Another month, another smory!

Another month has flown by and another of my smories has been selected for their competition!

To see "Sister for sale", a poem very close to my heart, go to http://www.smories.com/watch/sister-for-sale/

Being the youngest of four girls, I would have sold every one of my sisters for the same reason as the girl in my poem but you'll have to watch it to find out what it is.

This poem written for and recited by my youngest daughter at the local eisteddfod and she won first place. I was so proud. She also won first place with "Help, my bum..." and my oldest daught received an honourable mention with "This means war," a poem about our dog and cat's incessant fighting which will be added to my website shortly. Another young girl, Denae, won first place with my poem, "Nature." Well done girls!

This month also saw the confirmation of my mentorship through the NSW writers centre. I am hoping this experience will be worth the wait, but I will keep you posted. I am very thankful to David Ryding for his patience and commitment to providing a quality service for new and existing authors. I can't wait!

Finally, September is the first month of spring, the month of my birthday, and perhaps a good month for starting a new writing project in a new genre. I feel a historical masterpiece coming on...!

This much fun must be a crime!

After escaping from the clutches of my evil kitty, I managed to attend a workshop today with Felicity Pulman, yes boys and girls, THE Felicity Pulman of the Janna Mysteries and Shalott series Fame, (amongst other titles.)

During the workshop I also got to sit next to Jane Carroll! (Author of Front Runner and a swagful of other books!) What a humbling experience to be in the presence of two such knowledgeable women.

This workshop was skilfully integrated with a young adult’s session. It was great to have these wonderful young people's feedback, what a pleasure to be able to share this experience with some truly great young minds.

I learnt so much today about the art of crafting an intriguing crime story and the night was completed with a murder mystery party in fabulous 1920’s gangster style, (hence the fancy dress.)

I was so pleasantly surprised at what a fabulous experience the whole day has been and I will never doubt the opportunities available to regional writer’s ever again!

I am so grateful to Felicity for making the effort to travel all the way to Broken Hill and to Marvis from the Library for making the whole thing happen. What inspirational ladies. Thank you both so much!

Help! My Bum...

Smories - new stories for children, read by children

36 Seconds of Fun when you watch 'Help! My Bum...'

http://www.smories.com/watch/help-my-bum/

My new smory, 'Help! My Bum...' is now available on the smories site. Follow the link to watch this new addition to the smories archive.

Smories is a fantastic opportunity for all sorts of childrens writers and I am very happy to be a part of their third and final competiton.

Next month will see a smory a day being uploaded.

I can't wait!

http://www.smories.com/watch/the_bone_tree/

Competition two has now begun for the second Smories competition which features 'The Bone Tree.'

See it here:-

http://www.smories.com/watch/the_bone_tree/

Thanks to a fabulous article in todays Barrier Daily Truth, votes ae already rolling in! (Did you see Lucy the dog hiding in the photo?)

With 5 prizes up for grabs this time, I am hoping to at least make it into the top five again!

Fingers crossed, legs crossed, eyes crossed!!!

SHORTLISTED, again!!!!!

"The Bone Tree" has just been shortlisted for the 2nd Smories Competition.

Woo Hoo!!!

Competition 2 starts on the 1st of June 2010.

Competition one is open now and votes are finally rolling in for 'What would you do?'

Watch it here now!!!

http://www.smories.com/watch/what_would_you_do/

Follow this link to see my shortlisted smory! CLICK BELOW

Smories - What Would You Do?


It's here, it's here it's here! My first ever Smory!
I am so excited I think I just peed a little!

It's not exactly published in the traditional sense but it's out there for kids to enjoy and that is all that matters to me.

Every time someone views it I get closer to winning so tell your family to watch it, tell your friends to watch it, even tell you're enemies to watch it. Every vote counts!

This young girl does and absolutely fantastic job reading my smory aloud. What a little legend!

I would really like to thank the little sweety, wherever she is, for doing such a great job.
She obviously enjoyed reading it and I hope hundreds more kids enjoy watching it!

Feel free to watch my smory as many times as you like and let me know what you think.

skisses,
Kellie Coff

The First Plog - (A poem and a blog. )

Hello people and welcome to the blog of Kellie Coff, budding children's author, homeschool mum and eager student of life.

I have finally decided to plunge into the deep billabong of blogs. The water is murky and I cannot yet swim so please bare with me as I paddle around for a while.

I hope that this blog will be a good spot to keep you up to date with any important news, interesting facts or a sneak peek at some of my new work.

I'll call in from time to time and leave a tidbit for you so make sure you call back whenever you can and feel free to send in any requests.

If you haven't heard from me for a while don't worry too much, my Cat has probaly just taken me hostage again, but my hubby always pays the ransom eventually.

My last request was for a poem on Nature for a young girl named Denae. Hi Denea. Here's your poem.

NATURE
(c)2009 Kellie Coff

I wanted to find some “Nature”,
And Mum said it wouldn’t hurt.
If I went and had a look for it,
Down in the garden’s dirt.

I saw a little lizard,
And a humble bumble bee.
I found a hairy caterpillar
Climbing up an old gum tree.

There was a lady beetle
And a sweetly singing bird.
I even found what I had thought,
Could be an old dog’s turd.

It smelt a little funky,
So I left the mess alone.
I decided to look for “nature”
Underneath a great big stone.

A slimy little pink thing,
Gave a wriggle and a squirm.
I picked it up to look at it.
It was a fat and juicy worm.

I put the worm back in our garden,
Because worms have a job to do.
But I warned it to just stay clear,
Of that stinky old dog’s poo.

Our garden has all sorts of things
That I had found down there.
But that ‘Nature’ must be hiding,
I couldn’t find it anywhere.