Category Archives: Jewell’s Projects
SUGAR, Catalogue Copy & Writing News
Sugar Click on the link above for more info on my newest book, SUGAR! Like in NINTH WARD, SUGAR celebrates a spirited girl who through her courage and resilience, thrives and makes the world a better place. I haven’t been … Continue reading
When We Say The End: Finishing Your Novel
Congratulations, You’ve Written A Novel… Now What? So, the novel is done—you’ve finished the book and laid it all on the table. Given it your very best. It’s done! Your editor has accepted the book. Yippee! Truth is, finishing the … Continue reading
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The End of Hurricane Season
The End of Hurricane Season: Processing, Reading, and Writing Hurricane Katrina I too was moved to write about the hurricane. I was glued to my television when the levees broke. The home of my imagination, of so many of my books and … Continue reading
This Post is Based on Real Events…
Katrina children’s book coverage continues… Based on True Events! When you know that something is “based on true events,” as the movies and the covers of books sometimes tell us, it lends a certain authority to the work of historical … Continue reading
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Hurricane Katrina in Middle-Grade Fiction: “I Survived”
I Survived: Hurricane Katrina, 2005 The I Survived series for the middle-grades takes a child’s perspective on disasters like the Titanic, The Shark Attacks of 1916, and, as I read recently, 9/11. The question raised on the back of the … Continue reading
Katrina and the Middle-Grade Novel
Memories of the French Quarter: August 29, 2005 Stuff I Didn’t Know About Hurricanes A. Over the past 150 years, 49 hurricanes have struck Louisiana. B. The intensity of a hurricane is measured by something called the Saffir-Simpson scale. It goes from 1 … Continue reading
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Hurricane Katrina for Children
August 29, 2005, Hurricane Katrina made landfall and forever changed the lives of many. People suffered and people died. The wave hit the poorest areas hard, and so a storm became an issue of race and class. I highly recommend Spike … Continue reading
Rhythms of a Writing Life
To all the writers out there: Like love, the writing of a novel follows certain rhythms. I begin infatuated by an idea, a dream, a clipping. It is not inevitable that this germ will blossom into a project that consumes … Continue reading
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Children’s Literary Tour of England
If you watched the opening ceremony of the Olympics, you may have noticed a lot of familiar faces–from Lord Voldemort to Mary Poppins; from Peter Pan to Cruella DeVille. England rightfully celebrates its history of great contributions to children’s literature. I’ve always … Continue reading
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