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 what I want each part of the book to do. Every scene has to have multiple purposes; it must advance Read more…
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 books for girls are domestic stories, but here is this gem, proving that we’ve always known that girls also love Read more…
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 to go abroad for her father’s health. She finds herself at Saint John’s, a lovely little boarding school that probably Read more…