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Blog: Elizabeth Varadan's Fourth Wish (Login to Add to MyJacketFlap)
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Blog: Elizabeth Varadan's Fourth Wish (Login to Add to MyJacketFlap)
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I tweeted a new site about magic recently, but I want to discuss it at more length today: The site is The Magic Broadcast , where you can read about professional magicians and their events and listen to great interviews with top magicians.
Now why, you may ask, would a children's writer devote a post to a magic site? Well, in my first book, The Fourth Wish , a key character is a professional magician whose magic goes all wrong when a wish enables him to do the real thing. I'm finishing up two other books, a mystery and a historical novel, and then I've planned three sequels to The Fourth Wish -- so I need to understand my magician, The Great Mondo (aka "Pete Garrity") in more depth.
The Magic Broadcast offers me (and any writer who has a magician as a character in a WIP) a golden opportunity to listen in on a professional magician's think
Blog: The Poisoned Apple (Login to Add to MyJacketFlap)
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NaNoWriMo Catch-up:
Today's Word Count: 1822 / 523 (short story)
Total Word Count: 6865 /523 (other projects)
Time Frame: 1924ish
Things I discovered today: Rob 'Magic' Turner is a comic (I've missed humour) / Ben has a goldfish. It doesn't have a name / Went to bed thinking, 'Yay, I'm on track, I'm a little over the word count. I can do this,' and woke up to the realisation I needed to hit a brand new 1667 words #egofail
The most important thing discovered today: This is FUN.
Googled: 1920s Magic Tricks
Blog: The MJM Books Blog: Featuring all kinds of info you never knew you needed! (Login to Add to MyJacketFlap)
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For the longest time, I thought that my father was magic. He really only had one power, but it was impressive: he could turn off the rain with a snap of his finger! Another snap, and it turned back on!
For some reason, he didn’t use his powers for the greater good, solving droughts and clearing up the weather at my soccer games, he only exercised this amazing power in two second intervals while driving in the rain at night… and going under overpasses…
Wait a second…
As an adult, you have a distinct intellectual advantage, and it is your right, nay, your DUTY to mystify your children/nephews/granddaughters with your brilliance and superpowers. MJM Books wants to know: how do you put one over on your little ones? If we all share, we can increase our magical powers faster than a whole year of Hogwarts.
Please leave a comment and check out how other parents are fooling their trusting little angels.
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How exciting for you Elizabeth. Not only the interview but to be told by such an expert your magician was believable. Good for you! Your book sounds great. Will have to check it out, even though I don't have anyone in that age group!
Ooh Elizabeth! How exciting for you! You must have had so much fun...I love magic, always wished I could transport myself to other places whenever I wanted. Cleopatra's Egypt perhaps?
xx Tee
That is so amazing!! What fun for you :)
That is very cool.
Depending on the magic, I might believe in it. :)
Not exactly related to your post, but I've been meaning to ask you if Daisy's is based on a real place.
What a good interview. You brought my attention to things I never thought about.
How fun and exciting. I remember as a kid I just had to have this magic set and I was so happy when I received it as a gift. It had really cool tricks. :)
Elizabeth,
I've awarded you an award on my blog.
Ah, Mitty, this is just...magical!
Richard and Rosi, glad you enjoyed it. Richard, thanks so much for the award.
Kimberly, I've always been fascinated by magicians, as a kid, and as an adult. If I see a show, I'm spellbound.
Tee and J. A., it was fun. Normally, I'd be a little nervous, but not this time, thanks to Steve's ability to put an interviewee at ease.
Ann, yes, that meant a lot, having a magician validate that character. BTW, quite a few adults have liked the book, too.
Andrew, nope. Daisy's is an entirely fictitious donut shop that is placed in an empty building in the exact location as in the book.
David, just be careful if you are offered three wishes.
That is so exciting... huge congrats. Sounds like a lot of fun:)
Thanks TF, it was.
You must be excited, Elizabeth. Happy for you. Kindle sales are doing well.