Day 1 of Virtual Book Tour for the Working Writer’s Club

Day 1 of Your Tour Will Be Called – Meet Children’s Author, Donna McDine

Donna, it’ so great to be hosting you here on my blog today. You have always been such an inspiration to me!

Irene, thank you for hosting me on Day 1 as I kick-off my Working Writer’s Coach Virtual Book Tour. We’ve known each other for quite a few years now and it’s an honor to be here. I’ve especially enjoyed getting to know you through cyberspace. I hope to meet in person someday.

Today I’d like to share why I became a children’s author. My road to becoming a children’s author took quite the different path, one that I wasn’t even sure at the time would lead me to writing for children, but it did. When I was a child, I enjoyed watching the television program, Lou Grant with my dad, and became mesmerized on how a reporter put a story together and I dreamed of becoming a reporter one day. For some reason or another, I did not follow this early dream and worked in administration for several Fortune 500 companies for many years. Not until I came across the Institute of Children’s Literature aptitude test in 2006 did my dream of becoming a writer reawaken.

As for how and why I came to write The Golden Pathway it came through my fascination of history even as a young child. And when I found myself taking up residence (as an adult) in the historical hamlet of Tappan, NY (Rockland County) I became even more enthralled. Coupled with my father’s involvement with the Rockland County Historical Society in creating artist replicas of the numerous historical locations throughout the county I found myself further drawn into the past. Then,as a student at the Institute of Children’s Literature,I jumped at the chance to develop a historical fiction story about a young southern boy against slavery. And here I am today several years later with my first published children’s book in my hands.

It’s been quite the roller coaster ride and one that I wouldn’t trade in for the world.

To learn more about my writing career or to order an autographed copy of The Golden Pathway visit, http://www.donnamcdine.com. Gift with purchase: The Golden Pathway Educator’s Guide.

Additional ways to order The Golden Pathway:

Guardian Angel Publishing: http://guardianangelpublishing.com/pathway.htm

Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/The-Golden-Pathway-Donna-McDine/dp/1616330813/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1331737065&sr=1-1

Thank you for visiting with me today. I appreciate your time and interest. Please enter below at a chance to win a $25 PayPal payment. Just visit my blog for more details at:  http://thegoldenpathway.blogspot.com/2012/03/virtual-book-tour-kicks-off-today.html/

The second day of my virtual book tour continues tomorrow at Mayra Calvani’s blog www.mayrassecretbookcase.blogspot.com. There visitors can enter again at a chance to win a $25 PayPal payment.