Karen and Melanie Series, Book 3: Where Love is Needed by Kathleen Paul (and Kathleen Paul's Writing Adventure Club)

Introduction

A girls writing club wrote this book. In the summer of 1999, they came twice a week to author Kathleen Paul's living room. Three of these girls were in the first writing club. This year they knew more about the process of writing a novel. They had more ideas about the problems Karen and Melanie would have to face and how to solve them. Mrs. Paul took their scenes, descriptions, dialogue, ideas, and added to them, and shaped them, and sometimes "wrangled" them together.

This novel about three girls was written especially for girls to read. Six girls and Kathleen Paul wrote this novel. Here's a little bit about them:

Celeste Stoddard,14. Celeste will be in ninth grade and this is the third year she will be home-schooled. She wants to be a teacher and an author when she grows up.

These are some of her favorite things:
food - big, juicy strawberries
color - forest green
sport - soccer
book - Jewels for a Crown
movie - The Music Man
hobby - I love singing, playing piano and violin, sewing, and of course, writing.
subject in school - literature
favorite part of writing club - I like seeing other people's perspective and comparing them to mine.

Rebecca Nelson,14. Rebecca will be in ninth grade. She has always been home-schooled. She wants to be a writer when she grows up.
These are some of her favorite things:
food - chocolate
color - yellow
sport - baseball
book - Anne of Green Gables
movie - It's a Wonderful Live
hobby - reading.
subject in school - literature
favorite part of writing club - listening to other people's ideas

Amy Stoddard,12. Amy will be in seventh grade and this is the third year she will be home-schooled. She wants to be a nurse and a missionary when she grows up.

These are some of her favorite things:
food - my dad's pizza
color - blue
sport - volleyball
book - Cherry Ames, Flight Nurse
movie - The Music Man
hobby - biking, ballet, and cooking
subject in school - history
favorite part of writing club - knowing what I write will be put in (the chapters) and actually finishing the book

Sarah Lewis,12. Sarah is from Australia and after this year, she will return home. She wants to be a vet or a park ranger when she grows up.

These are some of her favorite things:
food - Cadbury chocolate
color - purple
sport - volleyball
book - Redwall
movie - Star Wars
hobby - collecting Redwall books and Beanie Babies
subject in school - drama
favorite part of writing club - choosing the title for the book

Amelia Glasier,12. Amelia wants to be an elementary school teacher when she grows up.

These are some of her favorite things:
food - orange sherbet, ice cream
color - purple
sport - baseball
book - Who Can I Trust
movie - The Santa Clause
hobby - ice skating
subject in school - reading
favorite part of writing club - reading the chapters

Maria Wortley,12. Maria wants to be an author when she grows up.

These are some of her favorite things:
food - pudding
color - dark blue
sport - baseball
book - horse books
movie - Beauty and the Beast
hobby - writing stories
subject in school - literature
favorite part of writing club - that I can write

Mrs. Paul retired from teaching this year and is spending more time writing. She has a married daughter and a son. Both are in college. She has two dogs, Gus and Gertie. Both love company, especially the writing club girls. She also has an 84-year-old mother living with them. With the girls dropping by for club, it is an exciting household.