Ellen Jensen Abbott wrote YA Fantasy novel, WATERSMEET (Marshall Cavendish Children's Books, 2009)
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- Affiliation:
- class of 2k9, SCBWI
- Location:
- Philadelphia, PA
- Birthday:
- March 3
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- Writing Workshop--Build Charac...
West Chester Public Library, 415 N....
Tuesday, October 6 at 6:00pm - Book Signing at Borders Bookst...
650 Mall Blvd. King of Prussia, PA ...
Saturday, September 12 at 6:00pm
Ellen Jensen Abbott Holidays are over! Time to get to work....Hey you sequel! Here I come!
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Watersmeet giveaway!! Cynthia Leitich Smith of the blog Cynsations is giving away three copies of the book--one reserved for a teacher, librarian or professor of kiddie lit! Check it out at http://cynthialeitichsmith.blogspot.com/
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Enter to win one of three signed copies of Watersmeet by Ellen Jensen Abbott (Marshall Cavendish, 2009)! From the promotional copy:From her birth, Abisina has been an outcast-for the color of her eyes and skin, and for her lack of a father. ...
Ellen Jensen Abbott has been MIA. Three conference presentations ini five days left with some non-H1N1 illness. I'll be back...one of these days....
Ellen Jensen Abbott had a fabulous epiphany while walking yesterday. Will make book better--but now I have to do a major rewrite of chapters 4-7! So much for forward progress! (At least I'll know what to do with 8 when I get back there!)
Ellen Jensen Abbott has now written not only chapter 6 but chapter 7! Woo hoo! Okay, seven ended with a whimper, but progress is progress. On to 8!
Time:6:00PM Tuesday, October 6th
Location:West Chester Public Library, 415 N. Church St. West Chester, PA 1938o
Ellen Jensen Abbott is supposed to be starting chapter 6 and is instead noodling around on facebook. Not a good sign....
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is celebrating Abisina's arrival in her new manuscript at http://ellenjensenabbott.wordpress.com/2
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Yesterday, on p. 46 in my new manuscript, my main character finally showed up in the flesh. Undestand that she appears on p. 1 — and every page between there and p. 46. In fact, I have written 94 pages and she is on all of those too. ...
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just blogged about Food, Gloroius Food (or how a plate of brownies can transform a book signing). Check it out! http://ellenjensenabbott.wordpress.com/2
Food, Glorious Food! (or how a plate of brownies can transform a book signing!) « Ellen Jensen Abbot
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I expected to love book events when I became an author. I am an outgoing person who loves to meet people. It’s one of the reasons I love teaching, and — believe it or not — waiting table. ...
Time:6:00PM Saturday, September 12th
Location:650 Mall Blvd. King of Prussia, PA 19406 (610) 337-9009
Ellen Jensen Abbott
just blogged at AuthorsNow! Check it out!http://www.authorsnow.com/connect-with-e
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I am a knitter. I love the repeated motion and the sense of accomplishment as your work gets longer and longer. Lately I’ve been knitting a lot of simple hats, but I’ve got my eye on this lacy shawl that is simply gorgeous but really complex. ...
Ellen Jensen Abbott Two days of no writing--boo hoo--but plot is percolating in my brain!
Ellen Jensen Abbott Fran, Bev and I with NEIL GAIMAN after the Newbery-Caldecott-Wilder awards dinner!
Ellen Jensen Abbott Mailed my contract for the sequel to WATERSMEET today! Yipppeeeeeeeee!
