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From some notes I made about this change: "I discovered that feminine pronouns are more confusing that masculine ones! At one point I had a sentence that contained five'her's. So some re-working was called for that I hadn’t foreseen."

When I had re-worked the story, I sent it back to my editor. Neither she nor I was really happy with the name I’d chosen and I agreed to look for another name. I decided I needed a name with a softer sound. So I went looking through a couple of "baby naming" books…

Once I decided on "Phoebe" I could begin my final re-working of the story. What follows is the opening as it appears in the book.

Coming in January, an exploration of the evolution of another of my books.

If you and your students have any questions about what you find here, please e-mail me.

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From some notes I made about this change: "I discovered that feminine pronouns are more confusing that masculine ones! At one point I had a sentence that contained five'her's. So some re-working was called for that I hadn’t foreseen." When I had re-worked the story, I sent it back to my editor. Neither she nor I was really happy with the name I’d chosen and I agreed to look for another name. I decided I needed a name with a softer sound. So I went looking through a couple of "baby naming" books…
Once I decided on "Phoebe" I could begin my final re-working of the story. What follows is the opening as it appears in the book. Coming in January, an exploration of the evolution of another of my books. If you and your students have any questions about what you find here, please e-mail me. Go to page 1 \| 2 \| 3 \| 4 \|