ABOWS Book Tour in the News Observer!
I'm using my blog as a bit of a scrap book to remember all the wonderful things happening around A BIRD ON WATER STREET, so pardon these back postings as I include the articles that have been printed around my "Southern Appalachian Book Tour." This latest was a write-up about my event at the East Polk County library in Ducktown, Tennessee. Nice!
School Library Journal review for ABOWS - it's a GOOD ONE!!!
"Gr 5-8–The men in Jack’s family have always worked the mines. The 13-year-old has already lost his grandfather and his uncle to cave-ins and explosions, and he lives in fear of a similar accident taking the life of his father. In the mid-1980s, the Southern Appalachian Coppertown is a barren, desolate place,long stripped of trees and grass by a century of mining. Jack doesn’t know how to tell his family that he has no desire to follow in his father’s footsteps, and he dreams of green trees rather than the moon like landscape of his Tennessee town. When many of the workers are laid off, the remaining miners organize a strike, thinking that the owners will remedy their unfair actions with better wages and safety conditions. The strike comes at the beginning of the holidays, resulting in a Christmas celebration that is sparser than usual but more meaningful as the community draws together. As the shutdown continues into the spring, Jack notices small signs of life returning to his toxically ravaged town—frog eggs in a shallow pool, a few weeds. He helps the growth along, starting a vegetable garden with his mom and planting a tree in his yard. The company eventually announces that it is closing the mine down for good. What could be a hopeless situation is made tolerable as the families come together to find other work opportunities and enjoy the strange sensation of seeing bugs and birds again. Historic photographs and an author’s note round out a tender story of families and friendships against the backdrop of harsh economic conditions. Hand this quiet tale to fans of Phyllis Reynolds Naylor and Barbara O’Connor."–Kim Dare, Fairfax County Public Schools, VA
Phyllis Reynolds Naylor is the author of SHILOH, and Barbara O'Connor is the author of HOW TO STEAL A DOG. WOW - that is AWESOME company with whom I am extremely proud to be associated! This fabulous review will appear in the June print and online issues of School Library Journal. Wahoooooo!!!!!
ABOWS at the John C. Campbell Folk School
Monday evening was the last event for my "Southern Appalachian Book Tour" celebrating the release of A BIRD ON WATER STREET at the John C. Campbell Folk School in Brasstown, North Carolina. I teach "Beginning Drawing" and "Creating Children's Picture Books" there about twice a year, so it was nice to add a presentation there and include all my Murphy friends. Although my dear friend Paula Pucket wasn't local at all - she drove an hour and a half to come see me do my thing. I couldn't hug her tightly enough!
We got there early to set up, which gave us some free time to just wander the campus - something I rarely have time to do. Stan took some great photos:
Inside, we had an odd obstacle to overcome... a kitten had somehow gotten itself stuck in one of the floorboard returns. I heard it's tiny mewing the moment I walked into the hall. Just about the entire staff set to trying to free the wee fuzzy. At this writing, I'm not sure if they were able to, but I'll let you know as soon as I do!
We set up the sales table, which looked rather nice in my opinion:
Then we went to dinner in the dining hall. John C. dining is communal style - big tables, great food.
Back in the main hall I had a nice crowd to share my presentation:
Wonderfully, we were once again joined by Lisa Jacobi, playing "A Muddy Road to Ducktown" on her fiddle with her main bassist, Denny Mixon, accompanying.
And this time, her daughter, Seu joined along in her first public appearance playing bass!
The four of us went out for celebratory drinks on the porch of the Chophouse in downtown Murphy, North Carolina afterwards - how nice! All said, it was a lovely ending to what has been one heck of a kick-off for A BIRD ON WATER STREET! I have officially sent it off into the world - now it's time to see how it does!
ABOWS on WDUN Radio!
I was just interviewed about A BIRD ON WATER STREET on the Bill & Joel Show on WDUN radio out of Gainesville, Georgia this morning - fun! I don't think it was recorded, so can't share it - but let me know if you were listening!
The next one will be KXYL out of Texas on Friday, May 30th at 8:15 EST. If you live in the area - I hope you'll listen in!
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When the birds return to Water Street, will anyone be left to hear them sing? A miner's strike allows green and growing things to return to the Red Hills, but that same strike may force residents to seek new homes and livelihoods elsewhere. Follow the story of Jack Hicks as he struggles to hold onto everything he loves most.
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This is how you party in the mountains...
Saturday's Copperhill event for A BIRD ON WATER STREET turned out to be a very wet affair, but that didn't stop the celebration! Please indulge me on a more personal side of the Southern Appalachian Book Tour...
After the Copperhill wash-out and a stop at the Ducktown Basin Museum, a small group of friends joined us at the family cabin for an "unwind" party. Stan picked up BBQ from Joe's (just voted #3 in the nation!) and we ate, talked our heads off, and swapped more crazy stories than could fit in a dozen books.
Most of the names you'll recognize from the tour—Doris Abernathy, Lisa and Seu Jacobi, Dale Wagner, with the added bonus of my cousins, the Lahood family.
Even Bernie seemed to be enjoying himself (he's a shy fuzzy).
Best of all, we were able to talk Lisa into playing for us, so we had a full-on mini Bluegrass concert as she shared the stories behind the songs she played on guitar, mandolin and banjo.
What a rare and wonderful treat the evening was.
Truly, the entire day, rain and all, goes on my short list as one of the best days of my life - hands down!
The crazy thing is, I'm not done yet! There's still one more event to do at the John C. Campbell Folk School in Brasstown, North Carolina on Monday evening. I'll give you that wrap-up on Wednesday!
After the Copperhill wash-out and a stop at the Ducktown Basin Museum, a small group of friends joined us at the family cabin for an "unwind" party. Stan picked up BBQ from Joe's (just voted #3 in the nation!) and we ate, talked our heads off, and swapped more crazy stories than could fit in a dozen books.
Most of the names you'll recognize from the tour—Doris Abernathy, Lisa and Seu Jacobi, Dale Wagner, with the added bonus of my cousins, the Lahood family.
Even Bernie seemed to be enjoying himself (he's a shy fuzzy).
Best of all, we were able to talk Lisa into playing for us, so we had a full-on mini Bluegrass concert as she shared the stories behind the songs she played on guitar, mandolin and banjo.
What a rare and wonderful treat the evening was.
Truly, the entire day, rain and all, goes on my short list as one of the best days of my life - hands down!
The crazy thing is, I'm not done yet! There's still one more event to do at the John C. Campbell Folk School in Brasstown, North Carolina on Monday evening. I'll give you that wrap-up on Wednesday!
ABOWS in Copperhill!
Well, Saturday was supposed to be the biggest event for A BIRD ON WATER STREET... until the rain came.
In expectation of a large crowd, the Tri-City Business Association, run by Duchess Dailey, set up tents, benches, and a sound system right next to the Blue Line - the state line between Tennessee and Georgia, which runs right through the IGA parking lot. (In the book I call it the parking lot for the Company store.)
It started drizzling as we set up, and just got worse from there. But people showed up anyway in their rain jackets and umbrellas. It's hard to be disappointed when you look out at a crowd of people huddled together, sharing umbrellas, not going anywhere. They were eager to hear the presentation, so I gave them the best I could.
Although, the best part of the presentation wasn't by me at all... Several of the people I interviewed for the book shared a few words about their input. This was the part I was looking forward to the most.
Ken Rush, Director of the Ducktown Basin Museum talked about all the research he helped me with. He also reflected on the fact that the way copper mining was run was cutting-edge for it's time, and how it's perhaps unfair to reflect on old practices with a modern moral sensibility. Ken was a large part of why ABOWS ended up with a more balanced point of view.
Nick Wimberley was the Secretary, Treaurer and Negotiator for the International Brotherhood of Boilermakers during the strike in the 1980s, so he talked about the good (and bad) reputation of the union. He also talked about the goals of the union and how it impacted the workers and made their lives better. I met Nick later during the creation of ABOWS, while working on revisions with Little Pickle Press. I had fine-tuned questions that needed answers. Nick was so generous with his time and information, but we'd never met in person until Saturday. I was honored he joined us.
Dale Wagner (Richard Wagner's wife) told the story of "a bird on Water Street" - the true story of when her mother-in-law, Helen McCay,
saw that bird on Water Street while bringing lunch to her father at the post office on the day the baby chickens were delivered from Sears/Roebuck catalogue. He wasn't able to come home for lunch because of the peeperly chaos, so she brought it to him. But about half-way down water street, she saw the oddest thing... People came pouring out of their homes and businesses when she yelled "BIRD!" because it had been so long since anybody had seen one. Dale did just as good a job telling the story as her husband did at the Blue Ridge event last Saturday.
Of course, I originally heard the well-known story from Grace Postelle, to whom the book is dedicated. I got chills when she told me the story ten years ago and knew I had my title. Grace is no longer with us, but her sister, Doris Abernathy (to whom the book is also dedicated) has been to almost every launch event. At 87-years-old, she's turned out to be a bigger party animal than I am! (I'm sorry we didn't get a good picture with her at this event.)
Also not pictured is Tom Striker, owner of the Blue Ridge Birdseed Company. (And I'm sorry we didn't get a good shot of him because he was dressed in full bird-watching regalia.) Tom followed Dale's talk with a description of what we think the bird probably was... a Chipping Sparrow. It's an adventurous bird, often first to new territories. Tom even shared a recording of the sparrow's song, which was lovely. How cool is that!?
Jennifer Jabaley, fellow children's book author, also got up and spoke about the writing process and our history together. Jenn's been around since the story's inception, so it's fun to celebrate its publication with her.
Once again Ellen Ward of FoxTale Book Shoppe handled sales, which were not bad considering the size of the audience. Most people bought several copies for friends and family.
But then the rain got really bad, puddles were developing under the speakers, and it seemed like a good time to wrap it up anyhow. I couldn't really feel my fingers to sign books at that point anyhow. We missed the train traffic (two trains were scheduled to come in on the scenic railway that day), but from what we saw, the train traffic seemed to be smaller from the rain too. So, we declared it a wash at that point.
A large group of us headed to lunch (and to get dry and warm) at El Rio - the Mexican restaurant on the corner in downtown Copperhill and our usual gathering spot.
We had enough 'newbies' with us, that afterwards we decided to head up to the Ducktown Basin Museum to learn more about the history behind A BIRD ON WATER STREET. It was fun to see my book in their store and sign a few copies for stock. My cousins who had driven up from Atlanta got to see the reasons I was so fascinated with the area. And even a fellow writing buddy, Janelle Agyeman, an agent from Atlanta, tagged along at the last minute. It ended up being a great time and so fitting. We also got to see the even more improved view of the Burra Burra mine collapse:
All said, and despite the weather, I had a FABULOUS TIME!!!! But the day wasn't over yet...
In expectation of a large crowd, the Tri-City Business Association, run by Duchess Dailey, set up tents, benches, and a sound system right next to the Blue Line - the state line between Tennessee and Georgia, which runs right through the IGA parking lot. (In the book I call it the parking lot for the Company store.)
It started drizzling as we set up, and just got worse from there. But people showed up anyway in their rain jackets and umbrellas. It's hard to be disappointed when you look out at a crowd of people huddled together, sharing umbrellas, not going anywhere. They were eager to hear the presentation, so I gave them the best I could.
Although, the best part of the presentation wasn't by me at all... Several of the people I interviewed for the book shared a few words about their input. This was the part I was looking forward to the most.
Ken Rush, Director of the Ducktown Basin Museum talked about all the research he helped me with. He also reflected on the fact that the way copper mining was run was cutting-edge for it's time, and how it's perhaps unfair to reflect on old practices with a modern moral sensibility. Ken was a large part of why ABOWS ended up with a more balanced point of view.
Nick Wimberley was the Secretary, Treaurer and Negotiator for the International Brotherhood of Boilermakers during the strike in the 1980s, so he talked about the good (and bad) reputation of the union. He also talked about the goals of the union and how it impacted the workers and made their lives better. I met Nick later during the creation of ABOWS, while working on revisions with Little Pickle Press. I had fine-tuned questions that needed answers. Nick was so generous with his time and information, but we'd never met in person until Saturday. I was honored he joined us.
Dale Wagner (Richard Wagner's wife) told the story of "a bird on Water Street" - the true story of when her mother-in-law, Helen McCay,
saw that bird on Water Street while bringing lunch to her father at the post office on the day the baby chickens were delivered from Sears/Roebuck catalogue. He wasn't able to come home for lunch because of the peeperly chaos, so she brought it to him. But about half-way down water street, she saw the oddest thing... People came pouring out of their homes and businesses when she yelled "BIRD!" because it had been so long since anybody had seen one. Dale did just as good a job telling the story as her husband did at the Blue Ridge event last Saturday.Of course, I originally heard the well-known story from Grace Postelle, to whom the book is dedicated. I got chills when she told me the story ten years ago and knew I had my title. Grace is no longer with us, but her sister, Doris Abernathy (to whom the book is also dedicated) has been to almost every launch event. At 87-years-old, she's turned out to be a bigger party animal than I am! (I'm sorry we didn't get a good picture with her at this event.)
Also not pictured is Tom Striker, owner of the Blue Ridge Birdseed Company. (And I'm sorry we didn't get a good shot of him because he was dressed in full bird-watching regalia.) Tom followed Dale's talk with a description of what we think the bird probably was... a Chipping Sparrow. It's an adventurous bird, often first to new territories. Tom even shared a recording of the sparrow's song, which was lovely. How cool is that!?
Jennifer Jabaley, fellow children's book author, also got up and spoke about the writing process and our history together. Jenn's been around since the story's inception, so it's fun to celebrate its publication with her.
Once again Ellen Ward of FoxTale Book Shoppe handled sales, which were not bad considering the size of the audience. Most people bought several copies for friends and family.
But then the rain got really bad, puddles were developing under the speakers, and it seemed like a good time to wrap it up anyhow. I couldn't really feel my fingers to sign books at that point anyhow. We missed the train traffic (two trains were scheduled to come in on the scenic railway that day), but from what we saw, the train traffic seemed to be smaller from the rain too. So, we declared it a wash at that point.
A large group of us headed to lunch (and to get dry and warm) at El Rio - the Mexican restaurant on the corner in downtown Copperhill and our usual gathering spot.
We had enough 'newbies' with us, that afterwards we decided to head up to the Ducktown Basin Museum to learn more about the history behind A BIRD ON WATER STREET. It was fun to see my book in their store and sign a few copies for stock. My cousins who had driven up from Atlanta got to see the reasons I was so fascinated with the area. And even a fellow writing buddy, Janelle Agyeman, an agent from Atlanta, tagged along at the last minute. It ended up being a great time and so fitting. We also got to see the even more improved view of the Burra Burra mine collapse:
All said, and despite the weather, I had a FABULOUS TIME!!!! But the day wasn't over yet...
Blog hop to Darcy Pattison's Fiction Notes - GIVEAWAY!
We've still got more for the Southern Appalachian Book Tour for A BIRD ON WATER STREET. Today's stop is at Darcy Pattison's, Fiction Notes. I talk about "Editing (a.k.a. Puzzle Building)" all about revision. Here's a peek:"But I had put A BIRD ON WATER STREET in a drawer, after what I know now, was only a handful of rejections. Pah! Maybe it was for the best, though. As the manuscript sat, I grew in my craft. I studied and wrote and became a better writer. I knew that someday I’d go back to the story and would tackle it with objective and more skilled eyes, which is exactly what happened."
And one of the commenters at Darcy's blog will win a FREE, signed and dedicated copy of A BIRD ON WATER STREET! Especially if you're in the thick of your own revisions, I hope you'll hop on over to read the entire post and enter to win!
ABOWS at the Ducktown, Tennessee Library!
On Friday, after lunch, Stan and I drove back through the Ocoee River Gorge towards the new East Polk County Library in Ducktown, Tennessee for a completely different, but equally wonderful presentation. When Stan and I lived in the mountains, Ducktown and Copperhill didn't have a library. Since then, a vacant retail space was donated for the cause and it is so exciting that this area finally has a library of their very own.
The space was a little tighter - we literally squeezed in between the stacks. You can't really see the group well, but we had about 30 5th and 6th graders. Their teachers had been reading A BIRD ON WATER STREET to them, so they were already familiar with the story, which made for the most delightful questions and nodding of the heads. Gads, I loved it!
For this one, I once again talked about the history of the area, but with the important difference of saying "It used to look like this, right where we're sitting - this is your back yard." I then asked how many of them had a miner in their family. Every hand went up. Every single one. Wow.
Local friends stepped in to help and make the event extra special. Doris Abernathy showed up (the book is dedicated to her). Seu Jacobi helped run my slide-show...
then she read an excerpt from the book in front of the group. One of the funniest moments was when Seu leaned over to me and pointed to a word in the book with her eyebrows raised. I smiled and said, "Darn!" Doris, who was standing there too, read it and said, "Damn!" (Which is what it actually said in the book.) Nobody was going to tell this 86-year-old lady to clean up the language! I laughed so hard!
Then a truly special treat - Lisa Jacobi, the lead singer from Playing on the Planet, whose band played at my launch party in Decatur, played "Muddy Road to Ducktown" on her fiddle. The song is over 100-years-old and has been passed down from player to player. It's about hauling copper in and out of the area via mules or oxen on a road that, because of the deforestation, was mostly mud and extremely hard to traverse. I share the history through story, she shares the history through song. It was so wonderful to share both with these kids.
Again, this was the first time the library had hosted an author, and I hope I'm not the last. Denise Burke did a great job of pulling things together. Thank you to the school for bringing the kids in. And thank you to the adults (and reporters) who stood in the back, just as mesmerized as the kids. I will never forget this wonderful event and I'm so glad I was able to share!
ABOWS at the Benton, Tennessee Library!
A BIRD ON WATER STREET takes place in Copperhill, Tennessee (called "Coppertown" in the book), in Polk County. So it's been especially important to me to share the story with the kids of Polk County - many who are too young to know about the history in their own back yard. Friday, I had the chance to do just that...
Stan and I awoke early and drove through the Ocoee River Gorge (you may remember the recent story of the rock slide that shut down this major thoroughfare along the Olympic White-Water venue for months - it is a beautiful, but dangerous road). I was to talk to 5th graders in Benton, Tennessee at their brand-new, shiny West Polk County library. This is a big deal for this extremely rural area. Even better, Tennessee Overhill Heritage Association and the Tennessee Arts Commission provided a grant for all the 5th graders to have their very own copy of A BIRD ON WATER STREET. How amazing is that!?
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I could tell as they got off the bus, this was going to be a great group of kids...
Jenny Rogers, a Friend of the Library and massive volunteer who helped make the library possible, was my hostess and gave me such a warm welcome. The center display was set-up with their brand-new library copies of ABOWS:
The kids sat in their new media room - I was the first author to ever give a presentation at the new library. With any luck, I will have been the first of many. A display showed my slide-show and I read from ABOWS. It was so fun to have the kids follow along in their books:
And I signed every single copy:
The kids were so excited about the book and interested in all the various topics it dips into, it was an absolute joy to be there with them. In fact, afterwards, they checked out the new library and some of us talked... about their favorite books, themes, writing, you name it. I love talking to this age group. They are so wide-open to everything and inspired. I really do think I've found my sweet-spot - or at the very least, my sweetest audience. Gads, I wanted to take every single one of them home with me!
My profuse gratitude goes out to: Jenny; Jill Swafford, the Principal of South Polk Elementary; Tennessee Overhill; the Tennessee Arts Commission; and all the volunteers who helped make this happen. What a profound honor this was for me!
Stan and I awoke early and drove through the Ocoee River Gorge (you may remember the recent story of the rock slide that shut down this major thoroughfare along the Olympic White-Water venue for months - it is a beautiful, but dangerous road). I was to talk to 5th graders in Benton, Tennessee at their brand-new, shiny West Polk County library. This is a big deal for this extremely rural area. Even better, Tennessee Overhill Heritage Association and the Tennessee Arts Commission provided a grant for all the 5th graders to have their very own copy of A BIRD ON WATER STREET. How amazing is that!?
Click the image to see a larger version in a new window.
I could tell as they got off the bus, this was going to be a great group of kids...
Jenny Rogers, a Friend of the Library and massive volunteer who helped make the library possible, was my hostess and gave me such a warm welcome. The center display was set-up with their brand-new library copies of ABOWS:
The kids sat in their new media room - I was the first author to ever give a presentation at the new library. With any luck, I will have been the first of many. A display showed my slide-show and I read from ABOWS. It was so fun to have the kids follow along in their books:
And I signed every single copy:
The kids were so excited about the book and interested in all the various topics it dips into, it was an absolute joy to be there with them. In fact, afterwards, they checked out the new library and some of us talked... about their favorite books, themes, writing, you name it. I love talking to this age group. They are so wide-open to everything and inspired. I really do think I've found my sweet-spot - or at the very least, my sweetest audience. Gads, I wanted to take every single one of them home with me!
My profuse gratitude goes out to: Jenny; Jill Swafford, the Principal of South Polk Elementary; Tennessee Overhill; the Tennessee Arts Commission; and all the volunteers who helped make this happen. What a profound honor this was for me!
Susan Nees of the MISSY'S series - Guest Post and Giveaway!
I am so lucky to have such amazingly talented friends. And I'm happy to say that when I met Susan Nees, I knew her success was just around the corner - as it soon proved to be. I celebrate her Missy series right along with her! And I'm thrilled to have her here today...
by Susan Nees
When my first book series, Missy’s Super Duper Royal Deluxe was published with Scholastic Press, all four books in the series were written, illustrated and released in about a two year period. It was a grueling schedule and it has led me to a keen interest in streamlining tricks for the creative process.
When you have tight deadlines it helps to have one or two tricks up your sleeve. So, I thought I would share five tricks that have worked for me. Enjoy!
Trick # One: Work Early
That’s right. I do everything humanly possible to get my half sleeping noggin out of bed and into the office as early as I can. I roll out of bed and stumble to my office. No java, no radio, no newspaper, no nothing. I just start. What, you may ask, is the reason for this insanity? Well, I tend to be an overly harsh critic of my own work, and that is not conducive to free flowing ideas or enthusiastic explosions of creativity. I find that when I start creating before my critical brain wakes up, I tend to have more success.
And, bonus, if one does manage to start at 5 a.m., a midday catnap is not only well earned but can provide another opportunity for a fresh burst of ideas.
Trick # Two: Change of Place
I work at home, in a spare room. It’s great. It works well and keeps overhead down, but it does have its drawbacks. And one of those drawbacks is that it can become too solitary which can lead to writer’s block. And that, my friends, is why God gave us coffee shops. Sure, you may spend a few dollars on an occasional cappuccino, but it is still cheaper than rent and that little treat may be all that is needed to help restore your sense of creative equilibrium. So change your surroundings. Order a little jolt of java. Sit surrounded by a gentle chatter of neighbors sipping lattes, see if it tends to have a soothing effect on your mood which in turn gets the cranium cranking.
Trick # Three: Switch-a-Roni
Stuck? Frustrated? In a rut? Try coming at your problems from different angles. This is one of those times when being both the illustrator and the author come in handy. If I get stuck, I simply switch. If I can’t coax out the right word or the right transition from scene to scene, I close up the manuscript and go to the drawing board. Sometimes, sketching out the scene, the characters or the action helps to loosen up the stuck parts. And, you don’t have to be an illustrator. Anyone can draw stick figures.
Trick # 4: Mingle with your Peeps
Long ago, I set up a weekly schedule to visit with my readers. I originally set it up when I was working on my first book in the Missy series. I quickly realized that although adults thought the book was adorable; adults are not my target audience. So I arranged to go visit a classroom. It was so effective and so enjoyable that now, every Monday morning I have a date with a local classroom. I meet with the same group of kids every week. I love my classroom visits. I get to know the kids, they get to know me, it is a time to peek into the minds of my readers and it often provides me with fresh energy and material.
Trick #5: Oxygen
Okay. Last, but not least--don’t underestimate what the body and the brain needs to work. Have you gotten up and walked around? Have you done a few jumping jacks and chased your dog around the house? Has your brain gotten its fair share of oxygen? It’s easy, it’s quick and if nothing else it is good for your dog’s health.
There are more of these, but hopefully this will get you thinking about some tricks for you to have up your sleeve.
Happy Writing!
Susan Nees
GIVEAWAY!
Susan has kindly agreed to send a free, signed and dedicated copy of MISSY (your choice which one) to one of my lucky commenters. Enter below to win! (Must live in the US or Canada to be eligible.)
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