Author, I Never is a new segment in which I interview fellow authors about the writing process, breaking into the industry, and breaking rules. I try to mix it up a little and ask some hopefully novel questions along with some of the old standards, and finish it up with a round of I Never (kid friendly version) to find out what cardinal writing rules we've broken.
Question the first: Amelia, when did you first know you wanted to be a writer?
I always enjoyed writing fiction while I was growing up but I never really thought about writing a novel until about ten years ago, when the first seeds of the idea for THE WINDOW came into my head. But it took another five years or so for me to actually start writing it.
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This will be my first year at NYCC, and I'll be wandering around all weekend- except for Saturday from 1-2pm, when I'll be at the Penguin Young Readers booth, 2104-G, signing People Like Us ARCs.
Come see me!
Read MoreAuthor, I Never with Kaitlyn Sage Patterson. Author, I Never is a new segment in which I interview fellow authors about the writing process, breaking into the industry, and breaking rules. I try to mix it up a little and ask some hopefully novel questions along with some of the old standards, and finish it up with a round of I Never (kid friendly version) to find out what cardinal writing rules you've broken.
Question the first: Kaitlyn, when did you first know you wanted to be a writer?
Ooooh, glory. Way to start with a hardball, Dana! I think I’ve known since I was a little girl that I wanted to write books, but it seemed wildly impractical, and I, by nature, am a very practical beast. I got my MFA thinking that I would teach, but, turns out, I really don’t like teaching composition. I started to pursue the life of a novelist in earnest in 2013.
Read MoreAuthor, I Never: An Interview with Emily X.R. Pan
Author, I Never is a new segment in which I interview fellow authors about the writing process, breaking into the industry, and breaking rules. I try to mix it up a little and ask some hopefully novel questions along with some of the old standards, and finish it up with a round of I Never (kid friendly version) to find out what cardinal writing rules we've broken.
Question the first: Emily, when did you first know you wanted to be a writer?
I was one of those seven-year-olds who told anyone who would listen that I was writing a novel. And I was? I mean, I was trying. It was basically a cross between Harriet the Spy and The Baby-Sitters Club and I typed it with one index finger in a neon purple curlicue font.
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