Mystic Chamber of Commerce
A local business group in Mystic, Connecticut.
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The Mystic Chamber of Commerce asked author Tish Rabe for a 100th anniversary book on a six-month deadline. She delivered Mystic by the Sea in seven months, cut to 16 pages. For builders: keep scope tight, check names for clashes early (her first four seagull names were all taken), and decide each scene's format deliberately.
- 1Chamber commissions a bookFor its 100th anniversary; six months given
- 2Rabe sees four seagullsFlying overhead while talking with the rep
- 3Seagulls tour the townThe idea came on the spot
- 4Sights get spreadsAquarium, seaport get two pages; shops one
- 5Mystic by the Sea ships16 pages, finished in seven months
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The Chamber commissioned a children's book to mark its 100th anniversary. It asked author Tish Rabe for a book and gave her six months. While talking with the Chamber's rep, she saw four seagulls fly overhead, and the idea of seagulls touring the town came on the spot.
Rabe cut the book to 16 pages and finished in seven months. It is titled Mystic by the Sea and is part of Cat in the Hat's Learning Library.
The Mystic book gave big local sights two-page spreads and small shops one page. The aquarium and seaport got spreads, while the village of shops got a single page. Rabe keeps to about four lines per page and eight per spread.
The seagull names Sandy, Sadie, Sophie and Sylvester were all already used elsewhere, so she switched to M names such as Marina and Mason.
How to Write For Kids (Tish Rabe Interview)
It asked for a book for its 100th anniversary with six months to do it, and the idea of four seagulls touring the town came on the spot. Rabe cut it to 16 pages and finished in seven months.
The Chamber commissioned a children's book to mark its 100th anniversary. It asked author Tish Rabe for a book and gave her six months. While talking with the Chamber's rep, she saw four seagulls fly overhead, and the idea of seagulls touring the town came on the spot.
Rabe cut the book to 16 pages and finished in seven months. It is titled Mystic by the Sea and is part of Cat in the Hat's Learning Library.
The Mystic book gave big local sights two-page spreads and small shops one page. The aquarium and seaport got spreads, while the village of shops got a single page. Rabe keeps to about four lines per page and eight per spread.
The seagull names Sandy, Sadie, Sophie and Sylvester were all already used elsewhere, so she switched to M names such as Marina and Mason.
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