c38ff63-4b17-4e6c-bc97-308c49fe3b90"><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="92539512-6c89-44c8-b25c-597501e2910d" id="1269a256-f82d-48b5-bab2-3977e5286bff"><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="da8a5df1-d711-46b3-990b-e823872d0487" id="6c90d86e-c150-48a6-869a-6b5c91d7d176">extraordinaire</span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 200%; text-indent: 0.5in;">. YEAH! WAHOO! Look at
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has published THREE books of poetry for children. The latest is the wacky, wonderful Zompoemz. I highly recommend it, y’all. Have <span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="8ab87012-9557-4eb2-b02c-30bc0510bd24" id="a838bc76-db13-4789-8d0c-1e7fdfcca6e5"><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="8407b753-de51-4dc5-ba13-bb5e958e7583" id="fc22299f-9e7d-4fa0-abfe-5be2525c7ee8"><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="4f3c8369-218b-45a4-bbd0-8b01f1f30423" id="0a85bf66-0fd4-4d99-8e87-79ba81518c7c">kidlets</span></span></span>? <span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="baa58aa7-a0fe-4976-8e5b-df295bb9acf5" id="031d1a8e-7186-4374-9bb5-9945766fc37c"><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="0a2a134c-7f7c-4c07-8edf-2d5efe721d47" id="a4c715c8-0ffe-4ac8-a34e-d6b6441d4174"><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="adbca514-4f64-4f97-b610-02ddcf4c7ab7" id="dc734731-9693-4188-9d39-f3b3b5272b06">Grandkidlets</span></span></span>? Then
you need these books. I will give links at the end of this post for you. </span><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 200%; text-indent: 0.5in;">Here she is. Isn't she pretty? And her personality matches her pretty. :-) Here's Zompoemz. It's pretty too. Check it out! :-) BTW, Zompoemz is FREE for Kindle until Halloween night. So go snag it. And tell your friends and even strangers to buy Zompoemz. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 200%; text-indent: 0.5in;"> We have Catherine's first two children's poetry books in our LIBRARY so it just stands to reason that we should have Zompoemz too. We LOVE, LOVE, LOVE her poetry. I think Catherine did a service to kids everywhere. She is getting them interested in poetry. What a great thing! Kids who normally wouldn't touch a poetry book are interested in more poetry after having read these books of hers. This is not your ordinary zombie poetry book (is there even one of those?). This is a funny and wacky and kooky and deliciously wonderful read. It starts out with a drawing of a <span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="c9b9e840-89dd-4ca2-9cac-adcad4cbfcd4" id="bdaec012-95ba-4780-9ae2-a8bcf7d874af">zombied</span> out Bruce the Moose. It says: Bruce the Moose can really dance. But not when he's in a zombie trance. Kids LOVE that stuff. The art is so kid-friendly. Just look at the cover, and you can see that. There's zombies playing baseball, and the head comes off and so they play catch the head instead. It's a tickle your funny bone book that all kids should have access to. It's a sweet, short (for those reluctant readers that you know), and too fun to put down <span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="e24bb4ce-b981-44c2-8cce-a1fc650d1ee9" id="db739743-65d5-4ea0-a721-fd4b40598046">book</span>. I'm going to buy a copy for our library. I hope a lot of people do that. The kids are going to love you for it.</span><br />
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Catherine, tell us where you got the idea for Zompoemz.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #76923c; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-themecolor: accent3; mso-themeshade: 191;">It was probably a mix of my kids
talking about them and being a regular reader of Jack Flacco’s blog. He writes
zombie books for adults. They are also a lot easier to draw than normal human
faces. ;-)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 200%; text-indent: 0.5in;"> Didn’t you use the new </span><span style="background: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 200%; text-indent: 0.5in;">Kindle
Kids' Book Creator </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 200%; text-indent: 0.5in;">Tool when you published Zompoemz?
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<span style="color: #76923c; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-themecolor: accent3; mso-themeshade: 191;"> <span style="background-color: white; color: #6aa84f;">Nope. It was dead easy or should I say <span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="0272d488-e782-4d09-b5c2-8ba8cce4f2d9" id="a4425b2f-5329-40c9-9620-d19066b0f468">undead</span> easy bwa ha
ha! There is a <span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="20ad80ef-6156-4cc2-ae0a-978c4604f3c5" id="d1b08a61-d99d-4372-8b9f-99f58417f755">fab</span> new thing you can do where you type the text of the page
into a box and it automatically shows the enlarged text on whatever device you
are reading off. I only used it for pages with tiny <span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="935945a3-e786-407c-a05e-28fe28015eed" id="c9b7146c-255f-4b9f-87e1-dbcbd3e85dea">text but</span> next time I might
do it all. You don’t have to worry about pixels or anything as long as your
photos are of a decent quality you are sorted. I couldn’t believe how easy it
was.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 200%; text-indent: 0.5in;"> What influenced your decision to pursue publication on your own, rather
than submitting your poetry books for acquisition </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 200%; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="44456d5b-30ce-4bcc-b496-27e28986f324" id="3550bfee-ee96-40bb-99e1-96e6b612838e">by</span></span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 200%; text-indent: 0.5in;"> traditional publishing
houses using standard 'advance against royalty' contracts? (Although you’re
lucky because you can illustrate.)</span></div>
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<span style="background: white; color: #76923c; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-themecolor: accent3; mso-themeshade: 191;"> <span style="color: #6aa84f;">For Weirdo Zoo a long time ago
I did submit them to a couple of good publishers that I had researched to see
if they would be interested. It is super difficult to get a whole book
traditionally published if you are not an established poet. Out of a whole book
full of publishers poetry really narrowed the field down. I have several poems
traditionally published through the Poetry Institute of Canada’s yearly
competition but I feel that for my quirky style I’ll have to stick to
self-published. I realize many people look down on you for it and I probably
used to be like that, but since I’m always wanting to be on with the next
thing, I think it will suit me in the long run. I was also about to be sent out
to get a proper job if I’d have still been just submitting poems. I don’t know
how I would have fit in the blogging if I worked as well. Yikes! The pressure
lol.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 200%; text-indent: 0.5in;"> What are
the advantages of self-publishing in an </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 200%; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="85519ac5-7fe9-445e-8585-14dd62f56709" id="966e9d68-bd6f-4bb5-9bd3-9571dd0258d4">economic</span></span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 200%; text-indent: 0.5in;"> and a creative sense?</span></div>
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to get better at getting my work and my blog out there before I can make any
money doing this. I don’t really know yet <span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="068f53e5-35e6-43cc-b8a2-8562f9767602" id="be0e061c-be9d-4f87-84f6-f48b22109543">of</span> I’ve broken even. Better get my
accounts in order ;) I’m in awe <span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="96ea1dff-e205-430f-8c06-35663baf9ace" id="320dcb84-c04d-444a-bec8-a6ab3c198033">at</span> my friend Nata and her book launch she
really nailed it. I hammered it lol. </span><span style="color: #38761d;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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book idea do you have up that sleeve of yours? (Dare I ask?) *</span><b style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 200%; text-indent: 0.5in;">wink</b><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 200%; text-indent: 0.5in;">*</span></div>
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<span style="color: #76923c; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-themecolor: accent3; mso-themeshade: 191;"> <span style="color: #6aa84f;">Yes, you dare Robyn. I’m sketching
some kids lighthouses and in November I’ll be taking <span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="3c220e93-0788-497c-9110-b3dcd5550b54" id="d089be70-677d-41a6-8808-cef104df3fe2">Renee’s wonderful poetry
course</span> to try and write poems to go with the pictures. The next book will be
more <span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="916fcff9-b844-4da6-bda9-7f8e5d1a763f" id="75d0ddcd-4518-4ea6-ac14-3238339bdb34">girly but</span> hopefully still be fun for boys.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 200%; text-indent: 0.5in;"> It was so
nice to have you here, my friend. I hope Zompoemz is a BEST SELLER! </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 200%; text-indent: 0.5in;"> T</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #76923c; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 200%; text-indent: 0.5in;">hanks so much Robyn. You are the
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; line-height: 200%;"><o:p><span style="font-size: 16pt;"> </span><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></o:p></span><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: large; line-height: 200%; text-indent: 0.5in;">When we moved from New Zealand to Canada, we initially didn’t
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; line-height: 200%; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="4e813f8f-1102-4169-b676-4c4501f9f0a1" id="02d67da4-9e07-4d66-b724-1b98d3460c3b">we</span> </span><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; line-height: 200%; text-indent: 0.5in;"></span><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; line-height: 200%; text-indent: 0.5in;"></span><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; line-height: 200%; text-indent: 0.5in;"></span><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; line-height: 200%; text-indent: 0.5in;"></span><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; line-height: 200%; text-indent: 0.5in;"></span><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; line-height: 200%; text-indent: 0.5in;"></span><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; line-height: 200%; text-indent: 0.5in;">were moving </span><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; line-height: 200%; text-indent: 0.5in;">to so</span><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; line-height: 200%; text-indent: 0.5in;"></span><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; line-height: 200%; text-indent: 0.5in;"></span><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; line-height: 200%; text-indent: 0.5in;"></span><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; line-height: 200%; text-indent: 0.5in;"></span><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; line-height: 200%; text-indent: 0.5in;"></span><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; line-height: 200%; text-indent: 0.5in;"></span><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; line-height: 200%; text-indent: 0.5in;"> we were</span><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; line-height: 200%; text-indent: 0.5in;"> very lucky to get to see Vancouver
and climb Grouse mountain in a gondola. It was the first time Matthew had set
foot in snow, and it was the first time we saw zombies<span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="5f852058-6a44-43bf-92b7-4179d20e7721" id="1c7f06e3-3865-46c1-8022-a7d3f7f35b9c">.</span></span><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">An innocent drive turned interesting when we took a wrong
turn and encountered a scene </span><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">from</span><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> Shaun of the Dead. Let’s get out of here! </span><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">There were zombies everywhere. Not costumes. Not cartoon
zombies. Real ones<span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="e360a7d2-13c3-4c7e-bfb9-d953a5b8609c" id="21e11e7b-35e5-4fc9-9ed8-17746973a462">.</span></span><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">There was a little old lady hunched over looking in a window
carrying a basket. Men </span><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">hunched</span><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> over </span><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="0f4bddc5-5fc8-4d42-8927-837bfb418cb7" id="8c2c5cd3-d80d-4a8a-a798-792f06318f91">sat</span></span><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> on the sidewalk. At first I thought
they were poor beggars. And then…. </span><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">A zombie crossed the road right in front of our car and
stopped in the middle and just </span><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">shouted. Not at us. Oh no. At nobody, himself,
who knows. We held our breath, hoping he </span><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">would</span><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> move on. He did, phew. Not
because we were terrified, because I was creased up </span><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">laughing</span><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">. He could have
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