About Carmela
Hi Everyone,
I've been writing for years, with modest success as a freelancer for newspapers and magazines. Then I went back to school and got an MFA in Writing at Vermont College. While in the program, I started a middle grade novel that I eventually sold to Candlewick Press. Rosa, Sola was published in 2005. I'm plugging away at several different projects right now. I also write a co... More
I've been writing for years, with modest success as a freelancer for newspapers and magazines. Then I went back to school and got an MFA in Writing at Vermont College. While in the program, I started a middle grade novel that I eventually sold to Candlewick Press. Rosa, Sola was published in 2005. I'm plugging away at several different projects right now. I also write a co... More
Carmela's Blog: Teaching Authors - Recent Posts
| 11/20/2009 | Food and its Functions in Fantasy (0 Comments )
 I once heard a tip about using food to ground fantasy in reality. I searched my notes from Vermont College and found this from a January 1999 workshop led by Marion Dane Bauer and Norma Fox Mazer: "Ground in reality before you can take off into... Read the rest of this post |
| 11/18/2009 | Stir in Three Stories and Chase That Flu Away! (0 Comments )
 The minute I learned “Food into Fiction” was our TeachingAuthor topic, I could see, smell, taste and touch E.B. White’s words:“On days when warmth is the most important need of the human heart, the kitchen is the place you can find it.”I... Read the rest of this post |
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| Carmela's Published Works | Ages | Date Published | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Books 1 - 3 from Carmela's published works Click a book's title for more details about the book | |||
| 1. 2010 Children's Writer's & Illustrator's Market (Children's Writer's and... Author: Alice Pope Contributor: Carmela A. Martino |
All Ages | 08/24/2009 | |
| 2. Chicken Soup for the Soul: Teens Talk High School: 101 Stories of Life, ... Author: Jack Canfield, Mark Victor Hansen Contributor: Carmela A. Martino |
Young Adults | 11/04/2008 | |
| 3. Rosa, Sola (Hardcover, 2005) Author: Carmela A. Martino |
Ages 9-12 | 08/09/2005 | |
| Books Recently Added to Carmela's Bookshelf | Ages | Date Added | |
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| Books 1 - 4 of 60 from Carmela's bookshelf, View all 60 books Click a book's title for more details about the book | |||
| 1. The Searcher and Old Tree (Hardcover, 2007) Author: David McPhail |
Ages 4-8 | 11/16/2009 | |
| Carmela tagged as: I read | |||
| 2. Bach's Passion: The Life of Johann Sebastian Bach (Paperback, 1999) Author: RuthAnn Ridley |
Adult | 10/26/2009 | |
| Carmela tagged as: I read | |||
| 3. If I Stay (Hardcover, 2009) Author: Gayle Forman |
Young Adults | 10/15/2009 | |
| Carmela tagged as: I read | |||
| 4. Looking For Alaska (Hardcover, 2005) Author: John Green |
Young Adults | 9/20/2009 | |
| Carmela tagged as: I read | |||
Profile Comments
Comment by Debbie Dadey on 9/9/2009 8:19:34 AM:
Thanks Carmela. I'll check out http://gottabook.blogspot.com/
Thanks Carmela. I'll check out http://gottabook.blogspot.com/
Comment by Debbie Dadey on 9/4/2009 7:49:44 AM:
Okay, yoiu are way too techy for me. My daughter (16) doesn't want me to join facebook.
Okay, yoiu are way too techy for me. My daughter (16) doesn't want me to join facebook.
Comment by Debbie Dadey on 9/4/2009 7:44:36 AM:
I see you have the same post on your blob as on JacketFlap. Do you just copy and paste? I don't know how these things work, but I have a blog on my website.
I see you have the same post on your blob as on JacketFlap. Do you just copy and paste? I don't know how these things work, but I have a blog on my website.
Comment by Debbie Dadey on 9/4/2009 7:43:18 AM:
Teaching authors is great!
Teaching authors is great!
Comment by Debbie Dadey on 9/3/2009 7:46:49 AM:
Hi Carmela, I'm trying out JacketFlap! I'm so proud of myself, but realize I'm way behind. Hope your writing is going well, Debbie Dadey
Hi Carmela, I'm trying out JacketFlap! I'm so proud of myself, but realize I'm way behind. Hope your writing is going well, Debbie Dadey
Comment by Sheila Welch on 3/24/2009 4:12:05 PM:
Hi, Carmela,
I am trying to catch up -- or at least run after -- all the great things offered on the Internet. I probably won't be very active but at least I'm here today. Thanks for contacting me. I'm happy to be one of your official friends.
Sheila
Hi, Carmela,
I am trying to catch up -- or at least run after -- all the great things offered on the Internet. I probably won't be very active but at least I'm here today. Thanks for contacting me. I'm happy to be one of your official friends.
Sheila
Comment by Bruce Black on 2/12/2009 10:41:51 AM:
Always good to bump into you... in virtual space if not on Michigan Ave. Great to find you on Jacketflap.
Always good to bump into you... in virtual space if not on Michigan Ave. Great to find you on Jacketflap.
Comment by Jill Westberg McNamara on 5/26/2008 11:07:26 AM:
thanks for recommending me, Carmela. Took me long enough to register. Now, I suppose, I'll need to find some sort of picture. And that bio. Ahhh!
thanks for recommending me, Carmela. Took me long enough to register. Now, I suppose, I'll need to find some sort of picture. And that bio. Ahhh!
Comment by Manuela Pentangelo on 3/7/2008 5:01:45 AM:
Ciao :)
Ciao :)
Thanks Carmela. Isn't it strange that I didn't know before hand? Are authors always the last to know?