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A week ago I was asked by my former Girl Scout co-leader to talk to the troop about writing for their Reader badge. I actually jumped at the chance–my first request as a writer to speak to a group. I went over the bare bones of what a writer needed to do to transform an idea into a full-length novel, skimmed the surface really since I had only thirty minutes and the group ranged from 6th to 12th graders. They didn’t mind that their speaker is pre-published and listened attentively to my first read (ever!) of the first scene of my YA novel Wildflowers and Winged Boys.

Needless to say, I was nervous and thought afterwards I had read too much and the girls had gotten bored. But …

My leader friend emailed her thanks with the note that three girls had asked about reading the rest of the book.

Contests, contests. Writing ones of course. I’ve entered a 5000 word, a 2500 word and now a 200 word still open until Sunday, March 14 at Guide to Literary Agents‘ “Dear Lucky Agent” Contest. Only problem? My MACbook seems to count the words differently than the same MS WORD program on PC.

Over, of course.