The Story Behind the Story
People often ask where I get the ideas for my stories. The true answer is that ideas come from anywhere and everywhere.

The book EFFIE'S IMAGE is based on a very special lady named Hazel who volunteered in my first grade classroom as a part of the Foster Grandparent Program. Hazel's husband had passed away and her son and his family lived in another state. She knew that she needed a reason to leave her house everyday, and she found that reason in the smiles of the children. She was a true inspiration to me, each and every day, and she is greatly missed!

The idea for the book THE RING BEAR came from an overheard conversation between two mothers at a baseball game. They were talking about weddings. One of the mother's said that when her son was asked to be the ring bearer in a wedding, he thought he was going to be a bear in the wedding. They were laughing, but I thought, "There's an idea for a story!" I wrote it down in my notebook, and thus began the long process of turning an idea into a book.

TODAY I'M GOING FISHING WITH MY DAD, like most stories that I write, is a mixture of memory and make-believe. I got the idea for the book when I took my two oldest sons fishing for the first time. Although my second son Kevin had a great time, Scott, my oldest, did not. And I started to remember all of the times that I went fishing when I was a kid, and how I really hated to go fishing. Then, whenever I shared this experience with someone else, they had a fishing story to relate, as well. And, before you knew it, TODAY I'M GOING FISHING WITH MY DAD, was born!
 
 
 
 

Nancy Sharp Wagner
Text copyright (c) 2004 by Nancy L. Sharp Wagner; Illustrations copyright (c) 2004 by Dorothia Rohner. Published by Prairieland Press. Reprinted by permission.
Text copyright (c) 2003 by Nancy L. Sharp Wagner. Illustrations by Michael Hassler, Jr. Publishec by Prairieland Press. Reprinted by permission.
Text copyright (c) 1993 by Nancy L. Sharp Wagner; Illustrations copyright (c) 1993 by Chris L. Demarest. Published by Caroline House, Boyds Mills Press, Inc. Reprinted by permission.
Text copyright (c) 2006 by Nancy L. Sharp Wagner; Illustrations copyright (c) 2006 by Robbie Short. Published by Prairieland Press. Reprinted by permission.
Text copyright (c) 2006 by Nancy L. Sharp Wagner; Illustrations copyright (c) 2006 by Jayne Macholan. Published by Prairieland Press. Reprinted by permission.
(c) 2004 Nancy Sharp Wagner
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Last updated on October 8, 2006.

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