The more I write, the more I realize that fewer words can say more than too-many-words. Writing tools: computer, pen and paper, or all of the above?Ĭan you tell us one more thing we may not know about Saving Winslow, your writing style, or yourself? The nightstand is piled high and spills onto the floor and a nearby dresser, everything from short story collections to poetry to novels to memoir to non-fiction.įor your writing energy: sugar or salt, tea or coffee? One reader said, “As I got near the end, I wondered how you were possibly going to end this in so few pages? But then it ended so perfectly that I had to hold the book on my chest for a long, long time.” What has been the best reaction from a reader, so far? A vacation with Louie might be a calm, mellow escape. A vacation with Nora might be equal parts surprising and annoying. If you had to take a vacation with one of the characters from Saving Winslow, who would it be? Why? Nora touched Louie’s arm with one finger. “I was a pitiful, scrawny, struggling thing.” 31, emerged one day and gave me great insight into Nora’s character: Sharon Creech: Gentle, funny, Creechian, sincere, poignant (it feels odd to describe my own book this way.Maybe these are attributes that I hope readers will find in the book.)Ĭan you share a highlight from the book? Or maybe your thoughts on-or an excerpt of-your favorite sentence, paragraph, or page? The Children’s Book Review: Which five words best describe Saving Winslow ?

The Children’s Book Review | February 12, 2019

Ruby holler by sharon creech