I had the pleasure of interviewing my very cute husband, author Greg Leitich Smith, for Smartwriters.com (click link and scroll to read).

Greg talks about writing companion books, alternating point of view, his diverse casts, writing comedy, and his upcoming projects. He is the author of Ninjas, Piranhas, and Galileo (Little Brown, 2003; paperback, 2005) and Tofu and T. rex (Little Brown, 2005).

The July issue of Smartwriters also includes Writers Retreats and Conferences by Margot Finke; Eureka! A New Crypto-Program for Educators by Edith Hope Fine; and two new Write It Now! competitions.

Cynsational Links

Interview with Melissa Lion, author of Upstream (Wendy Lamb, 2005), by Carolyn Juris from teenreads.com. Read an excerpt.

Interview with Lauren Mechling and Laura Moser, co-authors of The Rise and Fall of a 10th-Grade Social Climber (Graphia/Houghton Mifflin, 2005), by Renee Kirchner from teenreads.com. Read an excerpt.

Writing Fiction for Young People by Kerry Madden, author of Gentle’s Holler (Viking, 2005) from the Tennessee Alumnus Magazine.

I’m blogging lately on spookcyn about my final novel revision, “Teen Titans,” the Bram Stoker Awards, and Independence Day.