tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33112639.post4747561574579625571..comments2023-12-22T23:04:36.811-06:00Comments on Blue Attitude: Puberty Raises Its Ugly HeadThe Belle in Bluehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16368021976814668783noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33112639.post-24939942347415303192015-12-05T21:03:25.044-06:002015-12-05T21:03:25.044-06:00What morons do best!!! What a great line. Nice sni...What morons do best!!! What a great line. Nice snippet.JTsuruokahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05173187123835069767noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33112639.post-52665617578276833002015-12-05T11:12:40.316-06:002015-12-05T11:12:40.316-06:00Sam is a good guy, I wished Jojo could have punche...Sam is a good guy, I wished Jojo could have punched Chip too. Lindahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13346034896296813841noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33112639.post-41321933063298373592015-12-02T00:36:18.433-06:002015-12-02T00:36:18.433-06:00Love the line about the minnow! And you've ca...Love the line about the minnow! And you've captured the interactions so well. PThttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02077084023001310425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33112639.post-42414429969497051732015-12-01T00:36:14.550-06:002015-12-01T00:36:14.550-06:00Good job Sam! I only hope the three of them don...Good job Sam! I only hope the three of them don't gang up on him next time. diannehartsockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15874628384426574320noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33112639.post-13988894039104144752015-11-30T02:43:47.864-06:002015-11-30T02:43:47.864-06:00Good on him! Let's hope it doesn't come ba...Good on him! Let's hope it doesn't come back to bite him.Iris Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07282988971025667976noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33112639.post-10522833983485317862015-11-29T21:59:41.247-06:002015-11-29T21:59:41.247-06:00Loved this snippet. Great job.Loved this snippet. Great job.Ceciliahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07076648307785084672noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33112639.post-41938296665510362832015-11-29T17:49:16.197-06:002015-11-29T17:49:16.197-06:00Loved the snippet. Great introduction to the chara...Loved the snippet. Great introduction to the characters. Loved JoJo's inner thoughts about Sam and the way he handled the bully. Loved this line: "I almost swallowed a minnow when he did it."<br /><br /> Karen Michelle Nutthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04083893569523248900noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33112639.post-80471605805984551602015-11-29T16:35:16.451-06:002015-11-29T16:35:16.451-06:00Thanks for your comment, Veronica. While every par...Thanks for your comment, Veronica. While every parent has the right to decide for their own kids, there's nothing in any of the three books that my mother wouldn't have let me read in middle school, or that I would've minded my own kids reading. And although the characters are kids in the first book, it sets up the basis for their volatile relationships later on, so older readers will want to see them from the beginning. I'm sure some publishers would have the same concerns as you, and that's one of the many reasons I'm glad I don't have to answer to them anymore. :-)<br /><br />~JoyceThe Belle in Bluehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16368021976814668783noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33112639.post-10245892867389310992015-11-29T14:38:52.911-06:002015-11-29T14:38:52.911-06:00Good for Sam! This is a nice start to their story,...Good for Sam! This is a nice start to their story, for sure. Excellent excerpt. The only thing I wonder is - aren't the audiences usually quite different for the three age ranges you mention splitting the book into? And in this fast moving day and age, would people who read the age appropriate middle-grade novel really return years later to read the others? I'm thinking you'll have a marketing challenge here to say the least. Will the parents be upset if their middle-grade readers want to read the next two books NOW and the story becomes inappropriate for them (only because of age)? But as always, the author does have to follow their own vision...! Just thinking out loud here...Veronica Scotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04732940088047026021noreply@blogger.com