With or without brackets, it’s still the same, heartfelt story . . .
. . . with magnets and stickers of a favorite page ready to go.
We were hoping to have copies available for purchase by now, but we’ve encountered a few obstacles, one of which seems to be a technical glitch with the brackets around the word Back.
Interestingly enough, I was waffling about using them just prior to publication. When I met with Cecily (7th grade) and Daisy (4th grade), they had differing takes on the brackets. Daisy didn’t understand their purpose so she didn’t think they needed to be there. Cecily, on the other hand, thought it was cool to use the brackets to give the story two different titles – Knit Together and Knit Back Together – probably because of her age and maturity as a writer and a reader.
When I first came up with the story’s title, I was thinking like Cecily, that it’d be a fun talking point with our upper elementary readers. But, as an author, I’m also careful to not be married to my words, because hurdles happen. And not always things that we can anticipate
Like the brackets in a font that doesn’t seem readable to an isbn-number technology.
With or without brackets in the title, our story is back on track for publication this month.
Now, I just need to order some new cover-image stickers from Cecily and Daisy.
Oh, and some of those tasty Bookies that I bought for McKenna and me!
Thank you for your warm wishes and your patience, dear reader.
Barbara Gruener 