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My mom banned your book Click Here in our house because she read it and she thinks it is offensive to women. She’s thinking of asking our school library to ban it too. What can I say to her to try and change her mind?
Hmm. This is the story of a girl who recognizes her mistakes, owns up to them, makes amends/asks for forgiveness and decides friends and her own sense of self are more important than “getting the guy” so I’m curious how this is offensive to women. Perhaps if you can find out more about what she objects to, you can find some points of discussion. I have heard from dozens and dozens of readers (99% girls) who have been inspired to stand up for themselves after reading CLICK HERE so hopefully you’ll be able to talk about it with your mom about it. Have you read it? If so, what are your thoughts?
I’ve read it, and think it’s fine. It even helped me stand up to a mean girl (like, Serena times ten) at school! I’ll tell her what you said, and ask her what she objects to. Thanks!
I’m glad you found it helpful too! As for your mom, everyone comes to a book with their own experiences and sensibilities both as a reader and a writer so perhaps there are things in there I haven’t even realized – that’s happened before! Hope you have a wonderful summer.
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Your books are amazing! I have read CLICK HERE and ACCESS DENIED twice and I LOVED them!! I am itching for more and you should totally write another book about Erin in high school!!
Thanks so much! I’m so glad you loved the books. I had a lot of fun writing them. I’ve had a lot of people asked about taking Erin into high school and I’ll definitely think about it. Right now I’m working on some other books and am also starting to plan some stories that are related to CLICK HERE and ACCESS DENIED – a few that may even be from another point of view–like Jilly, Rosie or Mark!
I loved both books please make another one when shes in high scoool btw make sure Erin and Mark don’t breake up and then Blake and Jess get jelous and try to get Erin back and also write stories like yours too iwish i could meet you
Hey! I absolutely LOVE both of these books. I read Click Here when I was in seventh grade and Erin was sooooooo much like me! And I finally got Access Denied this year and IT IS AMAZING!!! I wish you would write a sequel!!!!!
So happy you liked them! Hooray! I’ve had a lot of people ask about writing about Erin in high school and I still may do that. But in the meantime, I’m hoping to write some stories – some from the point of view of other characters – to see how that goes. I’ll keep everyone posted on those!
You know what would be completely AWESOME?? If you did kind of like what you did with Erin’s website, but like after her eighth grade year. Or the summer between or whatever. I really LOVE the website though…ALMOST as good as the books
I absolutely fell in love with your books!You have to write a third on I would wait and count the days till it comes out and I would read it over and over again.And make sure Erin and Mark stay together! Can’t wait
You rock! I’m working on other books right now but I LOVE that you want more! I know I will at least offer some short stories with these characters so keep an eye out. Happy weekend!
Hi Denise! I have always loved ur books and have read both multiple times. Erin and I are so much alike. I read Click here in the 5th grade first and couldn’t really relate but now that I’m older (7th grade squee!) Ican really relate to what Erin and Jilly are going through. My best friend is mad at me and I’m hoping things perk up!
Hi Denise. I’m a HUGE fan. I’ve read Click Here about 10 times no joke. And in fact i’m re-reading it now. I’m in 7th grade and i think you really told the truth about what it’s like with real concerns and emotions. Most writers just kinda assume we have the same feelings as either highschoolers or elementary kids but we’re a whole different kind of mindset. I’m an aspiring writer and i think you are just amazing and i want to be able to write as good as you some day. And the website thing was GENUIS!!!!! It was so creative. And i can relate to Erin because she has similar struggles to me. Okay so maybe my inner most thoughts havn’t been boradcasted to my whole school but i can relate to a lot of it. I hope you keep writing and continue with the Erin P Swift series. Thank you for making such fantastic books
Thanks so much! I love that you’ve read and re-read CLICK HERE – that’s so cool. How about ACCESS DENIED? And I’m excited to hear you are a writer too. Keep it up! Glad you liked the website angle – it was so fun to write all that.
As for keeping up with the series, right now I’m working on a few other books, but my plan is to write some longer short stories about Erin and the gang – maybe even a few from other characters’ points of view. I will probably do those as e-books, with some free and some paid. I hope to have a few done by the end of the year and will definitely let people know. If you want to be one of the first and you have a cell phone, you can sign up for text announcements.
Hello again. I will definatly sighn up for text announcements. I’m trying to find ACCESS DENIED but i’m having a bit of a hard time. But the serch will go on! I really hope to see Rosie’s point of view, and Jilly’s.
If you don’t want to buy it or get someone to buy it for you as a gift, see if it’s at your local library. If not, request that they buy it and ask your friends to do the same. The more people that request a particular title, the more likely a library is to get it! Don’t give up on finding it – I think you’ll really like the sequel.
Excellent! I’m planning to write stories from most of the other characters’ perspectives so hopefully you’ll be around for those!
Hi I read click here in 7th grade I had stumbled upon it in my LA room when I had nothing to read and absolutely loved it!!!! Now being in 10th grade I found I had nothing to read so I bought it on my kindle fire and I got hooked again and when I looked up the title in the store I saw u made another and I was so happy and started reading it!! My parents had to tear me away from my kindle to just communicate with people!!!!! I really think u should make another I would be very disappointed if u didn’t u took us throuvht her middle school years got us hooked u cant just leave us!!! Maybe in high school a boy could take advantage of her or.something!!!! Please write another!!!!!!!!
That’s so cool that you got hooked all over again! I promise I will seriously consider writing more books that take Erin into high school. Right now I’m in the middle of a completely different novel, and am planning out several other books. But I’ll definitely start thinking about it! In the meantime, I do have two books set in high school about different characters: FACT OF LIFE #31 and ROCK ON. I think you’d really like both of those. Enjoy that Kindle!
I absolutely luved Click Here and can’t wait to read Access Denied! I have a question though: How did you visualize Erin? Did she have brown hair? Was it straight or curly? Please tell!
I picture Erin with brown hair, a little wavy. What about you?
I kinda visualized her like that, but with straight brown hair. Thanks for replying, BTW!
That’s great. Have a great weekend!
I LOVED BOTH BOOKS PLEASE MAKE ANOTHER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
So glad! My new plan is to write some stories or novellas from some of the other characters’ points of view. But I need to finish the book I’m working on now before I do that! In the meantime, ask for ROCK ON as a gift for the upcoming holidays
– the paperback comes out next month so it’s cheaper. If you liked CLICK HERE and ACCESS DENIED, I think you’ll really like ROCK ON. And I can send you an autographed bookplate or autograph the book – check out the Autographs page under Contacts for more info. You are awesome!
Im almost done with the book it is hilarious:)
So glad you like it! Woohoo!
Hello Denise! My daughter loved your book click Here! sorry about her asking for the AR questions i told her not too! i said i was but i wasnt going to tell her what they were i just wanted to see how well i thaught she would do. So sorry about that! But she said your book was awesome, she loved she says she thinks you should write more about Erin and maybe in her 9th grade year! Well she loved it and she says you are her favorite author as of today when she finished the book!
No worries! I actually don’t know the questions. My kids took them when the book first came out but the only thing I remember them saying was that one of the questions asked about a silly detail. I think many of the AR tests are like that, to make sure you read the book. It’s possible they changed the test too. I remember them saying that there weren’t many questions and I think it’s only worth 4 or 5 points so I’m sure she’ll do great! I’m so happy she liked the book. I’ve had lots of requests about taking Erin and her crew into highs school. I’m definitely thinking about it, but right now I’ve got several other books lined up.
Ok well thanks for trying! I’ll have to tell Katie to read your other book access denied she says that sounds good too! Good Luck on your other books!
Hi! This is Katie’s mom! sorry about her asking for those questions i told her i was going to ask yu just so i know how she would do on it! Do you think you would be able to tell me the questions? (im not tell her what they are, so don’t worry about cheating:) )
Do you know what some of the AR questions are for Accelerated reader? -Click here
Ha! I know you aren’t really asking us to help you cheat on the AR test, right? If you’ve read the book you’ll do fine. You go, girl!
OK, I’m just a little worried about it because my teacher is grading it :/ im nervous sometimes the questions are really hard and sometimes easy so im worried about it.. was just wonderin if you could give me some of the questions from the test? :/
Maybe just a few? :/
sorry! im just really nervous about the test.. was just wondering if you could tell me maybe just a few of the questions?
I actually don’t know any of the questions, but I’m sure you’ll do fine!
i loved the first book, where do you think i could get the 2nd? thanks:)
I know it’s on Amazon and Barnes & Noble and might even be in a bookstore, though it’s been out for awhile so it may not. The holidays are coming, you should ask for it as a gift! I can send an autographed bookplate or autograph the book if you’d like. More info on Contact – Autographs!
STILL LOVE IT. my favorite scenes in Access Denied are the movie theater and basketball court ones!<3
Oh wow! The movie theater scene was one of my favorites to write – I worked SO hard on that to get it right. I must have revised it a dozen times!
it was perfect!!! i literaly had to set the book down to compose myself while inside screaming MARK LIKES ERIN AND IS MAKING A MOVE!!!!!
hey denise i haven’t talked to you for almost a year. I read Click Here and Access Denied again over the summer still hoping for a sequel. i’m keeping my fingers crossed.
i hope so too. though wouldn’t it be called a trilogy?
oh my gosh my and my friend tori LOVE your books click here and acsess denied!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! pleaseeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee write more we want to find out what happenes to erin in high school!!!!!!!! PLEASE WRITE MORE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! are you going to write more? please reply!!!!
Thanks so much, Rose!! So happy to hear that. Did you have a chance to check out Erin’s website? You can read some more of her blog entries there. Also, a little secret. Scroll all the way down to the bottom of this page and discover a secret
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As for writing more books about Erin, I’m thinking about doing some short stories instead, some from Erin’s point of view, some from the point of view of other characters. However, it may be awhile till I get there because I’m working on some other books right now.
I think you’d really like ROCK ON if you liked CLICK HERE and ACCESS DENIED so I hope you check it out!
I finally read Access Denies. One thing that I didn’t like was Erin’s attitude. :/ I didn’t like what she did to Mark. And, yes, I imagine Mark completely CUTE. I HATE telling you this…. :/ But, I have to, for the future books
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it was a bit predictable. But, you still write much better than me. Don’t worry, you’re still one of my fave authors, specially since you have this cool website that the readers could actually comment unlike other authors who don’t have much time for that. And, I feel completely horrible for telling you that. (the predictable part) . :/ hope nobody gets insulted.
REMEMBER: This is only my opinion. Opinions are different. And, yes opinions have to do with our feelings about something. And, sometimes we can’t change our feelings, unless you see a reason why you should love/like/hate something… or someone
Okay, so here is a GREAT example of wanting to share something that isn’t totally positive, but doing it in a very fair and nice way. Good job!
I agree about Erin, but that’s where she was at that time. We’ve all done stupid things or treated people poorly and Erin isn’t any different
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As for predictable, I’m sorry to hear that, but glad you shared. It’s funny, because I’ve had a lot of people tell me they had the opposite reaction, but it’s always good to stay on my toes about stuff like that – want to keep readers guessing if I can!
Denise I LOVE your book Click here! Im elven and in sixith grade! I want to start my own website but how do i start? Please let me know! ~Kayla
Thanks so much! Glad you liked CLICK HERE and I hope you check out ACCESS DENIED too!
Starting your own website can be pretty easy. First, make sure you chat about it with your parentals so you can be safe and smart online. Then check out something like WordPress.com. You can have a site up really quickly and a blog too. Both Erin’s website and Orion’s website and blog from ROCK ON use WordPress.com. It’s free! Have fun and be sure to share the link with us when you get it set up.
Hi Denise! I’m fourteen years old and you’re actually my favorite author. Your book, Click Here, actually inspired me to start my own blog/website! Now, I’ve been blogging for 100 years! Oh, I meant, four to five years already. Haha.
Anyhow, I’m trying to find your other books especially Access Denied since I’m in the 8th grade (Well, here in the Philippines I’m a sophomore already but we sometimes mention it as “8th grade” here.)
Keep on writing and keep on inspiring kids and teenagers like me! Good luck!
Thanks so much! It’s always fun to be someone’s fave author
. I love that CLICK HERE inspired you to start your own blog – promise me you are being safe, though since you’ve been doing it for awhile, you probably are.
I hope you can find my other books in the Philippines – it would be fun to hear what you thought of some of them.
Thanks for the good luck wishes. I need it since I’m just getting back into a novel I had to set aside for several months because I was STUCK!
Your welcome! Oh and, yes, I am perfectly safe. I’ve actually created tons of blogs already though I deleted some afterwards.
I really hope I could find your awesome books. I’m going to hunt your books till I find them! I will rejoice and read them in peace!
Well, good luck again! I hope you could finish your novel! Does it have a title already?
Good job on the safety!
Regarding my books, you can always ask for them as gifts (that’s one ploy I use when I want a book or something else – hee hee)!
I haven’t settled on a title for the book I’m working on, but when I do, I’ll put it out there.
Thanks!
Is your book for kids or for teenagers? Or maybe somewhere in between? Hehe!
In between, I think! These two books are about Erin Swift in 7th and 8th grade and most of the readers are 5th – 8th or 9th grade, though I do have some high school readers who love it because they’ve already been through all that
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