Shelley Workinger's Blog, page 40
October 29, 2013
Toastworthy Teens! Jennifer Mahin
What can you expect on your first day at a new job? Probably some paperwork, meeting a few people, maybe a little basic training.
Surely not saving a life, right?
Now, when you learn that, for Jennifer Mahin, that first job was certified lifeguard, you might be inclined to say, “Oh, of course,” as if her accomplishment is slightly less impressive. Don’t.
Because within only hours of clocking into work, the 17-year-old heroine found herself jumping without hesitation into a rip current to rescue a fellow teen. She then had to keep the unresponsive girl’s ahead above the waves – and both of them away from the rocks – until more rescuers arrived on the scene.
Clearly Jennifer – who called the rescue “the most gratifying thing ever” – was the right girl for the job. ;)
To find lifeguarding classes in your area, visit:
http://www.redcross.org/take-a-class/...
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Surely not saving a life, right?
Now, when you learn that, for Jennifer Mahin, that first job was certified lifeguard, you might be inclined to say, “Oh, of course,” as if her accomplishment is slightly less impressive. Don’t.
Because within only hours of clocking into work, the 17-year-old heroine found herself jumping without hesitation into a rip current to rescue a fellow teen. She then had to keep the unresponsive girl’s ahead above the waves – and both of them away from the rocks – until more rescuers arrived on the scene.
Clearly Jennifer – who called the rescue “the most gratifying thing ever” – was the right girl for the job. ;)
To find lifeguarding classes in your area, visit:
http://www.redcross.org/take-a-class/...
Do you know a toast-worthy teen you’d like to see featured here at BWATE?
Comment below with your email address so we can get a post together!
http://bookfare.blogspot.com/2013/10/...
October 25, 2013
Please Welcome Michelle Birbeck, Author of The Last Keeper
When it comes to characters who are immortal and have no need for food, trying to discern what their favourite dish is can be quite interesting. Especially when it’s an immortal called Serenity Cardea, who first started cooking some three millennia ago. Most of what she cooked back then amounted to little more than stew, which, though great on cold days, isn’t exactly exciting.
So what do millennia old immortals who don’t need to eat actually eat?
The answer is twofold: Anything, and nothing.
More:
http://bookfare.blogspot.com/2013/10/...
So what do millennia old immortals who don’t need to eat actually eat?
The answer is twofold: Anything, and nothing.
More:
http://bookfare.blogspot.com/2013/10/...
October 22, 2013
Toastworthy Teens! Temar Boggs
What would you do if you encountered a search party looking for a kidnapped child?
If you’re Lancaster high-schooler Temar Boggs, you do what he thinks “anybody else would do” – you organize your friends into an additional search party and hit the streets.
And not only did the 15-year-old take commendable initiative; it was, in fact, his group on their bikes that located and chased the suspect, who eventually pushed the girl from his car and drove off.
5-year-old Jocelyn is thankfully okay, her family is extremely grateful to their “hero,” and Temar feels like “he just did something very accomplishing today.” I’d certainly say so!
Meet Temar in an interview here:
http://youtu.be/Fd31e02l3jk
Do you know a toast-worthy teen you’d like to see featured here at BWATE?
Comment below with your email address so we can get a post together!
http://bookfare.blogspot.com/2013/10/...
If you’re Lancaster high-schooler Temar Boggs, you do what he thinks “anybody else would do” – you organize your friends into an additional search party and hit the streets.
And not only did the 15-year-old take commendable initiative; it was, in fact, his group on their bikes that located and chased the suspect, who eventually pushed the girl from his car and drove off.
5-year-old Jocelyn is thankfully okay, her family is extremely grateful to their “hero,” and Temar feels like “he just did something very accomplishing today.” I’d certainly say so!
Meet Temar in an interview here:
http://youtu.be/Fd31e02l3jk
Do you know a toast-worthy teen you’d like to see featured here at BWATE?
Comment below with your email address so we can get a post together!
http://bookfare.blogspot.com/2013/10/...
October 18, 2013
FOODFIC Look at The Peach Keeper
Rachel Edney believed that she was, essentially, a practical person. She did not believe in ghosts or superstitions or bells that could ring on their own. But one thing she did believe in was love. She believed that you could smell it, that you could taste it, that it could change the entire course of your life.
Sure, Keeper’s not about Rachel – she actually gets very little “face time” – but she’s one of those supporting players whom we love watching steal a scene.
More:
http://bookfare.blogspot.com/2013/10/...
Sure, Keeper’s not about Rachel – she actually gets very little “face time” – but she’s one of those supporting players whom we love watching steal a scene.
More:
http://bookfare.blogspot.com/2013/10/...
October 11, 2013
Please Welcome John Vamvas and Olga Montes, Authors of Wherewolves
Crosby is a small town. Quiet. Its people are pleasant, but prefer to keep to themselves. The few shops there never stay open past six o’clock, except, for the Eats All Nite diner, an old fueling station that stands alone in a vast parking lot on the outskirts. The diner honors its name. The gas pumps have been dry for a few years now, but many truckers still make a point to stop over for Old Man Sam’s filling meals, topped with his famously delectable brownie. Samuel Burton’s wife, Maggie—gone two years now—won many a Blue Ribbon for those.
Currently, Sam balances a white plate, featuring an enormous chocolate brownie, topped with whipped cream, hot fudge, chocolate sprinkles and a plump maraschino cherry. He passes a young couple, Kurt and Annie, who sit in a booth and follow the dessert plate with their eyes. He sets the plate down in front of Gary—a clean-cut truck driver—and wrinkles his nose. “You hauling fish again this week, eh, Gary?” he says, and smiles. His upper denture shifts and he repositions it with his tongue...
More:
http://bookfare.blogspot.com/2013/10/...
Currently, Sam balances a white plate, featuring an enormous chocolate brownie, topped with whipped cream, hot fudge, chocolate sprinkles and a plump maraschino cherry. He passes a young couple, Kurt and Annie, who sit in a booth and follow the dessert plate with their eyes. He sets the plate down in front of Gary—a clean-cut truck driver—and wrinkles his nose. “You hauling fish again this week, eh, Gary?” he says, and smiles. His upper denture shifts and he repositions it with his tongue...
More:
http://bookfare.blogspot.com/2013/10/...
September 26, 2013
Please Welcome Catherine Astolfo, Author of The Bridgeman
It sounds incredible, but the appearance of food in a novel really can portray personality, plot, setting, culture and emotion. I really like this quote from Gale Encyclopedia of Food & Culture: Food in Literature:
“Because food customs call forth such a labyrinth of associations on the part of individual writers, and because the inherent sensuality of food involves not only the senses of smell and taste, but also the other senses, food is capable of evoking an avalanche of memories and feelings.” *
In my first four novels, which are part of a series, I noticed that my protagonist drinks a lot of red wine. However, the imbibing is often accompanied by food.
In The Bridgeman, Emily Taylor is introduced as a small-town principal who discovers the body of the caretaker in the basement of her school. Who can blame her for indulging in a stress-relieving lunch?
More:
http://bookfare.blogspot.com/2013/09/...
“Because food customs call forth such a labyrinth of associations on the part of individual writers, and because the inherent sensuality of food involves not only the senses of smell and taste, but also the other senses, food is capable of evoking an avalanche of memories and feelings.” *
In my first four novels, which are part of a series, I noticed that my protagonist drinks a lot of red wine. However, the imbibing is often accompanied by food.
In The Bridgeman, Emily Taylor is introduced as a small-town principal who discovers the body of the caretaker in the basement of her school. Who can blame her for indulging in a stress-relieving lunch?
More:
http://bookfare.blogspot.com/2013/09/...
September 20, 2013
FOODFIC Look at The Year of the Flood
When I open a Margaret Atwood book, I expect certain things: a strong yet tortured female lead, a plausible (though usually not preferable) future, an element of surrealism. And I know I’ll be challenged in my thinking on any- and everything from norms and values to gender roles, power structures, and evolution.
What I don’t expect to spend the afternoon ruminating over is pork.
More:
http://bookfare.blogspot.com/2013/09/...
What I don’t expect to spend the afternoon ruminating over is pork.
More:
http://bookfare.blogspot.com/2013/09/...
September 17, 2013
Toastworthy Teens! Sara Volz
Sara Volz set out to “use guided evolution – so artificial selection – to isolate populations of algae cells with abnormally high oil content.”
Right. So if you, like most people, are not entirely sure what that means, let me put it in basic terms: she started growing algae under her bed to make bio-fuel.
Is it just me, or did saying it more simply actually make her project sound more complicated???
Not only was 17-year-old Sara undaunted by a challenge the green-energy community has been researching for ages, but her fresh perspective may have brought about a game-changer in the field. She found that by using a certain herbicide, she could eliminate the low-oil producing cells in her algae, leaving only “a population cells with very high oil production.”
Good news for science, future Earth, and for Sara herself, who went on to win the Intel Science Talent Search, a competition that’s had SEVEN winners go on to win Nobel prizes.
To see the other entrants’ work or to enter the contest yourself, visit:
http://www.societyforscience.org/STS
Do you know a toast-worthy teen you’d like to see featured here at BWATE?
Comment below with your email address so we can get a post together!
http://bookfare.blogspot.com/2013/09/...
Right. So if you, like most people, are not entirely sure what that means, let me put it in basic terms: she started growing algae under her bed to make bio-fuel.
Is it just me, or did saying it more simply actually make her project sound more complicated???
Not only was 17-year-old Sara undaunted by a challenge the green-energy community has been researching for ages, but her fresh perspective may have brought about a game-changer in the field. She found that by using a certain herbicide, she could eliminate the low-oil producing cells in her algae, leaving only “a population cells with very high oil production.”
Good news for science, future Earth, and for Sara herself, who went on to win the Intel Science Talent Search, a competition that’s had SEVEN winners go on to win Nobel prizes.
To see the other entrants’ work or to enter the contest yourself, visit:
http://www.societyforscience.org/STS
Do you know a toast-worthy teen you’d like to see featured here at BWATE?
Comment below with your email address so we can get a post together!
http://bookfare.blogspot.com/2013/09/...
September 13, 2013
Please Welcome Holly Willmott, Author of Awakenings
It's a great morning to talk "Awakenings" (and muffins) with author Hally Willmott!
"With the debut of my first novel, I have had a number of people ask if the main character Jacey Adison is like me in any way...My original answer to most has been - She and I are alike only in the first couple of pages - she moved around a lot as a kid...and so did I.
When I envision Jacey, I see her as a 16 year old girl who doesn't see how truly special she is. That's where our similarities end." (At least I thought so....)
More:
http://bookfare.blogspot.com/2013/09/...
"With the debut of my first novel, I have had a number of people ask if the main character Jacey Adison is like me in any way...My original answer to most has been - She and I are alike only in the first couple of pages - she moved around a lot as a kid...and so did I.
When I envision Jacey, I see her as a 16 year old girl who doesn't see how truly special she is. That's where our similarities end." (At least I thought so....)
More:
http://bookfare.blogspot.com/2013/09/...
May 17, 2013
Spilling my guts to Linda Leander this week!
Okay, maybe it's not THAT messy, but I did do a fun interview over at Linda's blog this week!
Check it out:
http://lleandersreviewsandinterviews....
Check it out:
http://lleandersreviewsandinterviews....
