Shiloh Blog

chapter 2

what month is it in chapter 2?

Same as chapter one

Shiloh

Hi I am a huge fan of the book Shiloh. I am a Fourth grader at Kent prairie Elementery school in Arlington Washington. I have a question what does judd Travers do with the other dogs that he has? I only read book one so far.

Judd makes his living by hunting, both for food and for selling skins.  His other dogs are hunting dogs also, but Shiloh is the newest one.

hi

i love your story

I’m glad you enjoyed it.

When did you make the book

When did you make the book Shiloh. The reason I’m asking is because Me and my class are reading your book and I don’t want to stop reading the book.

If I tell you that I wrote the book before you were born, will you stop reading it? Please keep on reading!  I found the little dog in Shiloh, West Virginia around 1988, and immediately began writing a story about her because I couldn’t get her out of my mind  (In the Shiloh books, I made her a male dog).

 

I don’t know I just wanna meet the creator

Hi! I really like your book Shiloh its one of my favorite books. I have the Shiloh movie when I watched it I loved it. A question I have is what is one of your ideas that you had when you were making the book and your description of Shiloh what were one of the things you were going to do?

Usually when I start writing a new book, I have thought about it a long time.  I know how it will start, how it will end, what the climax will be, and some of the bigger things that will happen along the way.  But when I started Shiloh, I was so sad about the skinny hungry dog I’d seen in West Virginia, that I could only think she was abused and frightened and longing for company.  So I simply set out to see how an eleven year old boy could get such a dog away from its abusive owner.  And as I wrote, all the different scenes, all the action, began to come to me and work itself into the story.  I thought the movie was well done.  They changed a few things–added a character and made the ending more dramatic, but I felt that the movie stayed true to the spirit of the book.

Thanks for making SHiloh book!

What I liked most about Shiloh was that Marty finally got Shiloh. My first question is how long did it take to make Shiloh and was it exciting making the Shiloh book? I’m very inspired by your books. Shiloh is such an amazing book thanks for making it.

I wrote the first draft of Shiloh in about six weeks because I was so worried about the little dog I’d met in Shiloh, West Virginia.  But it took writing several more drafts of the story, making each one better, before I was really satisfied with the story.  Best of all, was finding out that our friends in West Virginia had taken the dog in and adopted her.

Thank you for Shiloh

I just wanted to say to you thank you for writting about Shiloh my teacher just finished reading the awesome book Shiloh and when my teacher was first going to introduce and read the book to us the first thing i felt was a heart warming feeling because I saw a cute little dog named Shiloh and I loved that feeling because I really am a HUGE dog fan I like dogs but I think i like PUPPY’S better and I really just wanted to express my feelings toward you because Mrs.Naylor you are an amazing person and I just wanted to remind you of that and I just wanted to say your an AWESOME AND OUTSTANDING person and thank you for that!!!

 

I’m glad you liked the book so much.  I like puppies too.

How long did it take?

I really liked Shiloh the book and movie. my question is how long did it take you to make Shiloh? thank you for making a such wonderful book!

Because I met a real dog like Shiloh when I was visiting Shiloh, West Virginia, the idea of the story came to me very fast, and I started writing it immediately.  I didn’t quite know how it would end–I just gave myself the problem of figuring out how a boy with a big heart could get this dog away from its abusive owner.  I think I finished the first draft in about six weeks.

Shiloh

How did the bakers dog get in i just don’t understand

The little shed that Marty had fixed up wasn’t all that secure, and the Bakers’ dog could force the boards apart by pushing through them.

Shiloh Letter

My favorite part of the book was when Marty got Shiloh for working so hard for Judd. Why did you start writing a series of books? What inspired you? One lesson I learned was that you should never give up! Work hard!

If you do a little research on my website, I think you will learn that I met such a dog when I was once visiting friends in Shiloh, West Virginia.  I couldn’t get the dog out of my mind, so I began writing a book about her (the one I found was female).