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Young author from M.D. of Taber shares her story
Posted on August 10, 2022 by Taber Times
Young Author: Sisters Heidi (left) and Savannah (right) pictured with Savannah's two books. TIMES PHOTO BY CAL BRAIDPoll
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By Cal Braid
Taber Times
reporter@abnewsgroup.com
Summer Fest was in full swing on Main Street and throughout the town when Savannah Wiebe, 12, stepped to the microphone before an audience at the Coaldale Public Library. On Aug. 6, the library featured author readings as part of its summer reading program. For Wiebe, who has already authored two books, it was a brave step to publicly read from one of her novels. Her books are entitled My Horse, One Summer (2020) and Mandy’s Summer (2021), and both she and her sister, Heidi, 11, read the first chapter of Mandy’s Summer during their presentation.
Her parents, Abe and Helena Wiebe were there along with two other siblings. Heidi, a budding artist herself, illustrated Savannah’s first book and their grandma, Marja Kostamo, drew the pictures for the second. The family lives on an acreage and hobby farm in the M.D. of Taber. They lived in Coaldale for the first ten years of Savannah’s life before moving to the farm that they share with their cows, chickens, and horses.
When asked how she began writing, she answered, “Honestly, all I really did was sit in front of my mom’s computer and start typing.” She takes walks to give her mind and imagination space to work, and her mom Helena said, “If she’s gone for an hour and a half, a book’s coming up.” Savannah is currently working on her third book.
At their property, there is room to roam, and Savannah explained her creative process. “When I am out on my walks, I work on these three things above all: characters, setting, and plot,” she said. “For characters, I mostly work on the feelings and the emotions that the character is expressing. Settings can be difficult at times because some of the stories I write take place in different parts of the world. I want to make the settings seem realistic, making sure the readers can understand what these places are like.”
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