Upstairs, Downstairs

Patti Jefferson, A Children’s Picture and Nonfiction Marketing Workbook Author Patti Jefferson is on both sides of the creative tracks. “I use variations of my real name. My children’s books are written under my whole name so that my initials of PBJ can be used and my current marketing book was written under Patti Jefferson as a slight distinction.” So who is Patti Brassard Jefferson, alias PBJ, aka Patti Jefferson? “I was born in upstate New York in the early 60s. My father was in the US Navy, so we moved a lot when I was little but most of my youth was spent in NY and Virginia. I moved to SWFL (Southwest Florida) in 2010 and loved it. It never snows!” Jefferson describes her childhood as that “weird kid who read all the time and created interesting craft projects alone in my room! The first ‘book’ I wrote was about a group of kids who built a tree fort in their neighborhood. It was on pink paper and had a few illustrations in it. I was 10. My first actual published book didn't come out until I was 51. I think if the internet had come along earlier, it wouldn’t have taken me 41 years in between.” Interviewer: What have you currently written? Jefferson: In 2013, I released How Long Will You Love Me, a book I worked on occasionally for about 10 years. A year later, I followed up with my second book, Stu’s Big Party and I have just released my first non-fiction book, 365 Bright Ideas to Market Your Indie Books which is a daily marketing journey for indie authors, especially…

new house. I was in second grade and as a little kid I always wanted candy and sugar like any other normal kid. My mom was sleeping and was the only one awake. I didn’t want to be alone so I went to go wake up my sister. “Hanna, wake up!!” I said. “Go back to bed, It’s six in the morning.” said Hanna. “We have cookies downstairs and I’m not tall enough to reach them.” She ignored me and went back to sleep. When I leave her room I go back downstairs and sit there for another two hours just…

Mr. Frost, I am writing to you on behalf of the staff to identify and hopefully solve an issue that has been plaguing the diner for months. In the past few months, the downstairs monitor’s touch screen has slowly deteriorated in quality to the point that simply typing in an order is an ordeal and writing anything out is downright impossible. When an order is attempted, one of two things happens. It either clicks somewhere randomly on the screen, or just does not work. While initially it was…

Throughout the late 19th century women questioned the domineering patriarchal society of the time and demanded augmented rights and freedom. In “The Story of an Hour” Kate Chopin, through Mrs. Mallard’s experience with her husband’s death, contemplates the existence and effects of societal biases towards women and the harmful attributes of marriage as an institution. In particular, Chopin employs the downstairs section at the beginning to characterize society's notion of Mrs. Mallard as feeble…

door when i see Lincon crying under the stairs. I run to her quickly and look her up and down to check if the creature hurt her but i couldn't see her face. “ Lincon look at me ” it looks up at me i scream, it wasn't Lincon it was the creature disguised as her. I run upstairs as fast as i can while praying Lincon was okay i get up the stairs and slam the door locking it as i hear the creature falling down from the hit i grin a little, Proud of my timing. then i yell “ Lincon where are you!? “…

not bad. me and alex entered the building and went upstairs to do our homework. Me and alex had just finished our homework when all kids from age 12-17 had to come downstairs “Ughhhh i forgot it was adoption day” i said annoyed knowing i wasn't going to be adopted “Hey who know maybe our favorite band could be down there.” alex said hopeful “Oh yeah sure” i said sarcastically as we walked downstairs, when we reached the bottom i saw Dahvie and Jayy and my eyes widened. i turned to Alex “Are you…

are very slanted, not to mention my cave is kinda tiny. But hey it works out. The afternoon sunlight filters through the shades at the end of my room. Almost always my cat “kiddy” will follow me upstairs and lay at the end of the bed. I sometimes forget she’s there and when I turn over I accidently kick her or push her off the bed, which I do feel bad about...sometimes. Whenever I’m in my bed without the TV on I always stare at all the pictures plastered on the wall. When I was younger my…

again. The kids let out a breath they didn't know they were holding. That night the kids fell asleep peacefully because they knew Bananas wouldn't do anything to them, unless she wanted another talk from her parents. The following morning the kids woke up, but they didn't smell breakfast like usual. When they arrived downstairs, they saw Bananas with two other ghost they didn't know. The ghost looked just like Bananas, but they were old. Bananas said "I would like you all to meet my parents. The…

The best moment of my life was going to Great Wolf Lodge because it’s the most fun I have ever had, also because I got to miss school and go with my best friend and her family. My experience at the water park went a little like this. When I walked into the water park it smelled like clean water, kinda like cleaners, but after awhile my nose got used to the smell. There were many rides to go on. When I went on the yellow ride it was as yellow as a dandelion. The tube was huge! As the cold water…

playing the game, my cousin went downstairs to get a glass of water. I had an eerie feeling that day. It felt weird with a sense of doom and things just weren’t like they normally would be. While playing the video games, my aunt called us downstairs while my mom went to the store. She said, in a distraught voice, "I have bad news." My cousins and I were frightened. We replied, “Well what is it?” As her head went down and she nodded it, she said, “Tay passed.” Her head went right back down. My…