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Re: Wish List: Author/Illustrator Notes
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From: Rosanne Parry <rosanneparry_at_comcast.net>
Date: Thu, 18 Oct 2012 13:44:45 -0700
It's great to hear this appreciation for author notes. They are surprisingly difficult to write, in part because of the issue of audience and voice which Maryann raised earlier this morning. They're often written on a short deadline with considerable limitations in terms of space and graphic elements. I have been very fortunate to have good support for a detailed author note and a map from my publisher for my historical fiction, but some writers have much more trouble getting space for their end matter.
Of course there are a thousand cool things from my research that I'd love to share but really don't belong in the book. I'm curious how often to you look to an author's website for additional information on a book. I've been thinking about what to do with information relevant to my upcoming book. Much of it is visual, so I'm considering Pinterest as a place to link to from my website, but I'm not really sure if teachers look to an author website for additional information. I'd love to hear some thoughts about this. Here's a link to a Pinterest page I did for Second Fiddle, with photos of places in Berlin and Paris that are in the book and a few historic photos from the fall of the Berlin Wall.
Is that sort of thing useful in the classroom? Would you be looking for more depth with each pin? More breadth? More basic information? I think many authors--and particularly authors of historical fiction--are keenly interested in being helpful to teachers but unclear as to what would be of the most use.
Rosanne Parry WRITTEN IN STONE, 2013 SECOND FIDDLE, 2011 HEART OF A SHEPHERD, 2009 www.rosanneparry.com
Received on Thu 18 Oct 2012 01:44:45 PM CDT
Date: Thu, 18 Oct 2012 13:44:45 -0700
It's great to hear this appreciation for author notes. They are surprisingly difficult to write, in part because of the issue of audience and voice which Maryann raised earlier this morning. They're often written on a short deadline with considerable limitations in terms of space and graphic elements. I have been very fortunate to have good support for a detailed author note and a map from my publisher for my historical fiction, but some writers have much more trouble getting space for their end matter.
Of course there are a thousand cool things from my research that I'd love to share but really don't belong in the book. I'm curious how often to you look to an author's website for additional information on a book. I've been thinking about what to do with information relevant to my upcoming book. Much of it is visual, so I'm considering Pinterest as a place to link to from my website, but I'm not really sure if teachers look to an author website for additional information. I'd love to hear some thoughts about this. Here's a link to a Pinterest page I did for Second Fiddle, with photos of places in Berlin and Paris that are in the book and a few historic photos from the fall of the Berlin Wall.
Is that sort of thing useful in the classroom? Would you be looking for more depth with each pin? More breadth? More basic information? I think many authors--and particularly authors of historical fiction--are keenly interested in being helpful to teachers but unclear as to what would be of the most use.
Rosanne Parry WRITTEN IN STONE, 2013 SECOND FIDDLE, 2011 HEART OF A SHEPHERD, 2009 www.rosanneparry.com
Received on Thu 18 Oct 2012 01:44:45 PM CDT
