I wrote Toto’s Tale with children ages seven to twelve in mind. But recently a couple of people have said they were interested in the book because they’ve been life long lovers of the Oz books and have collected them. Or someone was buying the book as a gift for an elder who loved the … More Toto’s Tale for Oz fans
If you’re looking for my book, Toto’s Tale and True Chronicle of Oz, it’s now available in more places and formats. For those of you who can’t walk into Bookshop Santa Cruz to pick up a copy, you can now find it on their website. You can buy it on Amazon or Create Space. An e-book version is … More Book News
Last week I was invited by Blue Hills Elementary School librarian, Lorraine Rader, also a writer and SCBWI member, to read from Toto’s Tale to a fourth grade class. I enjoyed it and so did the children. Almost all of them knew more than I expected about the Wizard of Oz. After all, it was … More Author reading
Remember the beloved song book, Rise Up Singing? The creators of that book have come out with a new one, Rise Again. On Saturday the 19th of this month the Resource Center for Nonviolence will host an event featuring the new book with performances by local singer-songwriters whose songs are included. Here’s the link: http://rcnv.org/event/saturday-september-19-rise-again-a-sing-along-benefit-for-nonviolence/
The Santa Cruz Peace Chorale, a singing community for peace and justice, invites you to an open rehearsal and party Saturday, August 22nd 1-4 pm. Mount Calvary Lutheran Church 2402 Cabrillo College Drive, Soquel. Singing, games, bread and roses. Open rehearsals (no auditions) every Thursday in September 7:30-9:00 pm same location. I love singing with the … More Peace Chorale party
My grand daughter Luna’s gofundme campaign has been up for six days now, and has raised nearly a third of the goal. But donations have slowed down over the past day. Many thanks to all who donated already. If you haven’t visited the site yet, or seen Luna’s video or her writing samples on the Facebook … More More about Luna’s National Writing Tour
Now you can go to this GoFundMe site to watch the video of Luna talking about her ambitious national writing tour. She’s trying to raise money so she can visit national parks and other places of interest across the U.S. this summer, to write, photograph, blog and share her experiences. If you haven’t read any … More Luna’s fundraiser active
It’s been way too long since I’ve posted. I’m going to have more to say soon. About my book, Toto’s Tale. About travel. But for now, this. A teen writer that I know and love, my grand daughter Luna, is reaching for her dream to see the nation and write about it. I’d be grateful … More Luna’s U.S. tour
I recently took an interesting online course on the history of humankind. Some of the main ideas of the course are summarized in this 15 minute TED talk, worth the time it takes to watch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YZa4sdIwV04&list=PLfc2WtGuVPdnuLf7i2AgD4_048ubTDpnD
I just returned from the Big Sur Writing Workshop, sponsored by the Henry Miller Library and Andrea Brown Literary Agency. I went several years ago – the first children’s writing conference I’d attended, before I even knew about SCBWI, our trade organization. This conference was well worth my time and money. … More Big Sur Writing Workshop
Sylvia Patience, Author 