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How to Pitch a Novel: Finding Your Hook
Pixar is said to rely on this structure to get at the heart of a story: Once upon a time there was.. (Introduce the character, set the stage with when and where the story takes place.)...
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How to Pitch a Novel: Finding Your Hook
A hook—in this case the “high concept” idea—can grab the reader's attention and make a book stand out.
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How to Pitch a Novel: Finding Your Hook Don't try to make your book sound like it fits some hot trend, if it doesn't. https://lttr.ai/AtyuV
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Do you know any kids aged 9-12 who enjoy reading adventure/fantasy novels?
They might enjoy "Cross Purposes" in which four children, from different cultural backgrounds, are whisked off to an adventure among people whose cultures differ from all of them.
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Do you know any kids aged 9-12 who enjoy reading fantasy/adventure stories?
They might enjoy "The Enchanted Grove", where a bunch of kids have to cope with poachers, bullies, cops and finally a witch.
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How to Pitch a Novel: Finding Your Hook
One option is comparisons—I So Don't Do Mysteries was described as Nancy Drew with a Devil Meets Prada makeover by the publisher sales team...
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Fantasy? Magic realism? Historical novel? Adventure story?
Perhaps a mixture of all of them, set in South Africa in the apartheid time, for kids aged 9-99.
Should appeal to fans of "The Dark is Rising" sequence: "The Enchanted Grove" by Stephen Hayes. ISBN 978-1-920707-65-1
https://methodius.blogspot.com/2021/03/the-enchanted-grove.html
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Summer reads for ages 9-12! Explore middle grade novels: animal stories, spies, #Fantasy & more. Check out my novels (written as Chris Eboch): The Eyes of Pharaoh (a #mystery in ancient Egypt) and The Well of Sacrifice (a Mayan adventure) and introduce young people to historical worlds – or enjoy them yourself!
https://storyoriginapp.com/to/tQBhiJQ
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I asked Grok what it knew about my book "The Enchanted Grove", and this is what it said:
The Enchanted Grove is a children's/young adult adventure novel by South African author Stephen Hayes.
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Key DetailsISBN: 9781920707637 (ISBN-10: 1920707638)
Format: Paperback (pocket-sized, about 4.25 x 7 inches / 108 x 175 mm), 247–248 pages
Publisher: Self-published / Stephen Hayes (via Lulu)
Publication Date: March 3, 2021
Language: English
Genre: Children's fiction, adventure, with elements of mystery and South African settingsPlot SummaryJeffery, Janet, and Catherine spend their summer school holidays swimming and riding horses in the foothills of the Drakensberg mountains in South Africa. Their idyllic vacation turns challenging as they encounter bullying teenagers involved in witchcraft, poachers, and the mysterious guardian of a cave filled with Bushman (San) paintings. Things escalate further when the children discover a secret government project, drawing unwanted attention from the police who suspect they know too much.
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The story is set in 1964 and blends outdoor adventure, local folklore/cultural elements (like Bushman rock art), and suspense.
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AvailabilityIt is available as a paperback (and possibly ebook) through retailers like Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Walmart, Lulu, and others. Prices typically start around $16–17 for the paperback.
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This appears to be a self-published title aimed at younger readers who enjoy adventurous stories with a South African backdrop. If you're looking for reviews, purchase links, or more specifics, let me know!
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Scary books for kids: The Weirdstone of Brisingamen by Alan Garner
https://ondermynende.wordpress.com/2017/04/27/the-weirdstone-of-brisingamen/
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If you have kids in your life who love to read, don't miss the replay for today's #MiddleGrade author readings and discussion! I had so much fun with this one, the authors were awesome, and the books they read from all sounded amazing!
One book was about a Canadian wizarding school for misfits, one was about a frenemies body-swap (à la Freaky Friday), and one was about a crime-solving schnauzer!
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https://www.youtube.com/live/0UOJhbelZXY?si=Jd5CPTjfZ32ZQ7gH
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Earlier today at #FictionFest, we had our #MiddleGrade authors and #fantasy authors reading from their books (you can catch those replays on our YouTube channel), and later this evening we've got a panel discussion on climate fiction and a panel discussion on fantasy world-building!
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https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLjctIlrXk0jdwpvEPMCsWPn4rpVIfX23K&si=mZC5Pm4l-7Vp2XHq
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Notes from underground: Endymion Spring - A historical novel/fantasy adventure set in Oxford, England & Mainz, Germany
https://methodius.blogspot.com/2026/06/endymion-spring.html
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A fantasy novel for kids aged 9-99.
Warning: no worldbuilding, no superheroes.
PS: But perhaps some supervillains.
https://methodius.blogspot.com/2022/10/cross-purposes-new-novel.html
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Three children enjoy a carefree summer holiday swimming and riding horses in the stunning Drakensberg mountains of South Africa, but when they encounter teenage bullies, poachers threatening a wildlife reserve, and a secret government project that seems to involve a witch, they get drawn into an adventure that gets more and more scary.
"The Enchanted Grove" by Stephen Hayes, an adventure story for kids aged 9-99.
https://methodius.blogspot.com/2021/03/the-enchanted-grove.html
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Looking for a book for a child you know who enjoys reading? Have a look at "The Enchanted Grove".
For ages 8 to 12. Set in the stunning Drakensberg mountains of South
Africa, this adventure follows three children who love swimming and horse riding. But when they face bullies who dabble in witchcraft, poachers threatening wildlife, and a mysterious guardian of ancient Bushman cave paintings, their summer becomes a race to uncover a secret government project. This is a clean, exciting adventure with themes of courage, friendship, and respect for nature and indigenous heritage.For more, see here:
https://methodius.blogspot.com/2021/03/the-enchanted-grove.html
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"Cross Purposes" - an adventure/fantasy/historical novel by Stephen Hayes. Kids get carried off to a strange country, encounter monks, monsters and more.
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#PennedPossibilities 1014 If it came down to it, would your SC choose to protect the MC in a dangerous situation?
In "Cross Purposes" Janet protects Jeffery (who has a crush on her) from Mongolian archers riding past on horseback using him for target practice.
Only she's more a co-MC than an SC.
https://www.smashwords.com/books/1167919
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"Cross Purposes" -- an adventure/fantasy/historical novel about four kids whose dream holiday turns into a nightmare beyond their wildest dreams.
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Four children off on a seaside holiday suddenly get carted away to a place that just just about as far from the sea as you can get. They encounter people of different languages and customs, creatures from mythology and folklore, and get caught up in the start of a war. They wonder if they'll ever get home.
https://methodius.blogspot.com/2022/10/cross-purposes-new-novel.html
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Historical Fiction for Young Readers: Find great historical fiction for ages 7 to 12 and up!
Bring history alive for kids, with my mystery in ancient Egypt & Mayan drama (used in many classrooms) to books set in 450 BC in the Peruvian jungle, feudal Japan, the Civil War, & Toronto in 1919.
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#ScribesAndMakers 20 Mar: Self-promotion day. Shame optional.
I've written four fiction books and one non-fiction book. Three of the fiction books are for kids aged 9-99, and one is for adults. Details here:
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Bookshop.org Discount Alert! Middle Grade Novels by Chris Eboch 15% OFF print book list prices with code BSO15 at checkout, until April 1. Every Bookshop.org purchase supports local, independent bookstores. Happy reading!
Kirkus Reviews said of The Well of Sacrifice, “The novel shines not only for a faithful recreation of an unfamiliar, ancient world, but also for the introduction of a brave, likable and determined heroine.”
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Bookshop.org Discount Alert! Shop my list of Middle Grade Novels by Chris Eboch for your enjoyment. Take 15% OFF* these select titles when you enter BSO15 at checkout, valid until April 1, 2026. *Discount off list prices, and excludes Ebooks. Bookshop.org is a better way to buy books online. Every purchase on Bookshop.org supports local, independent bookstores. Happy reading!
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from underground: Cross Purposes: A children's adventure/fantasy/historical novel
https://methodius.blogspot.com/2022/10/cross-purposes-new-novel.html
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#WordWeavers 5/3: What's the most supportive/uplifting thing you’ve heard related to writing?
A detailed critique of my children's historical/fantasy/adventure novel "Of Wheels and Witches" from a blind university lecturer in literature, which included the following:
Chapter 4
Evocative landscape descriptions, especially early in the chapter again evoke something of the Pastorale.
Intertwining the foreboding shadow of the wheel and evil with the children’s coming to know the lot of black people in South Africa at that time, together with Apartheid police tactics and anti-Apartheid activity, is beautifully done, so that, while the reader unfamiliar with such things reads the story, he necessarily also learns much. This is a good example of my conclusion that history is best taught through the stories of the people who lived in it, whether they be fictional or no.Chapter 5
I certainly did not expect the chapter to develop as it does. Splendid!
Excellent descriptions of both church services and, especially, of the children’s tea and the minister from Johannesburg’s message to Catherine. That episode is well-executed, because it does not force the plot, but flows naturally and, given the rest of the chapter, inevitably and organically inescapably. The narration of what happens to the children on their way home, Jeffery falling into the river and rescuing Catherine, Janet’s struggles to get help, as well as the conclusion in the hut, are likewise naturally executed.Chapter 6
Another splendid piece of storytelling and, over it all, the epoch quickened by the little details, the children’s very human experiences the prejudices and thought processes of at least some in that time represented by the contrast between Mr. Montgomery and Mrs Sanderson. -
"The Enchanted Grove" -- an adventure/fantasy/historical novel for kids aged 9-99. Set in the picturesque Southern Drakensberg during the apartheid era of South Africa, kids face bullies, hostile cops and witches.
https://methodius.blogspot.com/2021/03/the-enchanted-grove.html
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"The Enchanted Grove", an adventure-fantasy novel for kids aged 9-99 with Orthodox Christian and African themes, by Stephen Hayes. Get your ebook copies here:
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Orthodox Christian parents: have your children ever read, or wished they could read, children's adventure stories with Orthodox characters? They might enjoy "Cross Purposes" by Stephen Hayes
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