Thank you, Oak Prairie School!

Dear Oak Prairie,

Wowzers. What a day! What a welcome you all had for me. I was just as excited to finally meet you, too!  7th and 8th graders: who knew you all were so competitive? I thought someone was going to get hurt by the time we got to the sudden-death question. And the 6th graders: you did a bang-up job with the acting. My favorite part was when “Mayo” lost her pom-pom. Too funny.

Also several of you had the courage to come up to me and tell me you were writers, too. Do you know how happy that makes me?  Part of being a writer is admitting you are one. Own it!  You’re a writer as soon as you put the words on a page, and just by doing that, you’ve already beat out so much of your competition. Keep writing, keep revising! Use *your* voice–not anyone else’s–to write your stories. I can’t wait to see you on the Today Show.

I also want to thank Mrs. Jankowski for putting together such a wonderful visit.  Also to Mrs. Smithwick, Mr. Jacobson, and Mrs. Hayes and the rest of the faculty-wow! Thank you, thank you to the entire Oak Prairie team for making the day extra-special for everyone.

And now for the finale: pictures from the event! (Thanks, Mr. Jacobson, for the great shots!) Enjoy them.

Keep reading, keep writing and REVISING!

Yours,

Cynthea

P.S. How come no one told me that Tim had been eliminated on American Idol the night before?!  Oh, bah! I thought Results night was that evening for some reason. Whoops. I guess my only hope now is Lee.

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