Guest Post from Children's Author Carolyn Wolfe and a Giveaway

About Carolyn Anne Wolfe

Carolyn Anne Wolfe is an author and free-lance writer whose body of work includes four previously published books, poetry, short stories and a number of newspaper articles and editorials. Wolfe is an animal and human rights activist as well as a vegetarian and these beliefs are strongly reflected in her writing. She lives with her husband and many animal companions in the heart of the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia.

Five Reasons Why You Wanted to Write Children’s Books.

First and foremost I am an Aunt who loved reading to my young nieces and nephews and created stories that I hoped would amuse them! When they grew up, I had the memories of the fun I had reading the stories to them.

The second reason is that I now have a new little niece Jillian, actually she is just turning five this May and I had a chance to re-write and re-awaken the stories that had lain dormant for so long. Bringing the book back to life for her, made me want to share the stories with everyone! That is when "The Bedtime Of The Sky and Other Sleepy-Bye Stories" was created.

The third reason is that I am a Substitute teacher and have enjoyed reading books that focused on happy, light stories that had a message in them but were not heavy handed about it. I wanted to write stories like that.

The fourth reason is that I loved to read stories in verse as a child and love poetry as an adult. I would like to introduce poetry and verse to children in the hope that they will enjoy it as much as I did!

The fifth reason is that I love reading about fantasy and magical adventures myself and wanted to share the magic with children. Children are so receptive and imaginative and it is a beautiful thing to see them absorbed in a good bookFive Reasons Why You Wanted You Wanted to Write Children’s Books

And now CONTEST  to start off this shortened work week.  

Contest Guidelines

Today we are starting the month with a book contest, (Sept 7). Our guest author is Carolyn Wolfe, author of The Bedtime of the Sky and Other Sleepy-Bye Stories and she will be visiting today, Sept 7 and tomorrow, Sept 8. She is on a virtual book tour with Pump Up Your Book and we will be giving away a copy of her book at the end of virtual book tour. Winners will be picked and notified no later than Monday, September 20, 2010.

To become eligible to win, all you have to do is ask a question or leave a comment, today, and tomorrow.  One lucky reader who comments with their email address is put in a pot to win the book.

To recap:   

·     ask a question or leave a comment on both Tuesday, Sept 7  and Wednesday, Sept 8 

·     leave your email address

·     sign up for our email updates, (optional) 

You can also find Carolyn at  www.whenthemoonspeaks.com

Blog Address: www.whenthemoonspeaks.com

A big thank you to Carolyn for spending the next two days chatting with us at Teresa's Reading Corner.  I am really looking forward to the questions my fabulous readers come up with!