There’s a new book out that’s really wicked. *sigh* [That’s
the sound of someone who’s feeling old.] I’d like to know how the word ‘wicked’
first came to mean cool and, while I’m on the subject, where did the term ‘cool’
come from? Everyone’s using it these days, except for me. Apparently it embarrasses
my kids.
“You’re too old to say ‘cool’,
Mum!” Charming! In my day it was ‘swinging’, ‘groovy’ or even ‘hip’. You
knew where you were with terms like that. I wonder if it’s better to be cool than
hot and how can wicked be both good and bad? What word do you use to describe
something that’s really good?
...which brings me back to the book. I’ve mentioned before
about our writing critique group. We’re all children’s authors and we meet twice
a month, once to crit each other’s work and once to have lunch and discuss novels
written by other children’s authors. [ok, ok, so it’s mostly to have lunch!!] One
of our group, Deborah White, was recently signed up to a two book deal with Templar.
The first book is now out. It’s called Wickedness and, like I say, it’s wicked.
It’s about two flame-haired girls, both fourteen, both living in London, but
four hundred years apart. It’s a full-on adventure story that includes history,
fantasy and romance... something for everyone!
Seeing Deborah’s book emerge into the real world is a bit
like watching a friend’s baby grow. We saw it develop and mature. We know both
flame-haired girls as if they were our nieces. I can’t wait for you all to read
it so we can discuss the story. It’s cool... sorry, I mean wicked.
Wickedness by Deborah White ISBN 9781848775312 It’s out
in paperback at £6.99 [but if you scoot over to Amazon now you can pick up a
copy for £3.91 – how do they do that?]
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There are only 12 days until our virtual
Macmillan's World's Biggest Coffee Morning.
From Friday 30th September to Sunday 2nd
October we’ll be having cakes, drinks and fun right here on this blog and there’ll
be lots of awards to be won... but most importantly, we’ll be asking for
donations to Macmillan Cancer Support at JustGiving in memory of
our Mum who died five months ago from cancer. We miss her very much.
[This event has been registered with the Macmillan Cancer Support Charity and every
penny of your donation goes to the Macmillan charity. Thank you.]
