My Writing Process
My Writing Process – Diversity and Bullying Issues
I was invited by Trish Jackson to take part in this Writing Process blog tour. Trish is a romance suspense writer who usually focuses on small towns and country folk, and her pets. Her stories are often set in Africa. Her book, Capricorn Cravings was released in February 2014. Here’s a link to her books on amazon.com
What am I working on?
Multicultural is my genre and my platform topics center on Diversity and Bullying issues. My children’s chapter book, Clique, Clique, STOP geared for ages 9-12 was released February 2014 by Tate Publishing and Enterprises, LLC. This isn’t my first children’s chapter book as Tate Publishing also helped me publish “No Tildes on Tuesday” in December 2010.
My latest book, “Teacher, Teacher, Can’t You See?” is currently going through production, and should be released very soon. This is the first of my books on bullying (with more to come) and has been told in rhyme by a male protagonist who just wants the teacher to stop, look and listen to his plea for help from the class bully, Johnny. Johnny was once his friend, but now he’s changed and acts really mad. What will the teacher do?
Currently, I’m working on two more manuscripts. One will focus on multicultural awareness and the true origin of piñatas told by a little girl who has always had a piñata hanging from the old oak tree in her backyard at each of her birthday parties for as long as she can remember, and the other manuscript’s storyline will focus on a child with (what some few may term as) a disability, but I’d rather term it as a medical condition caused by abnormal growth. Oops! Spoiler alert! I’ll pause here.
How does my work differ from others of the same genre?
I am not sure if my work differs from others of the same genre, but the book that I’m currently working on will feature a female protagonist with a medical condition that I’ve not found in books for young children. It will depict and highlight difference and diversity in a very strong and positive way featuring the positives things she benefits from even with her medical condition. This way, I’m able to distract from a negative picturesque viewpoint of her young progressive and positive life. My goal is to highlight “feel goods” within the text of this book.
Why do I write what I do?
I love children and l hate to see them trampled on. We have far too many children who possess low self-esteem and poor self-images of themselves. It tears at my heart strings because I believe in bestowing deep-seated empowerment within children. Regardless of their circumstances, we can find valued uniqueness in each child.
How does your writing process work?
Usually, my thoughts come to be late at night when my mind is clear and refreshed, but just before slumbering. I love the peace and serenity of early mornings, so once I’m awake I fee; energized to map out what I had in mind the night before, and rethink my storyline and plotting. I begin however, with pencil, paper and a warm cup of tea or my favorite brand of healthy coffee beside me sipping as I go along.
Once I sketch out what I have in mind, I ask myself if it might be of interest to a child. If so, who might my audience entail? Once I’ve mapped out the favored details, I am ready to input my draft work onto the computer.
For me, writing is relaxing. I get very excited thinking about how my work may impact children.
Here is the link to my books on Amazon and my website
Below is a fantastic author who agreed to follow me on this tour:
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Deborah-Brucks-Author-Page/330111627099634?ref=hl
Others who have participated:
Cherrye S. Vasquez's Blog
- Cherrye S. Vasquez's profile
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