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author : NANCYNancy got her first rejection when she was thirteen and she’s been writing ever since.\n\n“That first effort was an essay about why not to be a nature lover. I’m sure that the publication realized that what they’d received was from a kid, but they were kind and wished me luck in my future endeavors. That probably wouldn’t happen today, but it was encouraging - imagine! Me, a high-school kid, getting a letter from the editors at Woman’s Day. I was hooked.”\n\nFirst published in children’s picture books (“The Dragon of Cobblestone Castle,” “The Motherless Bug,” “Funny-talk Freddy (which won the Jade Ring award from the Wisconsin Regional Writers Association), “Yelly Kelly,” and \
author : NANCYNancy got her first rejection when she was thirteen and she’s been writing ever since.\n\n“That first effort was an essay about why not to be a nature lover. I’m sure that the publication realized that what they’d received was from a kid, but they were kind and wished me luck in my future endeavors. That probably wouldn’t happen today, but it was encouraging - imagine! Me, a high-school kid, getting a letter from the editors at Woman’s Day. I was hooked.”\n\nFirst published in children’s picture books (“The Dragon of Cobblestone Castle,” “The Motherless Bug,” “Funny-talk Freddy (which won the Jade Ring award from the Wisconsin Regional Writers Association), “Yelly Kelly,” and \