Check Out the Sunday L.A. Times

I didn't realize how excited I would be to see my story in the Los Angeles Times newspaper this morning. But I was!
You can read my short story here.
Big thanks to my editor, Jennifer James, for the great lay-out and nice bio.
Hugs to my friend, Marjorie Flathers, who told me about the opportunity when we met at the 2005 SCBWI conference in L.A. Marjorie has sold oodles of stories to the Times.
And I love Patricia Cantor's illustration.
If you're a writer and would like to try your hand at a story for the L.A. Times, here's the info:

SPECIFICATIONS FOR KIDS’ READING ROOM STORIES

Main Stories

One 600-700-word story
Submission via e-mail is preferred
Payment is $250 per story, if and when it is published

The target audience for these stories is six-years to nine-years old. We are primarily interested in fiction, but if you submit an interesting nonfiction story with at least three references to each fact, we will take a look at it.

In order to get an idea of what kind of stories we like we advise you to study the Kids’ Reading Room page. It appears in the Sunday comics part I.

If you are out-of-state you can access the stories online at www.latimes.com/kids

Please send submissions to: jennifer.james@latimes.com

Best of luck!
Donna