I’M
BEAMING . . .!
The news was so unexpected.
Yesterday, Writer’s Digest, 24th
Annual Self-Published Book Awards sent me the review for my memoir, THE TAIL ON MY MOTHER’S KITE.
(The notice said: “Books are evaluated
on a scale of 1 to 5, with 1 meaning ‘needs improvement’ and 5 meaning ‘outstanding.’”
)
Here are the memoir's Writer’s Digest
ratings:
Structure, Organization, and Pacing: 5
Spelling, Punctuation, and Grammar: 5
Production Quality and Cover Design: 4
Plot and Story Appeal: 4
Voice and Writing Style: 5
Judge’s Commentary: The best part
of Maralys
Wills’ book, The Tail on my Mother’s
Kite, is it’s a well-structured and well-organized memoir the reader will
find easy to read. Mrs. Wills begins writing about her early years and ends
with her journey of how it all worked out. She writes, “When I muse about my
mother, I think of the salmon that swims upstream to spawn, and after spawning,
with its essence gone and its mission fulfilled, sinks to the bottom of the
stream and dies. In a way that’s what happened to our mother. Having produced
Allan and me, and then Hillary, and raised us haphazardly but as best she
could, her goal in life was accomplished. The best of Mother’s zest was over,
the rest a blank page with nothing on it except tracings of misery.” . . .
Some
of the chapters were a little slow in getting to the point of what the author
wants the reader to grasp; but overall this is an excellent book. The author’s
passion for writing this memoir is noteworthy. Mrs. Wills used specific and
concrete words to support what she had written. Her style and tone of writing
are noteworthy.”
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THE TAIL ON MY
MOTHER’S KITE would make a great
Christmas Present.
Available,
autographed, through my website, Maralys.com.
Or
by emailing me: maralys@cox.net. ($10.00 plus shipping)
Or
you can buy it from Amazon.
Happy
Holidays to all of you! Maralys
That is so awesome Maralys!!! You are a brilliant writer and an amazing person!!!
ReplyDeleteThanks, Rosemary, for this lovely compliment!!! Maralys
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