Highlights is Magical continued

 The classes at Highlights are top notch, and they're also known for chef Amanda's fabulous food! Everything is locally sourced and healthy, but also delicious. Best bratwurst I've ever had, amazing mashed potatoes made with Boursin, and carrot cake with caramel sauce in the middle!

                                                              

  When the time came to meet one-on-one with Miranda Paul, I was so hopeful that she would like the changes I'd made to my story TOYS AHOY! It's about a spill of 28,800 plastic tub toys into the Pacific, and what it taught the world about plastic traveling from one ocean to another and lasting for years.  And she did! She didn't have any major suggestions and said she thought it would sell. She suggested submitting it to Charlesbridge, so I did, and now I'll submit it confidently to other agents and publishers. Thanks, Miranda!

                                                                                     

One of the absolute best things about Highlights is meeting other writers and making dear friends so quickly. I shared a ride from Newark airport to the campus with Emily Starr, and I so hope her family can come to visit us in Colorado someday! She's talented, smart, generous, fun and wonderful! And she introduced me to geoducks! 😮Thank you, Highlights, you never disappoint.