![]() ![]() ![]() Having lived in Madame Opera’s Estimable Marine Society for Foundling Boys and Girls all his young life, he’s an innocent who’s only caught glimpses of the wider world through the adventure pamphlets a kind housekeeper would bring to him. ![]() Although the basic premise is similar to many other books – a young orphan starts off to make his way in the world – what captivated me was how fully realized is the world of the Half-Continent the orphan Rossamund lives in. One thing that was mentioned is that good books need a hook – some way to grab their audience and not let go until the last page is turned at 3:00 in the morning.įor me, I was hooked by Foundling, the first book of the Monster Blood Tattoo series by D. I recently went to a SCBWI conference and was an avid listener as speaker after speaker spoke about what makes for effective writing. ![]()
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