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MG about Chinese zodiacs and heaven

January 15, 2019 No Comments

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MG about Chinese zodiacs and heaven
Hello! My name is
Kassie
Middle Grade
Contemporary Right Now Fantasy High Fantasy Magical Realism/Fabulism
Last Modified: Jan 24, 2020 @ 11:27 am
About Me

ESL teacher, drummer, and MG writer. Recently earned my Creative Writing Certificate in college. Has years of experience as a writing tutor who gives feedback to writers at the college level.

My WIP is a mashup of Jim Hensen’s Labyrinth and Studio Ghibli’s Spirited Away.

Love to Read

I read Middle Grade and some Young Adult. Here are a few favorites, so you get a feeling for what I like:

  • The Wild Robot and The Wild Robot Escapes by Peter Brown
  • The Tiger Rising by Kate DiCamillio (Actually, anything by Kate DiCamillo!)
  • Crenshaw and The One and Only Ivan by Katherine Applegate (Actually, anything by Katherine Applegate!)
  • Gregor the Overlander (series) by Suzanne Collins
  • Charlotte’s Web by E.B White
  • The Outsiders by SE Hinton
  • The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupery, etc.
  • Bob by Wendy Mass & Rebecca Stead
  • Sweep: The Story of a Girl and Her Monster by Jonathan Auxier
  • The Thing about Jellyfish by Ali Benjamin
Hard No's

No zombies. (They give me nightmares!) No LGBTQ romances (side characters okay), rape, or sexual violence of any kind. Sorry, guys!

Experience
I've written some
Critique Styles
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Brainstorming/Plotting
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Editorial Letter
Line Edits
Positive Gushing
Sandwich Critique
Critique Strengths
Big Picture
Characters
Description
Dialogue
Grammar
Interiority
Plot
Time Commitment
Weekly, Monthly, Intermittant (ie. when you have something to share)
Life Stages
Student, Work Part-Time, Flexible Schedule
Preferred Contact Style
Email
Approximate Location
Arizona
Around the Web
http://kasssielamro.weebly.com
About the Work In Progress
Details About/Query First Page Other Projects
Working Title
Heaven, Zodiacs, and Fortune cookies
Age Category
Middle Grade
Genres
Contemporary, Right Now, Fantasy, High Fantasy, Magical Realism/Fabulism
Type of Project
Novel/Novella
Tags
chinatown, coming of age, dragons, fantasy, ghosts, grief, heaven, middlegrade, talkinganimals, yinandyang, zodiacs
Seeking Critique Styles & Strengths
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Back-and-forth Discussion
Brainstorming/Plotting
Chapter-by-Chapter
Editorial Letter
Positive Gushing
Sandwich Critique
Big Picture
Characters
Description
Dialogue
Pacing
Plot
Worldbuilding
About the WIP (Query)

​Still mourning her mother’s death, 12-year-old Kimi embarks on a journey through heaven’s labyrinth to rescue her baby brother who was taken by the Chinese zodiac dragon.

A mashup of Jim Hensen’s Labyrinth and Studio Ghibli’s Spirited Away, HEAVEN, ZODIACS, AND FORTUNE COOKIES is a celebration of love  and provides hope during times of grief.

First Page

I’d read plenty of books with talking animals in them, but when I met my first one— a stray looking for heaven— I never imagined she’d be so rude. The cat came on Thursday, a week before Chinese New Year’s. I’d put my baby brother down for an afternoon nap, which he probably needed, but I was, nevertheless, thinking twice about.

Something you’ve got to know about me is that if I had to choose between Grandma’s rattling cough or her humming humidifier, I’d take her coughing because at least I’d know she was alive. Dad told me that if she goes to her room for a nap— even in the middle of the afternoon or the moment I get home from school— let her. She needs her rest. But as I leaned against her bedroom door, the urge to walk in and press my check against hers tugged at me like a dog on a leash.

I whispered “love you,” and pulled the door towards me, leaving a thin line of hall light to leak in. I twisted in my socked feet and entered mine and Benji’s room. We shared now that Grandma lived with us.

I stepped around soft blocks and a pile of unused diapers on my way to his crib. Benji lay on his back, sucking a pacifier, and holding Mr. Oink’s soggy foot in his fist. The plush pig lay on his belly; he had a stained bottom (probably chocolate) and a splitting spine. Grandma once tried to throw him out, but Dad and I blocked the trashcan with waving hands. Mr. Oink was the only toy that quieted his screaming after Mom died.

Other Projects

I write Middle Grade, with a side of poetry. Some day, I’d like to merge the two and write a book in verse.

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