Maria's Diary (1996) Post 341
Maria's Diary is a short chapter book I co-wrote with my husband for
the education market. It's the journal of ten-year-old Maria, who has been feeling unwell. Her mother takes her to the doctor where they receive the news that she'd developed Type One Diabetes. The story tells about her time in hospital, about the adjustments she has to make, and about how the condition affects the everyday life of a child, from giving herself injections to doing finger-prick tests, to discovering the importance of regular meals and the difficulties of birthday parties.
Sally is Sally Odgers; author, manuscript assessor, editor, anthologist and reader. She runs http://www.affordablemanuscriptassessments.com and Prints Charming Books. (Sally is me, by the way, and I am lots of other things too, but these are the relevant ones for now.)
The goal for 2017 is to write a post a day profiling the background behind one of my books; how it came to be written, what it's about, and any things of note that happened along the way. If you're an author, an aspiring author, a reader or just someone who enjoys windows into worlds, you might find this fun. The books are not in any special order, but will be assigned approximate dates, and pictures, where they exist.
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