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INTRODUCING CHARMING HOLLY CHRYSTAL is the first book written by PERSONAL WORDSMITH. It is illustrated by SARAH RUFF.
 
Charming Holly Chrystal is  A CHARASMATIC NEW CHARACTER WITH OLD FASHIONED VALUES. It is THE STORY OF A DARLING GIRL WHO LOVES LANGUAGE, WRITTEN IN WHIMSICAL VERSE. A FICTIONAL CHARACTER BASED ON VERY REAL MOMENTS, CHARMING HOLLY CHRYSTAL IS LIKE A BRAND NEW FRIEND WHO IS INSTANTLY FAMILIAR. INSPIRE YOUR CHILD’S IMAGINATION AS HOLLY ATTEMPTS TO UNDERSTAND IDIOMS THAT SEEM TO MAKE NO SENSE. 
 
PERSONAL WORDSMITH STARTED AS A DREAM IN A LITTLE GIRL’S HEART THAT WAS FINALLY A REALITY IN 2016: GETTING PAID TO USE WORDS. THIS BOOK IS, HOPEFULLY, THE FIRST OF MANY BASED ON PW’s CHILDHOOD IN A SMALL TOWN. 
 
THIS BOOK IS DEDICATED TO MY LATE FATHER, LEWIS F. GREER AND MY MOTHER, ODETTA PATTERSON. THERE ARE NO WORDS TO EXPRESS MY GRATITUDE FOR BEING RAISED IN THE FEAR AND ADMONITION OF THE LORD, IN A TWO PARENT HOUSEHOLD WHERE EDUCATION, HARD WORK, HIGH STANDARDS, AND A GOOD TIME WERE MODELED AND GREATLY VALUED. 
 
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS:
FIRST, I MUST ACKNOWLEDGE THAT GOD HAS PROVIDED ALL THAT I HAVE, INCLUDING MY ABILITY TO CREATIVELY VOMIT VERBIAGE. MY PARENTS ENCOURAGED MY CREATIVITY AND MY SIBLINGS PROVIDE MY MATERIAL. MY HUSBAND, DARRELL, HAS LISTENED TO ME DREAM, ENCOURAGED ME TO WRITE, AND HELPED ME FIND WHICH VOICE IS ACTUALLY MINE. MY CHILDREN, KYLER AND BRAYDEN, AND SON-IN-LOVE, ZACHARY, WERE THE FIRST TO FIND THIS CHARACTER RIDICULOUS, BUT IN THAT DELIGHTFUL, CHILDLIKE WAY! OF COURSE, MY WORK-DAUGHTER, FRIEND, AND ILLUSTRATOR, SARAH, LITERALLY LOOKED INTO MY MIND TO BRING THIS CHARACTER TO LIFE. YOU MADE IT HAPPEN! THANK YOU ALL!