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I've always enjoyed that kind of thing - thinking about the production of narrative and why it is that when we read a novel, we don't notice... →
One of the series I like is D.M. Cornish's 'Monster Blood Tattoo,' in which he creates a whole language. Kids who are reading that are... →
I don't want to go out hunting for dismal topics to write about.
I think kids are excited by language, and they're not always given credit for that.
I was someone who really loved fantasy novels and science fiction novels.
It's a very 18th-century thing to have a book broken into several volumes.
We love fantasy novels in which the characters think that they're peasants but turn out to be princes and kings.
All of my books, which are supposedly, I mean they're called YA novels, my hope is that adults would find no reason not to read them if they read... →
Certain elements of teen life that, 10 years ago, were very important to me still, are becoming less so as I get older. I mean, I've kinda gotten... →
I eat broccoli. I think about the plot. I pace in circles for hours, counter-clockwise, listening to music. I try to think of one detail in the scene... →
Sometimes reading other writers helps. You learn some little technique that turns out to be useful, or simply are reinspired by the amazing things... →