November 18
2009
And here is Day #3!!!
Wednesday, November 18th
Sy Montgomery Pt 1 at Chasing Ray: "You have to listen for truth when writing and sometimes that truth is cloaked in myth or story."
Jacqui Robbins at Bildungsroman: "Hmm. It just occurred to me that all three of my current projects deal with the war between girls and boys. Don't tell my husband."
Sarwat Chadda at Finding Wonderland: "I hate the 'kill and quip' style of comedy violence where brutal things happen and the hero walks away with a smart one-liner. Death has consequences. I needed to establish that on the first page, on the first line."
Cynthia Leitich Smith at Hip Writer Mama: "Grandma says, “My, aren’t you the savage little Indian!” (I overheard this in a bookstore, said to a young child who was misbehaving.)."
Beth Kephart at Shelf Elf: "My books are not off-the-chart sellers; I am in jeopardy, with each new book I write, of finally being told, You know, you are just not hitting the numbers; you are no longer an author we can support. (Indeed, I have been told that; miraculously I have been saved again and again by an editor willing to take a risk.) My writing life is full of uncertainty, therefore, but I know of no other way to work the page."
And BONUS - an interview with Annie Barrows at Great Kid Books: "My favorite book of all time was Little Women. But I read it way too soon. At seven, I was very confused about Beth dying. The book said she "went out with the tide" and I thought, Gee, that's a funny time to go on vacation."
Post title from that literary firecracker, Cynthia Leitich Smith!
