Comments on: MMGM: Author Guest Post~Amy Fellner Dominy

By: Andromeda Jazmon

Andromeda Jazmon — Mon, 22 Oct 2012 19:52:28 +0000

I always kept journals and still have most of them. But I shudder when I go back to read them – I hate my messy handwriting for one thing. I just finished reading Barbara Kingsolver's Lacuna. Have you read that? The whole story is from reconstructed journals that the main character kept. It is fabulous.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Mon, 22 Oct 2012 16:34:25 +0000

Cool on still having your diaries. Hoping your book is in today. I ordered from the library…looking forward to reading it!

By: Stephanie@Fairday's Blog

Stephanie@Fairday's Blog — Wed, 17 Oct 2012 04:04:09 +0000

These books sound great! I love the advice about keeping a journal. I kept a diary starting in 5th grade. Sometimes when I read my old diaries I am amazed at the person I was growing up. Definitely good material! I started writing in a diary so that I could remember what it was like to be each age- because I wanted to be a writer. 🙂 They come in handy now!

By: Akoss

Akoss — Tue, 16 Oct 2012 00:17:45 +0000

I grew up filling bountiful of diaries with secret notes and bad poems. It's interesting to read that you get ideas from your own diaries.

By: Barbara Watson

Barbara Watson — Mon, 15 Oct 2012 22:06:58 +0000

I've heard great things about your newest book, Amy!

I love that you get ideas from your own diaries.

By: Natalie Aguirre

Natalie Aguirre — Mon, 15 Oct 2012 21:02:22 +0000

I still have some of my teenage years diaries. I was thinking of pitching them but you're making me reconsider. Thanks for sharing about yours.

By: Joanne R. Fritz

Joanne R. Fritz — Mon, 15 Oct 2012 16:59:50 +0000

Wish I'd kept my diaries! Thanks for the reminder that small details are the big picture for MG characters.

By: Andrea Mack

Andrea Mack — Mon, 15 Oct 2012 12:24:15 +0000

Wow – it's so cool that you still have old diaries to go back to and look at. What a rich source of ideas for MG stories! This sounds like a fun novel.