The only time you should really get excited about a textbook is when you've WRITTEN WHAT'S IN IT!
At the end of last year when I was teaching for part of the day and planning a wedding for the other part of the day, I was also writing short stories for Grade 7, 8 and 9 Core Readers for English First Additional Language. And yesterday I finally got to see copies of these readers! And meet the other writers and the team that put the books together! (And eat cake, which was a very important part of the afternoon.)
I've never thought about writing picture books before, but I can now imagine the excitement a picture book author feels when they see the illustrations that go with their story--because there are all these gorgeous pictures that have been drawn to match
my stories! SO. COOL!
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| The beautiful books. |
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| There was an initial panic because the cakes were late, but they were worth the wait! |
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| Author Alana Baranov checking out her work. |
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| The four authors plus editor, illustrator and layout designer. |
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| Meeeeeee! (But you knew that ;-) ) |
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| One of my stories in the Grade 7 Reader. |
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| One of my stories in the Grade 8 Reader. |
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| One of my stories in the Grade 9 Reader (I had so much fun writing this Facebook one!) |
12 comments:
Congrats, Rachel! So excited for you. And can't believe you wrote the stories with everything else going on.
That's awesome! Congrats!
Well, isn't that cool. I think it would be cool to be in a text book in, like, 100 years. You know, something like "important authors of the early 21st century."
Rachel, that's awesome! A new avenue for you to explore now.
Congrats Rachel, that's super cool.
Very cool, Rachel! Looks like the colab was very successful and fun. :)
Very cool! What are the stories about?
I loved seeing a visual representation of my characters on the cover of my book so I know what you mean about having your words turned into images. Such a cool experience. :-)
Loved the picture books, I would add more to the one I've written if I could afford the cost of the illustrator.... must improve my drawing skills... sigh..
Awwww, that's so cool!!!!!!!
This is awesome. Congratulations!
That is so cool! :)Big congrats Rachel. And man you made me jealous talking about all that cake, lol.
Congratulations Rachel! This is awesome news... simply awesome!
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