Sludge June

Here's another installment of Sludge. There are some name changes. Mr. Rogers is now Dr. Bradshaw, Glade is Sludge, Glade's friend Rob is not Hammer and Sludge's nemesis on the fistball field is now Lora instead of Dora.

Any and all comments are appreciated. What works and how can it be made more engaging to middle-grade readers.

Thanks

Amazon Reviews

Tramp thanks Alan and Dave for their reviews on Amazon.  He is working on his next episode. Very Elementary and with great Observation.

Schedule: SUMMER 2014

Hey everybody,

Below is the new schedule.

Alan, I pushed back the first submission date to give you an extra week.

And Bill, you're down for late June, but if you'd to switch with someone, just let me know and I can change up the schedule.

Happy writing this summer!

June 8th:       Alan
June 29th:     Bill
July 20th:       Andy
August 10th:   Dave
August 31st:    Carolyn

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Carolyn , you have written a story that has many origins. Your alma mater as you mention, and one I just made up, I think. 

M. Night Shyamalan's 1999 movie, The Sixth Sense, with Hayley Joel Osment as a boy that sees the dead and Bruce Willis as his therapist. 

Anyway, I love the story no matter where it came from. 

I made a few notes in the manuscript that I sent via email. 

When I write I am 11 not 17 and have no idea what a ya reader wants and can't help with that bit. I do believe Jack and Ronan are linked inexplicably.

I really like ghost stories that have good endings. So, Carolyn, what's next?

Blood and Loot

A swashbuckling adventure for your appraisal. Looking forward to your constructive comments. Thanks gang!

Jody, Jody, Silver

Hi all,

Just emailed you my short story"Jody, Jody, Silver" for some feedback. What works for you? What doesn't? Could the ending do more? Could the title do more?

Thanks!!!

Spoiler Alert

I have sent the final chapters of Tramp from the final edit. The whole manuscript goes off to the publisher tomorrow AM for a March 3 release.

 

We pick up where Tramp and his associates have freed the last of the stolen talented animals and contacted the law.

 

Any comments should be directed to the next book of Tramp, A T.K. & Associates Mystery.

I would really like those suggestions.

What is the next caper? Can he meet a Sherlock Holmes character?

 

The blurb support has been amazing. Alison McGhee, Marsha Q., Will Weaver and a long time neighbor from Kenwood. This is her blurb,

 

""I knew Tramp!  And I cheer his charm as it streams into this story out of the heart of his whimsical owner, author Bill Kennedy.  I feel the same goose-bumps I got pulling for Pinocchio and the sweet Poky Puppy.  He’s Nancy Drew in furry pants!  The setting is real, and so is the magic.  The children talk to the animals and they talk right back. This may be fiction but it has a pulse we know." 

 

The trick in today's publishing world is to get as many kids, teachers and librarians talking about the book. My nephew teaches 5th grade in Elgin, Ill. Of course, he will get a copy.   

 

I speak to the ND Reading Association on April 3, and the B&N in Edina on April 24th. Maybe Birchbark bookstore in Tramp's neighborhood that same weekend.

 

Any marketing ideas are also encouraged for all of our benefits.

 

All I can tell you is it is a crazy time.