Gordon College, April 30th
June 4, 2009Sue Persenaire kindly invited me to visit the Children’s Lit class at Gordon College this evening. I spoke to her students about the Incredible Journey of getting a book published. Comparing it to a hike up a mountain, I discuss the three P’s that lead to publication: passion, persistence and patience. I was truly inspired by ...
Read more...Republican-American Interview
June 3, 2009Shennen Bersani and I took a drive to the Farm in Roxbury, CT. The last time we drove this way together was when she was preparing to illustrate my picture book. She wanted to meet the girls behind My Sister, Alicia May. This time we headed down for an interview with Tracey O’Shaughnessy from the Republican-American ...
Read more...NESCBWI April 25th
June 3, 2009Okay, so I had to do the 6 a.m. thing to get to this year’s SCBWI conference in Nashua. I don’t do that well, but at least I had good traveling buddies. Donna, Licia, Kat and I drove up together and we began our fabulous day with Cynthia Lord. She was fantastic, as was Floyd ...
Read more...April 16, 2009 Fine Line Poets Read at Tunxis
April 23, 2009We couldn’t have asked for a better reception and a more orchestrated event. Thanks to my childhood friend, Carolyn Boulay, a librarian at Tunxis Community College, we had a fabulous reading. The night was entitled “A Celebration of Womanhood.” The evening opened with an hour of music by Debbie Rossel, a local singer/songwriter whose music ...
Read more...April 14, 2009 JoAnne Preiser at the Needham Library
April 23, 2009In the morning I spent more time with Rachel, Alicia May and Taryn. We played ping pong. Well, we chased that tiny bouncing ball into every cobwebby corner in my basement. That’s more like it. Later, Mom and I ventured over to the newly constructed Needham library to hear our fellow Fine Line Poet, JoAnne Preiser ...
Read more...April 13, 2009 Interview with Bev Beckham
April 23, 2009And so what begin with a visit to my friend Cheri’s farmhouse in July of 2006 has come full circle. Now she and her girls and Grandma Barb headed to Walpole for an interview with Beverly Beckham from the Boston Globe. At last we have my book in hand. Yeah! Shennen Bersani (www.shennenbersani.com) brought her sister, ...
Read more...Beginnings
February 24, 2009Hello Everyone! My website ( www.NancyTupperLing.com ) is up and running and I wanted to share it with you. Please stay-tuned for any updates to my blog as I continue my adventure with my first children’s book, My Sister, Alicia May.
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Children’s Author and Poet