Philippa Dowding's Blog - Posts Tagged "red-maple-award-2015"
Are writers born or made?
I knew I wanted to be a writer when I was 9 years old ...
I've been playing with my scanner this week, going through old pictures in preparation for school and library presentations this spring. As an OLA Red Maple nominee, I'm really honoured to be talking about my 4th book, The Strange Gift of Gwendolyn Golden, to kids in grade 7 and 8 in Thunder Bay and here in Toronto.
What to talk to them about, I've been wondering?
Then it came to me. I scanned a picture of myself at 9 years old and realized the answer was staring me in the face: Who here wants to be a writer? You can do it. I knew I wanted to be a writer when I was 9 years old ...
Here's me, at 9: http://phdowding.blogspot.ca/2015/01/...
I've been playing with my scanner this week, going through old pictures in preparation for school and library presentations this spring. As an OLA Red Maple nominee, I'm really honoured to be talking about my 4th book, The Strange Gift of Gwendolyn Golden, to kids in grade 7 and 8 in Thunder Bay and here in Toronto.
What to talk to them about, I've been wondering?
Then it came to me. I scanned a picture of myself at 9 years old and realized the answer was staring me in the face: Who here wants to be a writer? You can do it. I knew I wanted to be a writer when I was 9 years old ...
Here's me, at 9: http://phdowding.blogspot.ca/2015/01/...
