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What first inspired you to write across forms in children’s-YA literature?
Writing across forms seems to be something that comes naturally to me.
I started off as a poet, but when I had children of my own that led me into storytelling and then telling them stories.
Jennifer R. Hubbard is the first-time author of The Secret Year (Viking, 2010)(author blog). From the promotional copy:
Take “Romeo and Juliet.” Add The Outsiders. Mix thoroughly.
Colt and Julia were secretly together for an entire year, and no one–not even Julia’s boyfriend–
Continue Reading New Voice: Jennifer R. Hubbard on The Secret Year »
More than thirty years ago, I wrote my first original novel.
In longhand. In pencil. In three hard-cover notebooks.
Approximately 200,000 words of it.
I was fourteen years old.
It was not the first novel I had written, but it was the first one which wasn’t a “practice”
Last week someone sent me a link to an article about The Breakup 2.0: Disconnecting over New Media (Cornell University Press, 2010), a new book by communications professor Ilana Gershon.
Among her findings, Professor Gershon reports that after a breakup, a certain amount Facebook stalking is considered normal among the generation that’s come of age with social media.
Continue Reading Guest Post: Rosemary Graham on Online Breakups and Stalker Girl »
A Long Walk to Water: Based on a True Story (Clarion, Nov. 2010) ARC Giveaway from What I’m Reading – Teachers, Librarians, Book Bloggers! The Reading (Mostly) Journal of Linda Sue Park. From the promotional copy:
A Long Walk to Water begins as two stories, told in alternating sections, about a girl in Sudan in 2008 and a boy in Sudan in 1985.
Richard Michelson is a poet and children’s book author.
His poetry has appeared in many anthologies, including The Norton Introduction to Poetry (W.W. Norton). Clemson University named Michelson the R. J. Calhoun Distinguished Reader in American Literature for 2008, and new work has recently appeared in The Harvard Review.
Continue Reading Author Interview: Richard Michelson on Busing Brewster »
Amy Brecount White is the first-time author of Forget-Her-Nots (Greenwillow, 2010). From the promotional copy:
Something—some power—is blooming inside Laurel. She can use flowers to do things. Like bringing back lost memories. Or helping her friends ace tests. Or making people fall in love.
Laurel suspects her newfound ability has something to do with an ancient family secret,
Continue Reading New Voice: Amy Brecount White on Forget-Her-Nots »
Surf over to Mundie Moms to read the latest interview with me, and enter to win bookplate-signed copies of Tantalize (Candlewick, 2007, 2008) and Eternal (Candlewick, 2009, 2010)!
With Blessed (Candlewick, 2011) coming soon; now is a great time to get caught up on the series, if you haven’t already.
Continue Reading Interview with Cynthia Leitich Smith; Tantalize and Eternal Giveaways »
A native of Detroit, Michigan; Nicole Tadgell moved frequently growing up. She studied studio art at Wheaton College in Norton, Massachusetts; and today has more than fifteen books and numerous educational pieces published. You can keep up with her and her projects on her blog, Studio NT.
Continue Reading Illustrator Interview: Nicole Tagdell on Creating Characters and Sense of Place »
Because my debut YA, Queen of Secrets (FSG, 2010), is loosely based on the biblical story The Book of Esther, all the main players were predetermined: Essie Green is Esther; Austin King is the king; Micah is Esther’s relative Mordecai; and Harrison is the villain Haman. That seems like a pretty manageable cast.
