A few years ago I was walking through Penn Station in New York City. There was a man sitting playing a Musical Saw. At first I thought I was seeing things. But I wasn’t. He really made lovely music with a saw. And he was such a personable, elegant man. We chatted and he told me that he performs with his saw at parties and churches and of course, here in the wild wilderness of Penn Station as the multitude go on their way.
I never forgot him. The quote was on top of his card. His name is Moses E. Josiah and his music really did fill the station and make my day-a loud noise in the best sense of the word.
May you also be sing a song in your life that is new and skillfully played and the heavens enjoy as a loud but beautiful noise!
Dr. Barbara Becker Holstein
www.enchantedself.com
"Tell us about your heroine — the female lead in your book. The heroine in THE TRUTH, I’m Ten, I’m Smart and I Know Everything! is a ten-year old girl. She is funny, wise, honest and she really does know the truth about most things.
What’s her name? Her name is never mentioned in the book, which is her diary over a two year period.
Why did you pick that name? Not giving her a name makes it easy to identify with her. She is really all of us -once, when we were young.
Give us a brief description of how she looks. She has light brown hair and hazel eyes. She is certain that she would be very pretty if she could wear make-up. Her mother won’t let her. She has a space between her two front teeth.
Is there anything unusual about her appearance? No-except that she is growing fast and keeps getting taller while the boy she is in love with keeps getting shorter.
Who does she love? Why? She loves Paul. She doesn’t know why. When he came to her classroom as a new student she just felt her heart turn over in her body and she couldn’t stop the most amazing feelings from overwhelming her….".
This is part of my interview at www.shareyourheroineblogspot.com I would love for you to to to the blog and read the rest of the interview. Nikki does such a great job of interviewing. What do you think about my heroine? Did you ever know someone like her? Maybe yourself? Let me know.
Dr. Barbara Becker Holstein
www.enchanedself.com
"Yesterday my father’s cousin George came to visit from
Las Vegas, where he lives. He stayed for lunch and then we took him to the Lake and then we went to Howard Johnson’s for supper and my parents treated him. After we came home, we sat in the living room for a long time. He talked and talked. That would have been OK, except he swore the whole time. He’d say a few words and then he would mix in a swear word. I can’t even write them, you’ll just have to believe me. For example, he would say, “and what the h— do you think of that, Edith?” My mom would just answer as if he hadn’t sworn. Then he would go on and swear again.
Every time he swore it gave me a bad feeling in my stomach. I asked him not to swear, but he just laughed at me as if he knew more than I do. But the truth is I know more than he does. Swearing makes the whole room feel heavy, as if little arrows are being shot off, hitting people and hurting them. Either he doesn’t know the truth or he doesn’t care.
My parents didn’t seem that bothered. What happens to grown-ups that they don’t seem to care anymore to make the world a beautiful place?
When I got up this morning, I was so glad that George wasn’t here anymore.
Grown-ups say they know so much about life, but I know more. I know swearing is bad for all of us, and that’s the truth."
This is a quote from my new book, THE TRUTH, I’m Ten, I’m Smart and I Know Everything. What do you think? Does the atmosphere feel better to you when people don’t do things like swearing? Let’s chat. ‘The Girl’ inside each of us will thank us for cleaning up the atmosphere of life!
As the leaves begin to fall may your spirits lift,
As the weather cools may your true passions thrive,
As winter comes closer may you know true warmth,
As the sun hides, may your inner clouds dissolve
And may you always remember that behind all
Is a Song just waiting to be Sung!
http://mybestfriendsstory.blogspot.com/ This is a great blog where I had a chance to talk about my character and how she was affected by her in her mind friendship with Nancy Drew. I hope you enjoy reading this and stop in at Nikki’s blog for the other Best Friends!
1 – Tell us a bit about your book.
My new book, THE TRUTH, I’m Ten, I’m Smart and I Know Everything, is a delightful, humorous secret diary, written by a girl who is 10-11 years of age. She is wise and yet so innocent. She makes us cry and laugh and remember ourselves. Behind this very easy read is the psychological message to the women reading THE TRUTH that they can and must recapture the fire and passion of their girlhoods not only for themselves to flourish and be happy, but for the next generation to also have the gifts of good emotional and spiritual health.
Women love the book and so do girls, ages 10-14. Women find it a pure delight-a hot fudge sundae with a secret message inside and no weight gain, while girls recognize themselves and finally feel totally understood!
2 – Tell us about the best friend – gender, age, appearance, how they came to be with the hero or heroine and anything else we need to know about them.
‘The Girl’ in The Truth, I’m Ten, I’m Smart and I Know Everything does indeed have a best friend, of sorts. Her best friend is the character Nancy Drew, who she idolizes and sees as the personification of being smart, and having a wonderful, adventurous life. She loves Nancy Drew because she stays focused on solving mysteries and is not seduced by other silly attractions like flirting or wasting time. Also, she loves Nancy because the girl even feel superior to Nancy, often solving mysteries before Nancy does.
3 – Who does the "best friend" help in the book?
Nancy Drew and her mysteries help ‘The Girl’ in powerful ways as she struggles with growing up. Nancy gives her courage to hold on to what is special about herself as she worries her way toward early adolescence.
4 – Does the best friend have a specific purpose in the book?
Yes, she does have a specific purpose. She is a heroine figure that ‘The Girl’ can play off of without any of the angst of a real life best friend.
5 – How does your hero or heroine feel about the best friend?
She adores her and wants to be like her when she is a teenager.
6 – How would your hero or heroine handle their problems or difficulties with the best friend?
That is kind of an unknown as this best friend is all in ‘The Girl’s’ head. However, she would dearly like to really know girls of Nancy’s passionate nature who also have purpose in their lives.
7 – Are there problems between the best friend and your main characters?
Of course there are not, as ‘The Girl’ is mistress of this friendship and always gets to feel smarter than Nancy Drew.
8 – Do you see the best friend ever having their own story?
Obviously Nancy Drew has had her own story and millions of dollars have been made from it as well as thousands of girls have been entranced in positive ways, as was my character.
9 – Was the best friend inspired by anyone you know?
Yes, of course, my memories of Nancy Drew.
10 – Is there anything else about the best friend that we need to know? Feel free to share.
I think we all probably know what we need to know about Nancy. Wasn’t she your pal also?
11 – Please provide your website link.
www.enchantedself.com
12 – What is the link to buy your book?www.enchantedself.com/bookpage.html or Amazon.
