I've partly answered your question about characters in some other letters on this page, but I'll add that, when you're creating the main character in your story, try to imagine that you are she or he. It's a wonderful feeling to hear from someone who has loved a story you've written-so I encourage you to keep writing your stories! It's truly a good way to spend your time and energy. The main reason I've always wanted to write is so that I can have a part in giving the enjoyment of stories to other readers. Thank you! I'm very happy that you love "The Star Shard"! I've always loved stories. So I am absolutely delighted to respond to any questions or comments from kids reading Cricket today." One of my favorite aspects of writing is being able to speak with readers. (I suppose I shouldn't brag about that, age-wise!) My friend in the same class was absolutely convinced that he had the very first copy of Cricket ever to be printed because it said 'Number 1' on the cover! Even when I showed him the 'Number 1' on my copy, he was unwilling to believe that all the copies said that! I have the entire collection of Crickets, from that issue onward. I remember receiving the first-ever issue, Volume 1 Number 1, in September 1973. My mom was a teacher, writer, and elementary school librarian, and she got me a charter subscription to Cricket when I was in first grade. "I'm of the first generation of children that grew up with Cricket, so I've always felt very close to the magazine.
"I can't tell you what an honor it is to have my story appear in a magazine that has been a part of my life for 36 years," Fred says. He is a frequent speaker on the joys and practical aspects of fiction writing. He graduated summa cum laude and traveled to Japan as a part of the Overseas Volunteer Youth Ministry program of the Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod.įred has lived in Japan since 1988, where he teaches courses in writing and English conversation at Niigata University. He spent his college summers helping with vacation Bible schools in remote Cree and Ojibwe villages in northern Ontario, Canada. At Concordia, he served as chapel cantor and sacristan, worked as an international resident assistant, and edited the creative writing section of the college newspaper. He attended Concordia College (now University) in River Forest, Illinois, where he majored in classical languages.
Throughout childhood, he was active in getting muddy, lost, and injured-as well as in creative and interpretive literary performances, writing, puppetry, vocal and instrumental music, and filmmaking. Durbin was born in rural Taylorville, Illinois.
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