So, i went to the award ceremony. OKAY, i have a lot to sort through, my head is going at hyper speed so I'll plainly list them below:
- Lois Lowry was a judge and another lady who i talked to because Lois had left as soon as the ceremony finished said everyone favored my letter.
- the whole trip was arduous because when i get nervous, i vomit, and i didn't want to vomit.
- The whole Boston trip in full detail
- what prizes/ certificates i won.
So, Lois was a judge and at the ceremony she got up and spoke about when she first became a writer. Obviously she had natural born talent because her writing is so amazing. She was in her 30's it was 1974 and her school age children had gone off to school as her husband to work. Her children had left some scrambled eggs on the table and she went outside to scrape them into the big dog's bowl. But when she walked outside a smell was so fierce and powerful it hit her "like electric shock" It was November and there were leaves on the ground and apples still on the trees but they were rotten and pruning. Her family had a big pumpkin they had carved which was rotting and the smell brought her back, to a day in November with the same exact smell. She was sitting in a car with a stranger, yet this stranger wasn't a stranger. It was her father, who had just gotten back from World War Two. She sat with her father and on this day, her relationship with her father changed. Her feelings towards him and his to her. Back to 1974, after scarping the eggs and feeling this extraordinary smell, she took out her old typewriter and wrote a letter to her friend carol explaining her feeling and relating back to her story,. This 'Carol' was a newspaper editor and told Lois she needs to send that to a magazine because someone would publish it, so after revising it, Lois sent it to a magazine. Someone read her story, called her and asked her to write a book. I know i should want this to happen to me, but i just can't imagine having it that easy. Not to say Lois wasn't deserving, she's proved that with her wild imagination and stories that captivate you with their character's thoughts. She's a brilliant writer. So, after meeting (and being kissed by) Gale Canderas my state senate, and meeting Angelou puppolo Jr, a state Representative, we walked around Boston a little bit, which makes me think it'd be such a cool place to live. SO many interesting nooks and crevices of history. So then we ate at the cheers restaurant and drove home.
