by Sarah Purdy | May 30, 2019 | Book Place, Book Releases & Events
Twenty-three years ago, Pella author Karen Fitzsimmons and her son, Cory, wrote Don’t Look Back—the tale of a little boy who overcomes his fear of walking to school alone. Cory, eight years old at the time, got out his markers and created illustrations complete with...
by Sarah Purdy | May 10, 2019 | Write Place News
Hello! I’m thrilled to be writing for first time as owner of the Write Place. Owning the Write Place has been on my radar for several years, so you’d think I would have had plenty of time to decide just the right things to say to our clients and authors in this...
by Sarah Purdy | May 8, 2019 | Book Place, Book Releases & Events
Our Story: Living Under God’s Umbrella of Care by Erma and Elva Vos of Pella is the latest memoir published by the Write Place. In warm and inviting tones, the Vos sisters describe everything from their birth in August 1935 on a farm near Sully, Iowa, to their...
by Sarah Purdy | Apr 15, 2019 | Children's Books, Our Books
by Karen Fitzsimmons Cory wakes up late one morning and discovers his family has already left for the day! To make it to school on time, he must overcome his fear of walking alone. Cory is helped along the way by his mother’s advice: “If you ever get frightened, don’t...
by Sarah Purdy | Apr 4, 2019 | Memoirs, Our Books
by Erma & Elva Vos My twin sister, Elva, and I were born and raised around Sully, Iowa. Our early education was in one-room schoolhouses, though we graduated eighth grade at Sully Christian School. We never went to high school; instead, we helped our family on the...
