Tag Archives: A Wrinkle in Time

Who Knew?

Posted on July 19, 2017 by karinwritesdangerously

“A Wrinkle in Time was almost never published. You can’t name a major publisher who didn’t reject it. And there were many reasons. One was that it was supposedly too hard for children. Well, my children were 7, 10, and … Continue reading →

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Storytelling Magic

Posted on July 27, 2013 by karinwritesdangerously

In a recent interview in The New York Times Book Review, Dan Brown, the author of The Da Vinci Code and the new bestseller, Inferno, talked about the earliest experience he had as a reader that influenced him in a … Continue reading →

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Valuing Intuition

Posted on June 10, 2013 by karinwritesdangerously

When Madeleine L’Engle’s fantasy novel for children was rejected by some 40 publishers, her agent gave up on the project and returned the manuscript. But then, Madeleine had the good fortune to meet John Farrar of Farrar, Straus and Giroux. … Continue reading →

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