Query Contest at Kidlit

Only a few hours left to enter Mary Kole's Query contest. I've entered with a YA query.

Good luck everyone.

Here is the link -

Kidlit Contest

Spooktacular Rhyme Time Winner Announced

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!

Today's the day when goblins prowl

vampires bite, and werewolves howl.

We've waited for this special time

to declare the winner

of Spooktacular rhyme.

"I vould like to announce zat after much deliberation on such vonderful Halloween rhymes ze vinner is--"

Gisele Le Blanc

Her winning entry is titled - BEWARE!

Creeping mist swirls through air.
Night transforms into its lair.
Creatures howl in pure delight--
Do you dare go out tonight?

Congratulations, Gisele.

Look for an interview with Gisele next week.

RHYME TIME TUESDAY'S SPOOKTACULAR RHYMING CONTEST

Tis the ghostly season...

A spooktacular reason

for a contest of rhyme

about Halloween time!

Come join the rhyming contest about Halloween. Take a look a the spooky prompt and create a Halloween poem suitable for children. Winner gets a free "Red Eye" critique from "First Peek Critique" services for a rhyming picture book on any topic.

Contest runs from October 13 - October 27.

Winner will be announced on H-A-L-L-O-W-E-E-N!

ROCK STAR SANTA is back!

ROCK STAR SANTA is available again. I received the Scholastic "Winter Gift Books" Catalog last Thursday. It's on the bottom right hand corner of the first page as part of a Holiday Picture Book Pack.

This year it will also be sold in the December "See Saw" (Pre-K to 1st grade) flyer and the "Lucky" (2nd -3rd grade) flyer and teachers and librarians can order it directly from the Education & Library Division of Scholastic.

We're moving up. Maybe next year it will go to the trade division.

If you couldn't find it last year, now's your chance. Just contact a Pre-K or elementary teacher who runs a Scholastic Book Club.

Ho! Ho! Ho!

Rock the house with Rock Star Santa! If you want him to visit your school or library just contact me here at the Storyteller's Scroll. I'll pass the message on by the Christmas courier. (Me)

Thanks for your support.

Gayle

Photo Fridays

Coming soon to s school or library near you!!!

ROCK STAR SANTA

and his "Rowdy Reindeer Band"

Internal Rhyme

Internal rhyme is a rhyme that happens in a single line of verse.

It is also called middle rhyme.

Here is an example from two of my poems which exemplify internal rhyme.

The road was windy and cluttered with stones,

and the bright moonlight made the stones look like bones.

With broken shutters and a creaky floor

the house moaned “hello” when I entered the door.

and

On a dark and dreary night

as I read by candlelight

and the autumn winds howled through the rain.

A chilling, cryptic breeze

made me weak in the knees

and I thought I was going insane.

Writing Children's Poems - End Rhyme

What is rhyme?

So many people think they can write a rhyme, especially for children. They read Dr. Seuss and Mother Goose and think it’s easy.

Trust me. It’s not.

Rhyme is the agreement in sound between words or syllables. But each of those words must count in describing the story arc you are trying to convey. None can be added as filler to make the meter sound right and sometimes writers reverse the word order to make the lines rhyme. This is known as “forcing” the rhyme.

Since it’s Rhyme Time Tuesday I thought I’d start a short series titled, RHYME PATTERNS.

Today’s discussion will focus on End Rhyme, the most common.

It’s exactly what it says. The words at the end of the lines rhyme. The lines may be consecutive or alternate. Here are a few excerpts from my poems.

Alternate lines—

The red-veiled lady in the sky A

cures every ache and ill. B

A mentor to the butterfly, A

she takes away man’s chill. B

Consecutive lines—

Oatmeal cookies, chocolate drops, A

Coffee cakes with streusel tops, A

Crullers with a sugar glaze, B

Sprinkled cupcakes line the trays. B

Next week— Internal Rhyme