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If you look at children's stories in fairy tales, they're pretty brutal.
~ Susanne Bier
What I'm always trying to do with every book is to recreate the effect of the stories we heard as children in front of campfires and fireplaces - the ghost stories that engaged us.
~ Chuck Palahniuk
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Would you say that you're still a kid in your heart? That you love sitting around a campfire at night listening to ghost stories and myths?
It's a shame that the adult in us eventually overpowers the child. Our focus shifts and we become our parents, or someone's parent. We are not children any longer. And if you do act like a child, you're told to quit being one and to grow up. Really, a shame. Yet, some of us - those who still enjoy a good story or create one - will never give up on that kid. Here are just a few books listed which show that you can be an adult as well as a child and write what to your heart's delight:
Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library:
Kyle Keeley is the class clown, popular with most kids, (if not the teachers), and an ardent fan of all games: board games, word games, and particularly video games. His hero, Luigi Lemoncello, the most notorious and creative gamemaker in the world, just so happens to be the genius behind the building of the new town library.
The Mysterious Benedict Society
"Are you a gifted child looking for special opportunities?" ad attracts dozens for mind-bending tests readers may try. Only two boys and two girls succeed for a secret mission, undercover and underground into hidden tunnels. At the Learning Institute for the Very Enlightened, the only rule is - there are no rules.
Three Times Lucky
Rising sixth grader Miss Moses LoBeau lives in the small town of Tupelo Landing, NC, where everyone's business is fair game and no secret is sacred. She washed ashore in a hurricane eleven years ago, and she's been making waves ever since. Although Mo hopes someday to find her "upstream mother," she's found a home with the Colonel--a café owner with a forgotten past of his own--and Miss Lana, the fabulous café hostess. She will protect those she loves with every bit of her strong will and tough attitude. So when a lawman comes to town asking about a murder, Mo and her best friend, Dale Earnhardt Johnson III, set out to uncover the truth in hopes of saving the only family Mo has ever known. Full of wisdom, humor, and grit, this timeless yarn will melt the heart of even the sternest Yankee.
Spirit's Key
By now, twelve-year-old Spirit Holden should have inherited the family gift: the ability to see the future. But when she holds a house key in her hand like her dad does to read its owner's destiny, she can’t see anything. Maybe it’s because she can't get over the loss of her beloved dog, Sky, who died mysteriously. Sky was Spirit’s loyal companion, one of the wild dogs that the local islanders believe possess dangerous spirits. As more dogs start dying and people become sick, too, almost everyone is convinced that these dogs and their spirits are to blame—except for Spirit. Then Sky's ghost appears, and Spirit is shaken. But his help may be the key to unlocking her new power and finding the cause of the mysterious illness before it's too late.
Truth is, most of us, when thinking of a genre, don't automatically think Oh, that would be a great children's story! We dive into the deep end of the water and go for what we like to read. We don't contemplate about other generations or age when it comes to writing. We just do it. Until something hits us, writing for children can be like a second thought. At least for me. I don't think I'll ever write something where my mind is strictly focus on children's imagination.
And yet, perhaps, my inner child might just take the adult me by the hand and lead me down a path I never knew existed. I mean, I do love ghost stories and sitting around a campfire. Don't you? 
'til next time!
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