Renee' La Viness

At the age of thirteen, Renee started her own business as a professional ventriloquist who wrote her own skits, handled her own advertising, and booked her own engagements.

In more recent years, she has been published in magazines, newspapers, and anthologies, has won more than forty contest awards, and is currently publishing some of her short stories that found their way into anthologies.

Renee lives in Oklahoma with her Knight in Shining Armor and one ornery chicken.

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Website: http://reneelaviness.com
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• I’m Not Weird, I’m Just Quiet on March 03, 2019
  
  I absolutely loved this book! I am a Sophia, so I recognized her right away. This was very nicely done!
  
• Brown Bear, White Hare on March 05, 2019
  
  Interesting. I relate to this in some ways. I've known people who turned out to have different preferences or ideas than I had always assumed. Or, they made choices I didn't always agree with. Sometimes, it's hard to remember they are the same person you knew BEFORE you knew about the changes or hidden differences. Not a bad way to share this concept. I didn't like the way the story was done at first. But as I considered it, I decided it was pretty good, after all.
  
• Tenacious Tree on March 05, 2019
  
  Nicely done. I like the author's different perspective.
  
• I Was Monster on March 25, 2019
  
  I liked this short story. It seemed a little dry at the ending but nicely done. Thanks for the good read.
  
• The Big Bad Red Dog on March 25, 2019
  
  I can not say this book won't help someone learn to read. If used well, I suppose it could. However, it was overly busy and overly redundant (too repetitive) and much of the punctuation was incorrect. A good editor could have helped make this book much better. This is not a book I would recommend for someone who is color blind, or bothered by too much busy-ness on a page.
  
• Bumble and Tuck in Chicken N Eggs on March 25, 2019
  
  This was a pretty good story with a feel-good vibe. It was missing pictures, and the words were practically right on top of each other, so it was hard to read. (I used the online reader.) I wish the lines were double-spaced. It would have helped. I hope the author fixes these issues.
  
• Chatty Clam Spreads Gossip on March 25, 2019
  
  Good story. I loved the illustrations. I wish the fibs were not so close to what was said. Children, especially, do not always understand exactly what is being said. In their first couple of years in school, my grandkids thought that if someone didn't want to play with them today, that person didn't like them anymore. It took a long time for them to see that wasn't the case. So, in their eyes, it might have been easy for Chatty to assume that Sunny didn't like Clown Fish anymore, or that Sunny was too busy, etc., by what had been said. It wasn't obvious that what was being said was not simply her interpretation of the truth. (That's what I thought the author intended it to be.) However, I did notice the story was changing a little each time. Was Chatty wrong for sharing what she thought Clown Fish had said? Maybe so, after embellishing the story a little more each time. We all see/interpret things differently. If we are not allowed to talk to others about what we have seen or heard, we would have to stop communicating with each other. I was glad to see that Chatty apologized and promised to try to do better, though. Even if you're sharing what you believed to be the truth, it's important to apologize and try to make amends if you learn you were wrong. It's just as important to be receptive to that apology, which this story did seem to show. Good story, overall.
  
• Prom Friday on Nov. 17, 2022
  
  I enjoyed this little story. It stirred some great school memories of my own. It was easy to guess what was going to happen, but the story was entertaining enough to retain my attention until I found out for sure.