Day 6

Jobs cats do - a beginning reader. Java the Coffee House Cat, Star in advertising, Monet the art school model. Needs zippy title but day 6 is done.

Day 5

Animals are collected from all over the world for the kids to ride but the parents object - until Sara and Charles find a way to make it Informative and still fun the Amazing Merry Go Round!

Day 4

Not keen on the title but a story of transportation modes where there are no roads. Great names for stuff!

Day 3

The Cow who saved Salzburg! Done!

Day 2

Prickly Spiky Spiny Love. For animals and humans! Done

Feb 1

Back to the I Pad for 26 books in 29 days. Lots of ideas ready and a whole year to get them reviewd by the Write 6!

Day 1: Magical Tree with limitless possibilities for those who can imagine. Done. Robin

Back in class

We have reassembled ourselves to where there is less coffee and more instruction! Carmela welcomed the Write 6 (yes - all 6 of us!) back to her next critiquing series at the Peabody Estate in Oakbrook. How nice to be back in the rambling - if spooky - house! We added some interesting new faces around the table, too: Glenn, Jen, Julie and Sarah.

Of course our critique is more structured again - we had gotten a little lax about interruptions. I threw in a February marathon piece called Fluffy Fortune for the first go round. Lots of good help and encouragement. I did the written critique on it as everyone else did and, by the time we talked about it, I had changed the title character's name. Picture books are always a balance of too much descriptions vs too little action vs too many talking heads. They gave me some good ways to tie up the story and I am anxious to rewrite.