What is the most important award that you have received? What one do you value most?
People often ask that question.
Although I value all of the awards, honors, selections, and complimentary reviews that I have received on my books and periodical publications, the ones that mean the most, bring the greatest joy, are the simple ones that show me that I have accomplished what I set out to do.
Before I start working on a book, I ask myself, “Why am I writing this book? What do I hope to accomplish?”
When I told the story this year, and skipped one part, the kids all knew it well enough to notice the change. But they enjoyed learning how “The Little Ghost” now had marionette friends in my new e-book, and how they could easily make their own stuffed toys into their own storytelling marionettes.
The Little Ghost from Storytelling Discoveries, and the Sock Doll and the Quick and Easy Marionette in Easy Beginner Tales are all good projects for this time of year, late summer but not time for school schedules to start yet, when kids are looking for something new to do.