Read a brief biography of Stefan Petrucha from his website.
What were you like as a YA reader? Who were your favorite authors? What were your favorite titles?
Actually, I never read YA as a young adult, not anything labeled that anyway. I was 13 in 1972 and don’t remember there even being a YA section in the bookstore.
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Carole Boston Weatherford: “Baltimore-born and -raised, I composed my first poem in first grade and dictated the verse to my mother. My father, a high school printing teacher, printed some of my early poems on index cards. I earned a Master of Arts in publications design from the University of Baltimore and a Master of Fine Arts from the University of North Carolina-Greensboro.
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Enter to win a copy of Masterpiece by Elise Broach, illustrated by Kelly Murphy (Holt, 2008). From the promotional copy: “Marvin lives with his family under the kitchen sink in the Pompadays’ apartment. He is very much a beetle. James Pompaday lives with his family in New York City. He is very much an eleven-year-old boy.
This interview is in response to questions from Cynsations readers in celebration of the ten-year anniversary of www.cynthialeitichsmith.com.
Who or what has influenced your writing the most?
I read a novel almost every day. I read a stack of picture books at least once a week. Plus, I read nonfiction,
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Congratulations to all of the authors and illustrators of our 2008 children’s-YA reading list, defined broadly!
And thank you to everyone who discussed and debated and cheered and championed this year’s books!
Just for fun, I’d like to share a few of my favorites.
Quick caveats: (a) I haven’t read every 2008 book published,
In celebration of the ten-year anniversary of www.cynthialeitichsmith.com, I asked some first-time authors the following question:
As a debut author, what are the most important lessons you’ve learned about your craft, the writing life, and/or publishing, and why?
Here’s the latest reply, this one from author P.J. Hoover:
How fun to talk about craft,
Enter to win one of four ARCs of Dead Is a State of Mind by Marlene Perez (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, Jan. 2009)(author interview).
To enter the giveaway, email me (scroll and click on the envelope) with your name and snail/street mail address by 10 p.m. CST Dec.
In celebration of the ten-year anniversary of www.cynthialeitichsmith.com, I asked some established authors–folks I’d featured early on–the following question:
Over the past decade, what are the most important lessons you’ve learned about your craft, the writing/artistic life, and/or publishing, and why?
Here’s the latest reply, this one from Lindsey Lane:
About publishing
Try very,
In celebration of the ten-year anniversary of www.cynthialeitichsmith.com, I asked some first-time authors the following question:
As a debut author, what are the most important lessons you’ve learned about your craft, the writing life, and/or publishing, and why?
Here’s the latest reply, this one from author Zu Vincent:
A novel weaves its own brand of magic in connecting with readers.
In celebration of the ten-year anniversary of www.cynthialeitichsmith.com, I asked some first-time authors the following question:
As a debut author, what are the most important lessons you’ve learned about your craft, the writing life, and/or publishing, and why?
Here’s the latest reply, this one from author N. A.
