hard rock punta cana: Tammi Sauer is in house...A giveaway...And a winner

9 Kasım 2012 Cuma

Tammi Sauer is in house...A giveaway...And a winner

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If you know me very well, you know I am a HUGE fan of Tammi Sauer's work. Her new book PRINCESS IN TRAINING is soooooo much fun! The illustrations are fantastic too.

Here's my little blurb:

Princess Viola is an awesome skateboarder, but not the "perfect" princess that the king and queen would like her to be. So what would any good parent do? They send her away to Princess Camp where she should learn how to behave like a proper princess. But....it's not as easy as it sounds. Viola tries hard, but has quite a few mishaps until a dragon comes along and her unprincess like skills cause her to save the day.

It's not only a fun read, but it shows young readers that it is okay to be different or have different skills. I give PRINCESS IN TRAINING five stars....ahem out five stars. :)

I met Tammi several years ago in one of her workshops. She is an amazing writer and I hope you'll hop to the link and see all that I learned from her. I am always trying to pick her brain (because it is amazing) so I sent her a few questions and she agreed to answer them for us.

When did you begin writing?I havealways been a writer. As a kid, I was very big on getting mail, so I joined apenpal club. But those weren’t the only letters I wrote. I spent hours sendingfanmail to various celebrities, including Loni Anderson and BarbaraMandrell. Somewhere I have a collectionof retro 8 by 10 glossies to prove it.It wasn’tuntil 1997, however, that I began toying with the idea of writing picture books.I would write one day. Stop for 36 days. Write again for a week. Stop for fourmonths. I didn't make a commitment to writing until the spring of 2003 when anillustrator visited my daughter's preschool. Seeing someone who was actually inthe business inspired me to get serious about writing. That day I decided todevote my kids' nap time to writing. Even if my mom called. Even if Oprah wason. One year later, I got the offer for my first book—CowboyCamp.
Do you have an agent? Yes, my agent is LauraRennert at Andrea Brown Literary Agency.
Can you tell us about the journey took until you reached publication?When I first decided totry to become a children’s book writer, I would write something on Monday, sendit out on Tuesday, and expect multiple offers by Friday. Little by little, however, I learned more andmore. I wrote. I read. I studied successful picture books. I attendedconferences. I found a critique partner and a critique group. And those earlystories? They were awful, but I never once thought of them as a waste of time.Those were my practice stories. It’s the same with sports or playing a musicalinstrument. The best way to get better at something is to practice.
Are all your books published by the same publisher?I work with a variety ofwonderful publishing houses—Bloomsbury, Disney-Hyperion, Houghton MifflinHarcourt, Simon & Schuster, and Sterling.
What one thing would you say to prepublished authors?With a lot ofperseverance, some talent, and a little luck, YOU can sell a picture book. (Inmy experience, an unlimited supply of frozen Milky Ways also helps.)
Do you have any special news you’d like to share???I am really excited aboutmy upcoming book with Houghton Mifflin Harcourt called Nugget and Fang. This book is illustrated by the oh-so-amazingMichael Slack. It focuses on the unlikely friendship between a minnow and ashark. I am hoping Nugget and Fang makea huge splash in spring 2013.
And finally the all important question: What is your favorite kind of cheese?Wow, that’s like askingme who my favorite child is. I am crazyabout cheese. I should totally move to Wisconsin in my support of cheese.
Here are some places you can learn more about the awesome Tammi Sauer. (I bet that makes her blush!)website: http://www.tammisauer.com/blog: http://tamarak.livejournal.com/her books

I am giving away a copy of Tammi's awesome book, CHICKEN DANCE...