Upper Musquodoboit Consolidated School I spent the day yesterday at Uper Musquodoboit Consolidated School talking about Daisy Dreamer and writing comics. (Maybe we should have a pronunciation test on the name.)

It was a great school. It had 60 kids, and every single one of them knew about Daisy Dreamer and had read some of the comics. They had fantastic questions.

One of the things I love most about visiting schools is answering questions. There are some questions that come up almost every single time. But at UMCS, I heard some new ones. A girl in grade 6 wanted advice on where to look for publishing opportunities, because she loves to write. And a boy asked me if I could write a Daisy that involves zombies. Maybe she could become a zombie, or fight zombies.

I often get requests for animals Daisy should turn into. But zombies? That was the first time I'd heard that suggestion. Of course, I answered that zombies weren't really appropriate for the comic. But afterwards, one of my kids said that maybe we could gently work a kid dressed as a zombie into the next Halloween comic. But I still think that might be too scary for the younger readers.

Labels: Daisy Dreamer, Writers in Schools, Writing Comics

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