Sylvia McNicoll

Canadian Author for Young People

CCBC Book Week Tour!

CCBC Book Week Tour!

Happy to have been selected to tour, in person, the province I think of as my long lost home, Quebec. For these tours, the cost drops significantly so it's a great opportunity for a school to engage their young readers with a writer they may not know yet. Having...

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Book trailer time!

Book trailer time!

                    How do you create a book trailer? I start with a short script that I run by my son Craig (EpiloguePoductions.com). For Blue to the Sky, I wanted to show my main character Ella training for her big...

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Final, final, cover

Final, final, cover

The colour has been corrected; here is the final image. In order to bond with it I will have a t-shirt made with the image on it. DCB will also create a poster for me to display at upcoming events. Can you see any differences between this and the last cover?

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And the Final Cover is….

And the Final Cover is….

Climbing the stairs, with a dog standing by for moral support, and surrounded by ribbons of words that 12  year old Ella recites to shore herself up and to memorize for  her CN tower recital--here it is the final cover. This week this image will be finalized with some...

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Whittling Down the Cover Choices

Whittling Down the Cover Choices

In my family there are three graphic designers and others trained in  photography and art as well as nine grandchildren. I ask everyone's opinions on the cover in order to see if they conform with mine.  I definitely wanted railings for my stairs, for safety and...

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Stage one of cover consultation- Blue to the Sky

Stage one of cover consultation- Blue to the Sky

Twelve year-old Ella wants to conquer her fear of public speaking by climbing the CN Tower to recite her poem on allergies.  She also wants to someday own a dog that won't make her sneeze or wheeze.Julie McLaughlin prepared these roughs based on my idea that we showed...

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