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Carol Baldwin

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Since I was a child I have loved reading and have maintained a journal off and on for more than 30 years. My book, "Teaching the Story: Fiction Writing in Grades 4-8" (Maupin House, 2007) reflects these twin passions of reading and writing. "If you want to write, read!" I am presently writing my first young adult novel, you can find out more under the "Half-Truths" tab. I love to read, listen to audio books, garden, teach writing, and am learning to golf. I co-publish the "Talking Story" newsletter with Joyce Hostetter, am a judge for the fiction contests sponsored by the Center for Writing Excellence, and enjoy teaching writing-- particularly to young people who love to write!
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RIPENING TIME: A Picture Book Review

Introduction

It was a pleasure to meet Patrice Gopo at the North Carolina Young People’s Literature Award ceremony in December. I received the award for Young Adult Literature for Half-Truths, and Patrice won the Children’s Literature award for Ripening Time.

It wasn’t until we started talking did we realize that we live less than ten miles from each other! What are the chances that the North Caroli

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So, My Mom's from Outer Space

by Tennille Marie (Goodreads Author)

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The Emotion Amplifier Thesaurus: A Writer's Guide to Character Stress and Volatility

by Angela Ackerman (Goodreads Author)

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Carol Baldwin said: " Each page is set up like the other thesauri in this seres. As a member of ONE STOP, I have these thesauri at my fingertips. While writing my novel. I identified what I thought my character was feeling. Then I consulted these lists of physical signals ...more "

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“But there is one cool thing
about having a weirdo mother.
She works so hard at remembering
where she left herself
she doesn’t have time
to work on me.”
― Linda Vigen Phillips, Crazy

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