Marilyn Reynolds
  • Home
  • Blog
  • Bio
  • Speaking
  • Resources
  • Books
  • Contact

A READER SETS ME STRAIGHT

4/7/2016

2 Comments

 
Picture

During a school visit few months back, I mentioned that Erica, in If You Loved Me was a mix of white, African-American, and Chinese. 
    A strong voice off to my right said “Lauren.” 
    I turned to the speaker. “Lauren?” 
    “Yes. Lauren. It was Lauren, not Erica. Erica’s the girl in But What About Me.” 
    It took only a moment for me to realize my error. I thanked her for setting me straight. This same girl later caught me in another error of detail. It would have been embarrassing had I not been too old to be embarrassed. 
    I spoke with my fact-checker, Miss G. R., during a break. A bright young woman (obviously brighter than that day’s guest speaker), a teen mom living in a difficult situation, working diligently to finish high school, G. R. told me that she’d been so caught up in reading Baby Help, and in worrying about Cheyenne, the baby in that story, that she nearly forgot to feed her own baby. “Nearly” is the key word here.
    When I returned home, before I even unpacked, I reread If You Loved Me. Then I slipped a note and a copy of my most recent book into a padded envelope and sent it off to
Miss G. R., promising to reread the other nine books in the series before my next school visit.


2 Comments
Julie Woodside
4/15/2016 10:14:36 pm

Love this story! You'll have some fun reading for a while :-).

Reply
Rose link
1/10/2021 06:37:15 pm

Very nice blog you have here

Reply



Leave a Reply.

    Picture

    Archives

    September 2022
    August 2022
    August 2021
    May 2021
    March 2021
    January 2021
    September 2020
    July 2020
    May 2020
    April 2020
    February 2020
    January 2020
    December 2019
    November 2019
    September 2017
    March 2017
    December 2016
    September 2016
    April 2016
    May 2015
    February 2014
    July 2012
    June 2012
    May 2012
    April 2012

    Categories

    All

    RSS Feed



    Tweets by @MReynoldsauthor
Powered by Create your own unique website with customizable templates.
  • Home
  • Blog
  • Bio
  • Speaking
  • Resources
  • Books
  • Contact