I try to find what I think is
the most interesting words in the book, to draw the attention of the child. In
my first book, the very first word and the last word is KA-BOOM! It seemed
obvious to me the title should be KA-BOOM!
My next book is called, “The
Snookered Snookerdoodles”. The Snookerdoodles are the bad guys and Sprout helps
Kalynn, a frail challenged girl, have enough faith and trust in herself to
single handedly foil the Snookerdoodles attempt to ruin the land of Bippenpook
and its people.
To the Bippenpookers, Kalynn
becomes a heroine because she snookered the Snookerdoodles. This all happens
because of Sprout. To me, the title stood out like a beacon.
I try to make my titles and first
page reach out to the child and grab his or her imagination right then.
KA-BOOM! could have been called, “Sprout the Fairy” or “The Queen’s Favorite
Fairy”. I don’t feel it is fair to Sprout to send her story out with a
lukewarm title and beginning.
The lessons from these stories
are as good for me as they are for the children. KA-BOOM! has a lesson for
everybody. Never give up. The lesson in
“The Snookered Snookerdoodles” is also one we all can use. Have faith and
believe in yourself.
I actually don’t have a lesson
in mind when I’m writing my story. When my story is finished and I’m reading it
over, the lesson pops out at me and I say, “yes-s-s, that’s what I mean.”
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Alyce Joy was blessed with four
children for whom she composed bedtime verses every night. That inspired her to
publish a children’s book of prayers, entitled, “Priceless Gems.” When her
children were grown, she began to write stories for her grandchildren.
Always fascinated with arts and
crafts, she taught herself the art of pyrography. This fired her imagination,
and she started burning life-sized pictures of wildlife onto all the doors of
her home. Her wood burnings are scattered through the U.S. and Canada.
After deciding to put away her
burning tools and torches, she enrolled in, and graduated from the Institute of
Children’s Literature.
Alyce Joy hopes every child who
reads her stories will look forward to each new adventure, as her favorite
fairy becomes entangled into many, outrageous happenstances.
Follow Alyce Joy at
Website http://alycejoy.com
Alyce Joy's book KA-BOOM! is about a little fairy named Sprout that
runs into trouble quite often. She has a shoe fetish, but is one of the queen’s
favorites because in the end she gets the job done.
Get a sneak peek of the book at http://youtu.be/Hq9sfmzH0-w
Available wherever books are sold and online.
The World of Ink Network &
Halo Publishing, Int. is touring author Alyce Joy’s fantasy
adventure children’s chapter book, Ka-Boom!
throughout August 2012. You can find out more about Alyce Joy’s World of
Ink Author/Book Tour at http://tinyurl.com/8q5vw74
