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Jabber Jaw
I looked at my desk one day and decided it
was time to clean it off and organize it. Matthew, my youngest walked by and was
horrified. "Don't do that Mom," he said. You're taking apart my racetrack with
all the mountains and hills!" I guess it really was time to clean my desk off!
When my seven-year-old was in Kindergarten the kids were sitting at circle time talking about what their parents did for a living. Hal informed his class his daddy ran a steam plant and his mommy wrote about the people in her head! I decided I had better explain to the teacher what I did after that comment! --Carla Charter I was reading a chapter from a current work in progress, a middle grade novel, to my husband. When I finished reading, he looked at me with raised eyebrows and said, "Honey, that sounds like a real book!"
Rebecca Gomez
Hoping to some day publish a "real" book.
Mother of three, ages 8, 6, and 2.
I've been begging my husband for a laptop or an Alpha Smart for literally years.
A friend told me about one that was finally in our price range so I pointed it
out to my husband with a hint-hint, it's almost my birthday and Christmas, and I
really still want one. When my daughter was two and a half and at
pre-school she was busy scribbling on a piece of paper. Her teacher asked her
what she was doing. "I'm writing an article!" came the confident reply. Of
course, I was very proud! I was crying over my most recent rejection letter;
a brutal commentary in which the editor hated everything about my characters,
plot and premise, when my twelve-year-old daughter walked into the room. She
listened to my tale of woe, then patted me on the shoulder and said in all
seriousness, "But Mom, why would you want anyone with such BAD TASTE to sell
your books for you?" I had to laugh, and it made my day to see her faith in me. The other day my brother, who is very dear to me
said, "Well of course, with the kids and everything, you just have to see what
you are doing as just a hobby." I know he was only trying to help but it was not
helpful. He has since apologized. |
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