first lines novels stories | Barbara Haworth-Attard

Aug 12, 2013 Posted by Barbara Haworth-Attard

First Lines

First lines are extremely important when you’re starting a story because it will either bore or intrigue your reader right away. Today a new first line popped into my head, though I have no idea where I will actually use it. Here is my new first line: “Open the window, Magadala, so my soul can leave,” great-grandmamma said from her death-bed. read more

About The Author

Barbara Haworth-Attard is a native of Elmira, Ontario, Canada presently residing in London, Ontario Canada with her family. June 1995 saw the publication of her first junior novel, Dark of the Moon. Since then she has written sixteen novels in the historical fiction, fantasy, contemporary and mystery genres for middle-grade and young adult readers. Her latest book is , “Dear Canada, To Stand On My Own, the Polio Diary of Noreen Robertson” from Scholastic Canada. Barbara’s books have been published world-wide.