It was a full house in the library at Seaview Elementary today, where I was invited to speak to two classes in grades 4-6 and there were so many questions. I loved being there and can’t wait to do it again. I read for about half an hour, and after every book, there were so […]
Seaview Elementary in Lantzville, BC has invited to their school on Monday to talk to the kids about my books. I’ll be bringing this, for sure to help the kids understand what countries Mabel has been to and where she’s going next.
I will spend most of my day as a reader, not a writer, as I read through the entire manuscript and get a feel for the tone of the story and mark passages that need to be reworked. It’s exciting to be so close to the finish and the first reader of Mabel’s fourth story. […]
I wrote this afternoon and wondered if I was writing the ending that my characters wanted and then as I sat with my notepad more ideas came, making more sense and the characters kept talking about what needed to happen and luckily, I listened.
be prepared to do it completely differently than you have before (if you haven’t tried to write a novel before then just do it) don’t edit the first version. write everything down and then go back and fix it later after you have a story worked out on the page discipline yourself to work at […]
It’s one less time I’ll get to sit down with the characters and hear their voices and tell their story. I miss them already. It will be many months before I even attempt the fifth and final story in the series and being on the ride to New York City has been a dream come true for […]
The Gangster’s Cache, book four of the Mabel Hartley series has been underway for a few months now and I’m so excited because I have just one or two chapters to go before the end. This is my favorite part of the writing process, finding out what Mabel and her friends are up to as […]
Here is the link to the article and video of me reading from the books on the Nanaimo News Bulletin website.
J.E. Reddington 