Malinda

On the 18th of June, an author came to our school to talk to us about what its like to be an author!COOL!! She read the 'The Were Nana', which is one of her picture books and told us the moral of the story.

She talked about one of the chapter books that she wrote and what they did to the pages.In each bottom right corner was a picture of a dog, as you flick through the pages it looks like the dog is jumping up!

She told us about where she got some of the story ideas from. Some of the things she said were; some from movies, other books, tv programs and things that have happened to her!

Malinda has written storys in journals, chapter books, short storys and picture books. Some of those books are about what happened to her.

She also told us how to get a story published! First, you have to write your story. Next, you have to send it to the producer. Then, if it needs changing, they send it off to the editors. After that, the editors change and design it. When they're finished they send it to the publishers. Finaly, the publishers do what they do best,publish the book. Then you have your book!

At the end we had questions and gave out books and special certificates.