Craft, Career & Cheer: Debby Dahl Edwardson

Learn more about Debby Dahl Edwardson.

What do you love most about your creative life? Why?

What I love most about writing is that wonderful alchemy that turns words on a page into complete worlds, places that become so real we can smell the trees and hear the voices.

I especially like it when a character jumps right off the page and says or does something that takes me,

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Craft, Career & Cheer: Marjetta Geerling

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Could you tell us about your writing community–your critique group or critique partner or other sources of creative support?

I am truly blessed to have landed in South Florida where there is an extremely active and supportive children’s writing community.

It’s an especially rich community for young adult writers because we are lucky enough to have YA author and professional mentor,

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Craft, Career & Cheer: Cecil Castellucci

Learn about Cecil Castellucci.

Could you describe the best experience you’ve had working with an editor?

I have been really blessed by working with some incredible editors, Shelly Bond, Deborah Wayshak, and David Levithan among them.

But I have a special place in my heart for Kara LaReau with whom I did my first three novels with (Boy Proof (2005),

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