A Good Review and a Few Good Words

It’s funny how a few good words can make all the difference.
In bleak mid winter—February is the bleakest month–after two weeks of being sick, I feel like the ground hound finally coming out from his hole. Yes, there really is a world out there! And two good things presented themselves right away: a nice review from Children’s Bookwatch and word from an old friend.
Here’s the review:

Maureen McQuerry is the talented author of “Wolfproof”, a juvenile fantasy novel that received very high marks when reviewed for the Midwest Book Review publication “Children’s Bookwatch”. Now McQuerry has followed up her initial success with “Traveler’s Market”, a sequel to her first novel. Timothy James Maxwell, his sister Sarah, and their best friend Jessica once again find themselves plunged into an alternate universe. This time they are in search of an antidote for timothy’s mother who has been bitten by a poisonous paranormal rat. And once again they find themselves having to deal with their old enemy, Balor-the-one-eyed. It seems that the only way Timothy’s mother can be saved is if the kids first bring back peace and harmony to the beautiful, exotic, and troubled world known as the ‘Traveler’s Market’. McQuerry’s specialty is bringing into her novels a mingling and mixture of mythological sources and elements as textural enrichment for her high adventure, reader engaging fantasy stories making “Traveler’s Market” one of those rare literary works — a sequel that is every bit as entertaining and ‘kid friendly’ as its prequel!

Good words for writers: I read a lot of literary blogs. One of the smartest, most articulate editors today is Cheryl Klein of Arthur Levine, Scholastic. Her talks, Essential of Plot and the Art of Detection, both available online are must reads for every writer. http://www.cherylklein.com/id18.html