What
fun to see my October 12, 2011 Thanku post blossom and bloom in such original and meaningful ways.
What
an honor (and surprise!) to be a Thanku recipient
too.
Thank
you, Carmela, and my fellow
TeachingAuthors, for growing this idea.
As
for who receives my Writer Thanku this
year, I really and truly grew a very,
very VERY long list of all those
who helped me become a Writer, especially a children’s
book writer.
Alas,
the bounty of companions who kept me traveling my Plotline
boggled my brain.
Mentors,
such as Barbara Lucas.
Teachers,
such as Bernice Rabe and Charlotte Graeber.
An
entire international society of children’s book creators!
Editors
(Assistant, associate, senior and executive.)
Publishers,
such as Holiday House and Sleeping Bear Press.
Children’s
Librarians, such as Wilmette, Illinois’ Lynn Persson.
Booksellers
(of the independent kind), namely Pat Wroclawski and Jan Dundon.
Reviewers,
including Ilene Cooper and Mary Harris Russell.
Academicians,
such as Drs. Roxanne Owen and Marie
Donovan.
The
Kiddos for whom I write, of course (last, but not least).
It
turns out, the World in which I do my heart’s work each day gave me Everyone –
thus Everything - I needed and wanted.
So,
here’s my sincere Thanku, a
cornucopia of thanks, to those who continue to keep me keepin’ on.
The
Children’s Book World!
Seeders,
feeders sunning all
Seekers of story.
Good
News! There’s still time for you to share your writing-related Thanku with us in one of three ways on or before November 30:
(1) post a comment to one of our posts
(2) send an email to us at teachingauthors [at] gmail [dot] com, OR
(3) write a thank-you blog post of your own and then share the link with us via 1) or 2).
Feel free to copy and paste the image below into your blog post. We'd love if you'd also link back to this post and invite others to participate.
We’ve got a horn of plenty waiting!
Esther Hershenhorn
Little works of art
ReplyDeletePaint HOLIDAY of joy
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(THANK-U Teaching Authors, for your energy-boosting posts of 2012.)