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Dear You By Derra Nicole Sabo
Dear You
By Derra Nicole Sabo
Genre: Nonfiction
Brief Description:
Dear You is a collection of letters written to the people and events that have made the most impactful influences in my life. This book started out as a personal series of letters to the people I love. Letters filled with memories and life lessons. I began writing these letters after finding out that I was very sick. As each letter was written, certain events and memories began popping into my mind which inspired more letters. Dear You is my way of sharing an underdog story about a girl who was never meant to live, but did. I’ve survived surgeries, bullies, depression and being suicidal. I’ve seen this world at its brightest and at its darkest. Living with a rare disorder has allowed me to see this crazy t hing we call life in a whole different perspective. The main message embedded within Dear You is my message to those out there who feel like giving up, who feel alone or forgotten, those who feel lost…you are worth everything this life has to offer, never ever give up. The book opens and closes with a letter i have addressed to the reader…hence, Dear You.
About the Author
My name is Derra Sabo, I am a Cali native who stumbled into writing as a way to escape the daily life as the freak born with a rare disorder. That disorder being Epidermolysis Bullosa, or EB for a non-tongue twisted pronunciation. I was the kid who was never meant to live past the age of 14 and here I am 33 years young. The best way to describe my life is nothing short of a rollercoaster ride. My family and friends are my everything. My scars and past demons are my inspiration to never give up. While most of my insomnia nights are filled with writing and tunes vibrating through my beats headphones, my days are my time to spend with my squad, cooking, 
movies, reading, blogging and spending as much time as possible at the beach. I’m the extroverted introvert who loves a good sunset and a caramel macchiato.
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Kid Friendly Books – (Day 9)
There are hundreds of books written for children, however, how do you know which one is the right one?
In my opinion, if a book has a positive learning message for your child then it is definitely worth finding. At the end of the day, your child takes inspiration, education, and notes from everything they read. Therefore, it’s vital that they exposed to the correct form of information.
Where the Wild Things Are
This wonderful book is all about its illustrations. it teaches that you can always receive forgiveness at the end of the day and that home is the best place to be.
Transforming Venus by Paula Weisflock (Book Review #447)
Transforming Venus by Paula Weisflock
Transforming Venus is a self-help book designed to enhance the quality of life. The main focus is for mid-life women who wish to make changes to their lifestyle. The formation is inspirational and contains a transformation that results in a blissful feeling.
The work also works on boosting confidence and self-esteem which consequently has you feel good about yourself and the way you look at life.
Kid Friendly Books – (Day 7)
There are hundreds of books written for children, however, how do you know which one is the right one?
In my opinion, if a book has a positive learning message for your child then it is definitely worth investing into. At the end of the day, your child takes inspiration, education, and notes from everything they see. Therefore, it’s vital that they exposed to the correct form of information.
The Little Engine That Could (Original Classic Edition)
There is no question, it is an oldie but a goodie.
On Historical Societies by L. S. Johnson
On Historical Societies
Writing any kind of historical fiction, no matter how “alternate,” requires research. Once you choose to set your story in some combination of place and year, you need to make that setting come alive. Through the frame of your character’s POV, your readers will be experiencing the sights, sounds, and smells of your world. Whether it’s the feel of a slippery damask dress or the sound of the knocker-upper tapping on a window, the coffeehouse debate about the latest opera or the visual feast of a market display, your world is conveyed as much in the details as in the broad strokes of cultures, politics, and economies.
Kid Friendly Books – (Day 6)
There are hundreds of books written for children, however, how do you know which one is the right one?
In my opinion, if a book has a positive learning message for your child then it is definitely worth finding. At the end of the day, your child takes inspiration, education, and notes from everything they read. Therefore, it’s vital that they exposed to the correct form of information.
The Kissing Hand (The Kissing Hand Series)
by (Audrey Penn)
by (Audrey Penn)
Three Reasons Why You Should Put Climate Change in Your Novel by J.G. Follansbee
Three Reasons Why You Should Put Climate Change in Your Novel
A writer’s settings are like stages for actors. The places and landscapes influence how characters interact and evolve over the course of the story. What happens to narratives now that the earth’s climate is changing in ways we barely understand? It’s up to writers and other artists to explore what life might be like in a warming world. Here are three reasons why you should inject the impacts of climate change into your work.
Reason 1: Your reader is experiencing climate change. – Climate change is real. Science has proven that it’s happening. Two independent studies have shown that Hurricane Harvey‘s rain, which devastated Houston, Texas, in 2017 with flooding, was made worse by the warming atmosphere. Even if you’re uncertain over whether humans have caused climate change, your readers are already experiencing the effects, whether it’s sea level rise at their favorite beach, melting glaciers in the nearby mountains, or disappearing plants and animals in their beloved national park. How do these changes affect the evolution of your characters and their relationships?
Reason 2: Your reader is talking about climate change. – Readers are struggling to understand the importance of climate change in their lives. Some polls find that people want governments to take action against the dangers of climate change while saying that the economy and security are still more important. This is understandable because most impacts of global warming are subtle day-to-day. A writer can highlight these changes by showing how they act on your characters’ arcs.
Reason 3: Your reader is reading about climate change. – Climate change is not just in the news. Some of the world’s best fiction writers are finding ways to portray a warming world. Kim Stanley Robinson, the dean of American sci-fi writers, published a bestselling novel, New York 2140, which showed how sea level rise might affect New York City. In Flight Behavior, literary author Barbara Kingsolver explored how a changing climate affects butterflies in rural Tennessee. Humorist Brian Adams has taken on a new kind of OCD, “obsessive climate disorder,” in Love in a Time of Climate Change. Can you reach new readers with a story that includes climate change?
Today, and over the next few centuries, climate change will shape every person’s life, and it stands to reason it should alter the characters in your short story or novel. Even if it’s only in the background, climate change is the new normal, and readers should see their reality reflected in your prose.
Written by J.G. Follansbee
J.G. Follansbee is the author of four speculative fiction books—The Mother Earth Insurgency, Carbon Run, City of Ice and Dreams, and Restoration—all set in a future, climate-changed world.
https://grist.org/briefly/2-independent-studies-say-climate-change-worsened-hurricane-harveys-rains/
https://climate.nasa.gov/effects/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_2140
https://eco-fiction.com/love-in-the-time-of-climate-change-interview-brian-adams/
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Kid Friendly Books – (Day 5)
There are hundreds of books written for children, however, how do you know which one is the right one?
In my opinion, if a book has a positive learning message for your child then it is definitely worth finding. At the end of the day, your child takes inspiration, education, and notes from everything they read. Therefore, it’s vital that they exposed to the correct form of information.
Is There Really a Human Race?
by (Jamie Lee Curtis and Laura Connell)
by (Jamie Lee Curtis and Laura Connell)This interesting boo
Why We Write by Toby Weston
Why We Write by Toby Weston
Sharing somebody else’s mind space, or allowing visitors into your own, is an intimate act. It requires a good chunk of audacity to reveal your thoughts and share them with complete strangers; this is certainly how I felt as a teenager, privileged to have been granted access to the worlds that Asimov, Adams, Heinlein, and Clark had created.
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