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19 May 2013 ~ 2 Comments

Bandit Girls second draft complete

The second draft of Bandit Girls is now complete. One more pass — or half-pass — should do it before I send it to my beta readers. What have you learned, Dorothy? I learn something with every book I write and this one is no different. In this case, I have a better understanding of [...]

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09 May 2013 ~ 0 Comments

The Girl Crusoes by Mrs. Herbert Strang

My score of The Right Saint John‘s included a bonus; Several pages of other titles that the publisher puts out for young readers.  These books are separated by Books for Boys, Books for Girls, and Books for Children. It’s a treasure trove of research material. Of course the books for boys are adventures, and the [...]

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28 April 2013 ~ 2 Comments

The Right Saint John’s

I bought this old children’s book at an antique mall last weekend and was thoroughly enchanted. The Right Saint John’s by Christine Chaundler was first published in 1921 by Humphrey Milford, Oxford University Press. It’s a classic British school story. Jacqueline Brown goes away to boarding school for the first time, when her parents have [...]

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