The Kites of Morriston…

Once upon a time.  A great start to a story if you are writing for children. How would I start? The books that I have enjoyed reading over the last few years have been by Rohinton Mistry. I started with A Fine Balance and then bought everything I could find that he had written. His books delve deep into the geography of India, based on experience, a world away from ours. I read The Kite Runner and A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini while on vacation two years ago. You couldn’t really file those under “feel good” titles, chick lit or beach reading, which seems to be the genre my notes would fall under, but there was something about the characters, the smells, tastes, sounds that struck a chord with me. Would I write about the Change of Pace Restaurant in Morriston, Ontario? I can barely keep a Wal-Mart kite off the ground for more than the time it takes me to sprint, sprain my ankle and collapse at the back of our yard so I really have no authority to write about such events. India, Afghanistan, two countries offering a myriad of topics, touching all senses, stories that stay with you long after you’ve closed the back cover on the final chapter. The kinds of books that you take great pleasure in passing onto your friends and family, knowing that you are bringing them a great gift by sharing in the experience. That is the kind of book I would like to write.

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