The Boogie Books Blog

Bucket Lists are what we think of as the year draws to a fast, hurtling close!  Have we done everything we set out to do? Have we finished projects?  Are we proud of what we have achieved? Well, a great story from Child Writes is another 12 children have just (today!) finished their books. We refer to them as the newest members of the 100 CLUB, because that is how many hours we estimate they have poured into creating, writing and illustrating their own picture book.  ..

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From writers' web again - remember I told you about this in August, then shared more reviews in September... ..

I am in the very lucky position of presenting a monthly book review, as a guest of Belinda Sanders, on ABC Southern Queensland.  It is so much fun, I love the concept of radio, and I really enjoy working with Belinda. ..

Remember I was talking about writers' web last month? Here is another review... ..

Memory, All alone in the moonlight, I can smile happy your days ( I can dream of the old days) Life was beautiful then I remember the time I knew what happiness was Let the memory live again..’ Barbara Streisand ‘Memory’ ..

In 2003, there was a buzz at the Frankfurt Book Fair – a book by an author only known as ANONYMOUS was the talk of the town.  It was clever, it was racy, it was a game changer…  Fast forward a decade and we know the author was and is Nikki Gemmell* and now she shares everything about her world in a clever and timely fashion as a columnist, as a television personality, and yes, as an author.   I remember an interview with her (Denton?) when she described the process of writing the book and how, once she decided to take ‘Nikki’ out of the equation, she was free to write.  She didn’t set out to make life complicated, she just wanted to be free to explore. ..

Hazel and her husband, Peter are going on a normal honeymoon but when Hazel’s horse, Brandy, disappears it turns out not so normal after all! ..

* I just found this file as I was deleting stuff to create more room on my computer... A 'retrospective report' after the Child Writes classes finished for the year in 2005!  Oh, my oh my have we grown! ..

Super exciting to let you know that one of the Child Writes authors was approached (via me) to be commissioned to do a book cover for a self published adult writer!  I wasn't surprised in the least, especially given the calibre of the Child Writes students work.*  It made me think about the importance of covers, and I certainly know I DO judge a book by it's cover. ..