I picked up a writing book for young writer's (hey, I'm young at heart!) called Spilling Ink by Anne Mazer and Ellen Potter. The book looks like a lot of fun. First of all, it is written like a MG book (bigger font, easy to read sections, etc.) and second, the cover is bright yellow with a huge ink spill on it. How could I NOT buy it? I can relate to ink splotches and scribbles and scratch-outs and....well, you get the picture.
Has anyone read this book or bought it for a young writer? If so, what are your thoughts?
Also, I found the author's website Spilling Ink, which is packed with great posts! A recent one is about writing creative non-fiction. This site is an encouragement to children and teen writers (and me too!).
This sounds like a book I would like, Dawn. I may not be young but I still learn best when things are explained simply.
ReplyDeleteI know! I like the fact that it looks easy to understand.
DeleteThis looks really interesting. I'm going to give it a try!
ReplyDeleteBy the way, how do you like Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children? I don't remember a lot of the specifics, but I do know that I loved it!
I did finish Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children. I liked it! I really loved the opening of the book and then once it hit the creepy old house, it didn't go in the way I thought. I still liked it, but I was a tad disappointed with the loop, etc. Some of that was really far-fetched, but overall I still had a lot of fun reading it.
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