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#columbinestale #blogtour #booksontour #day4 Columbine’s Tale, Rachel Nightingale (author), Nadia Turner (cover), Odyssey Books, September 2018. Blurb: For three hundred years the travelling actors of Litonya roamed the land entertaining crowds, but secretly leaving devastation in their wake. Is Mina the only person with the power to stop them? In the ethereal otherworld of Tarya, […]
Coming to a consensus between different judges with differing opinions isn’t always an easy feat. But there are certain aspects of quality storytelling that are undeniable. Yes, writing a pitch is like writing a story. It needs to be engaging, evoke an emotion, and concise with each word carefully put into place. You have limited […]
#columbinestale #blogtour #booksontour #day3 Author Article by Rachel Le Rossignol You show ’em, Rachel! Learn about how Rachel’s determination led her to success, rather than failure. Thanks for your honesty, Rachel! Okay, I have to be upfront and say that I was a nerdy academic kid, so when I say, ‘failing in high school’, I […]
#columbinestale #blogtour #booksontour #day2 Yesterday we learnt a little about Rachel Le Rossignol; aka Rachel Nightingale, in our introductory piece. Today we delve further into those fun facts so we can get to know the real Rachel! Birthday: My birthday is May 24th. When I was growing up, that was firecracker night, so there were […]
#columbinestale #blogtour #booksontour #day1 Rachel Le Rossignol is a writer, editor, trainer, presenter and actor. Her first novel in the exciting fantasy triology, Harlequin’s Riddle, was published in June 2017 by Odyssey Books under the pen name of Rachel Nightingale. With a passion for story telling and the theatre, it was natural that her first fantasy series would centre […]
Bigger than Yesterday, Smaller than Tomorrow, Robert Vescio (author), Kathy Creamer (illus.), Little Pink Dog Books, October 2018. Blurb: Hannah isn’t afraid to go on an adventure, as she is bigger than yesterday, but when night approaches… …is Hannah bigger than she thinks? An enchanting tale about a child who craves independence but also longs […]
The Pitch It! Competition team have been absolutely blown away by the sheer success of Just Write For Kids’ first writing competition! The judges particularly made note of the wide variety and quality of entries, submitted by many talented writers across a range of genres from picture books, junior fiction to young adult. We had […]
Life is Not Fair When You Are Just a Chair, Emily S Smith (author), Graham Davidson (illus.), Storytime Lane, 2018. Blurb: ‘The life of a chair is a sad, dismal tale, And when you hear of it, you’ll cry, oh, you’ll wail…’ Chairs get farted on, stood on, and left out in the rain, but […]
#theforeverkid #blogtour #booksontour #day14 When a moving story has touched you forever. That’s how we feel about The Forever Kid. We’ve been so fortunate to have been blessed with the insights in and around this book, its inspirational author, Elizabeth Mary Cummings, and the themes around grief and remembrance and having a positive outlook following loss. Celebrate […]
#theforeverkid #blogtour #booksontour #day13 Want to see even more of The Forever Kid? Take a look at some of its beautiful pages, narrated gently by Elizabeth Mary Cummings, and illustrated thoughtfully and dreamily by Cheri Hughes. Published by Big Sky Publishing. AND, if you’re in Sydney, you can see The Forever Kid in person, along […]
