Friday, January 4, 2013

Friend Friday




What better way to begin the new year than with this lovely story. A few years ago, I was honored to learn that a young reader from California, Eleanore Hamilton, received an honorable mention in the Letters About Literature program for a letter she wrote to me about how much Hattie Big Sky meant to her. (find my post about that here)

A few weeks ago, I received this charming email from Eleanore:

Hello Mrs. Larson!
It's Eleanore Hamilton. I wrote the letter to you about Hattie Big Sky through Letters About Literature 3 years ago. Remember? :)
Well! You won't believe what has happened since then! I wrote and published a book! It is called Violin Notes, A Playing Journal with Tips and Tricks to keep the Violin Fun. It is meant to turn violin practice into play.
I just wanted to tell you that because it it kind of a full circle: you wrote a book; I read it; I wrote something about your book; you read what I wrote; you wrote something about what I wrote; and now, I have written a book and I want to inscribe and send a copy to you! 
Thank you for being the very, very original spark to write something that will affect someone in a good way.


I am on cloud nine about Eleanore's book, and though I am most musically un-inclined, I can't wait for my own copy. I suspect to find great tips that could apply to writing as well as making music.

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Learn more about Eleanore by listening to this interview and check out her beautiful website. She (and her sister) have definitely inspired me to host a parlor party in 2013!

3 comments:

  1. What a wonderful story! I'm going to share it with our own Center for the Book here in Georgia. Amazing stories come out of that program - so cool. :) e

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  2. What a lovely turn of events. Congratulations to both you and Eleanore for inspiring others. I read Hattie Big Sky and loved it. Now I want to read Violin Notes, even though I don't play violin and never plan to, but I do love music. Thanks for this nice share!

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