I’m close to being settled in my new home. Close enough that I finally made the time to find and print the file of notes on the story I might work on during NaNo. Yay! I’m the kind of person who gets a lot of mileage out of encouragement, though, so I have been staying [...]

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Introduction: I (Shonna) regularly read an e-newsletter put out by Publisher’s Weekly called Children’s Bookshelf. Imagine my surprise a week or two ago when I saw MY NAME staring out at me. Well, not my name exactly, it was Fran Slayton, not Shonna Slayton. I had to visit Fran’s web page and check her out. [...]

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          As you know, I’m endeavoring to get back into the routine of writing regularly after far too long a break. You all are just dying to know how I’m doing, aren’t you? Don’t deny it. I know you are.           The advantage of growing old is [...]

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