I received a letter from a 10-year-old about my book, How to Steal a Dog.
She enjoyed it.
But she wanted to point out a mistake in Chapter 12 (9th line) where I wrote, "He like to went crazy."
That line, of course, is Southern dialect and means, "He nearly went crazy."
Children (who don't live in the South) often think that is a mistake.
A great learning opportunity, I think.
But the best part of her letter was that my book had inspired her to write her own book.
Her title?
How to Look Smart Without Being Smart
Now THAT I would read!!
2 comments:
Southern Girl all the way! How about when we say, "I'm fixin' to go to town." I love it that a 5th grader found it!
I always get a kick out of it when southern librarians ask if they can "make a picture" with me. Us Yankees say, "take a picture."
How dull of us.
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