![]() I’m not one for battles with characters dying off right and left. I don’t get that series and had to ask Capability:Mom what was up with the popularity of that series? When my daughter forced me to read aloud with her, I finally protested and had to switch books. She and our mother’s helper shared their cache of Warriors books - the really popular chapter book fantasy adventure series about anthropomorphic feral cats. My daughter loves fantasy which is not my favorite genre. (At the same age, Nancy had banged out a draft of this fantasy chapter book and was sending it into publishers!). My 10-year-old, nearly 11-year-old brought home this book for me to blog on. In the case of Nancy Yi Fan, it’s clear she was born with a special gift. ![]() Maybe that is not so different from star athletes that shine at a young age?! As I meet children’s book authors and hear their stories, one thing is clear: they all wrote exceptionally well as children. I suspect that stories pour out of their minds in an endless gush that they have a physical craving to put pen to paper (or type on a keyboard, as it were) and that they spend every waking moment thinking about things like setting, plot, and character. ![]() ![]() Are authors born or can that storytelling gift be developed? I’m starting to think more and more that authors are born. ![]()
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