{"id":5519,"date":"2013-05-11T00:01:59","date_gmt":"2013-05-11T05:01:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.melanierobertson-king.com\/wp02\/?p=5519"},"modified":"2013-05-04T11:00:26","modified_gmt":"2013-05-04T16:00:26","slug":"boos-bad-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/melanierobertson-king.com\/wp02\/?p=5519","title":{"rendered":"Boo’s Bad Day A Children’s Book by Penny Lockwood"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"BoosBOO\u2019S BAD DAY<\/span><\/strong>
\nBy: Penny Lockwood<\/strong>
\n Picture book for children aged 18 months to 6 years<\/strong>
\n Published by 4RV Publishing<\/strong>
\n ISBN# 13:<\/strong> 978-0-9852661-5-8<\/p>\n

Buy from 4RV<\/strong><\/a> $8.99 includes s\/h<\/p>\n

Look inside at Amazon<\/strong><\/a> $7.32 prime<\/p>\n

Melanie, thanks for hosting me. At the end of the tour, I will pick out one commenter\u2019s name and send an autographed copy of Boo\u2019s Bad Day to a United States address only. If the name I pick is someone who lives outside the U.S., I will send a PDF copy of the book. So remember, readers, be sure to leave contact information when you comment!<\/p>\n

If your readers missed yesterday\u2019s post, they can catch up at http:\/\/renajones.blogspot.com\/<\/a>. Tomorrow, I\u2019ll be visiting with http:\/\/childrensandteensbookconnection.wordpress.com\/<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Boo\u2019s Bad Day is the first picture book I\u2019ve ever written. I\u2019ve read plenty of them to my children and now my grandchildren, but I never seriously considered writing one, mostly because I had heard how difficult they are to write.<\/p>\n

Generally, I tend to write for older teens and adults in the genres of science fiction, fantasy, and romance, although I do have two middle grade novels under contract with 4RV Publishing:<\/strong> Ghost for Rent and Ghost for Lunch.<\/p>\n

I\u2019ve read quite a few articles and books about writing for children. In fact, when I first got serious about publishing my stories, I took a class through the Institute of Children\u2019s Literature and focused on writing for younger children. Unfortunately, I found it difficult to find markets for those stories and soon learned I had a better chance of getting published when I aimed at an older age group.<\/p>\n

Still, writing for young children intrigued me. After all, I was a mother and loved watching my children learn to read and enjoyed reading to them. Over the years, while I continued to have success writing for older children, I harbored a desire to write for young children.<\/p>\n

When a call came out from a small publisher for volunteers to read submissions, I applied and became an acquisitions intern. One of my primary duties was reading and deciding on picture books for publication. I quickly learned what made a good story and what didn\u2019t as well as the things a picture book publisher looks for.<\/p>\n

Writing a picture book isn\u2019t as easy as people might think. While it\u2019s not as long as a novel, it takes a lot of work. The writer needs to use language that\u2019s easily understood by a child. Words that make sounds like crunch, blare, pop, etc. are interesting to kids. They like to hear them said out loud. In addition, the writer needs to be sure there is a plot, even though the book is only 32 pages and less than a thousand words. The main character must also overcome obstacles in that short space.<\/p>\n

The other difficult thing is for the writer not to add to much description to the story. The illustrator must be able to create her own images and not try to paint the picture the writer has spelled out.<\/p>\n

After learning about writing picture books, I realized I was ready to create one of my own. My grandchildren were the right age to enjoy picture books. It seemed like time to try writing one of my own. Using my newly acquired skills, I worked on creating Boo\u2019s Bad Day. I decided to write about Boo because we had a cat, also named Boo, who was stranded outdoors in a huge fir tree during an ice storm for several days. My 21-month-old grandson loves kitties, and I thought he would like to hear Boo\u2019s story. Boo\u2019s Bad Day is based loosely on our own Boo\u2019s adventure. I get a kick out of having him ask for \u201cthe kitty\u201d book.<\/p>\n

I would have to say I wrote Boo\u2019s Bad Day for my own grandchildren, but it\u2019s a thrill for me to know that other little people are enjoying it as well.<\/p>\n

\"Author-Photo-Pen-smiling-copy.jpg\"About the author:<\/strong>Penny Lockwood has published more than 100 articles, 75 stories, a chapbook, and her stories have been included in two anthologies. She writes for both adults and children. Her fiction has appeared in numerous genre and children\u2019s publications, and non fiction work has appeared in a variety of writing, parenting, and young adult print magazines and on line publications. She edits for MuseItUp Publishing.<\/p>\n

She has recently released Boo\u2019s Bad Day<\/strong><\/em> with 4RV Publishing and has three other children\u2019s books under contract with them: Ghost for Rent, Ghost for Lunch, and Many Colored Coats. She has three romances published by MuseItUp Publishing: Love Delivery, Lady in Waiting, and Mirror, Mirror. Her short story collection, A Past and A Future, is available through Sam\u2019s Dot Publishing and Smashwords.<\/p>\n

You can follow Penny at:<\/p>\n

Facebook:<\/strong> https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/penny.ehrenkranz<\/a>
\nTwitter:<\/strong> @PennyEhrenkranz<\/a>
\nLinkedIn:<\/strong> http:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/pennyehrenkranz<\/a>
\nWebsite:<\/strong> http:\/\/pennylockwoodehrenkranz.yolasite.com<\/a>
\nBlog:<\/strong> http:\/\/pennylockwoodehrenkanz.blogspot.com<\/a><\/p>\n

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