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Boxy Bob Quilt Rider-historical fiction
Misfit Mosquito An untitled narrative nonfiction
Not a Book Girl The Rule of Three- realistic fiction
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Camp Not Allowed visits Washington, DC!
My publisher, Doodle and Peck will display my book, Camp Not Allowed, at her booth at the annual American Library Association (ALA) Conference in Washington, D.C., this month.
See below, the Indie Catalog of titles that will be distributed to all attendees. Camp out on page 20 (wink, wink)!
Camp Not Allowed is now an E-book!
Camp Not Allowed has been uploaded to Amazon/Kindle as a new E-Book! You can still order a hardback or softcover copy from www.doodleandpeck.com, but now you have choices!!
Educators get 25% off all hard copies!
Quotes that inspire me….
“A Professional Writer is an Amateur Who Didn’t Quit.”–Richard Bach
“When you were born, you cried and the world rejoiced. Live your life in such a manner that when you die the world cries and you rejoice.”–Cherokee Saying
Join SCBWI Oklahoma
Local meetings the second Tuesday of every month at 2800 S. Yale Ave, Tulsa, OK 74114
Busy, Busy, Busy…..
-Working hard on a nonfiction narrative book with joint author, Teresa Kemp, to be named later.
-Revising picture book & middle grade manuscripts…always.
-Will be at the Oklahoma Authors Fair in Guthrie, OK for Camp Not Allowed on Sept 14.
–Author Presentation at Lavender Bleu Literacy Market from 11:00-12:00 on Sept. 28
Basics for children’s authors
Taken from SCBWI publishing standards:
- Board Books (1 or under manuscript pages) for 3 year olds and under
- Picture Books (2 to 3 manuscript pages) for ages 3 to 8
- Easy-to-Read (10-20 manuscript pages) for ages 5 to 8
- Chapter Books (40-60 manuscript pages) for ages 7-9
- Middle Grade (100-250 manuscript pages) for ages 8-12
- Young Adult (200-350 manuscript pages) for ages 12 and up
- Nonfiction (manuscript pages varies by age group)
- Poetry for younger readers (15 to 40 manuscript pages) with only one poem per page
- Poetry for older readers (50 to 150 manuscript pages) with one poem per page.
—-typical genres, manuscript reference
Good News!
My first every published book was released Feb. 15th, 2018! It is a 48 page Chapter Book called Camp Not Allowed for 2nd and 3rd graders. It is a light-hearted, summer fun story about gender equality with a Native American theme. It is available on Amazon. Teachers and Media Specialists get 25% off the retail if they buy directly from the publisher at www.doodleandpeck.com.
What I’m reading now….
Lemons by Melissa Savage
Dear Ally, How do You Write a Book by Ally Carter
The Great Treehouse War by Lisa Graff
The Magic Words by Cheryl B. Klein
Growing as a Writer…..
2018-First published book, Camp Not Allowed by publisher Doodle and Peck for 2nd and 3rd graders or reluctant readers just beginning to read chapter books. It is a light hearted summer fun read about gender equality with a Native American theme.
2013- First place winner, twice, in Midlife Collage’s short essay contest for Hair Today, Gone Tomorrow and for Controlled Chaos.
2005- Second place winner in Unpublished Children’s Fiction category of local Tulsa City County Library’s Adult Creative Writing Contest for The Grandmother Stories.
