I figured the right way was to write things in sequential order and the wrong way was the way I do it. So, what is your writing process like? How do you actually write something as long as a novel?Īs a writer, I struggled in the beginning because I thought that writing was done the right way or the wrong way.
When I received a contract from Nancy Paulsen Books/Penguin the spectacular people of this Barnes & Noble threw me the best. I didn’t have to order my coffee at the counter, as the baristas would begin making it is soon as came around the corner. Most mornings the book sellers found me waiting outside when they unlocked the doors. At a small table right next to the window. In the months that followed, I wrote a good deal of One for the Murphys-Carley’s story and my first published novel-in that Barnes & Noble Café.
Then again, I’ve always been a big dreamer.Īnd then a girl named Carley Connors literally spoke to me. I don’t know that I really believed I had the talent to land an actual contract. At the time, I joked that this meant I’d been published. It was a poem about a girl named Paige Turner who goes on a literary shopping spree. The assistant manager, a fellow member of the group, suggested that I write something for their newsletter so I did. With that Barnes & Noble group, I wrote a novel that I know will never be published but I learned a ton while writing and revising it. It turns out that writing filled a void I didn’t know was there. I showed up for that first meeting and began scheduling my other plans around their calendar. I remember thinking that a night out and a cappuccino would be nice.Īnd so it began. I had written much for the kids but had not written anything for myself until I saw a sign at our local Barnes & Noble advertising a writers’ group. But as a third-grade teacher, I began writing stories for my students as part of teaching revision and grew to love it. Having struggled in school with reading when I was young, I had never dreamed of writing my own book. But for me, it was because I wanted a cappuccino. For others it’s their attempt to change the world. Some have had a lifelong dream of sharing their stories. People come to writing a book for many different reasons. Tell us a bit about yourself and how you became an author.
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