Interviews

From Helen Ellis Tells the Writing Business Like It Is
Can you support yourself as a novelist? Is this something one can expect right away?
No.  And, absolutely not.  While Stephen King and Nora Roberts do a pretty good job of it, most writers do not.  When I started writing, I thought I could support myself on writing alone. I could not.  Still can’t. But, I think you have to believe that you can.  You have to have and keep hold of that youthful ignorance and bravado to write books at all. – for more Q&A visit Wattpad

From Graffiti Wall
Any advice for writers out there that you’d like to share from your experience?
Failure is liberating. – for more Q&A visit Writers’ Ally

From Fun Five
What is your favorite fashion accessory?
A pearl bracelet is always a perfect accessory – even when handling a hunting knife. – for more Q&A visit Chick Loves Lit

From These Furiously Typed Ramblings
Tell us a random fact about you that we never would have guessed.
I have a glass jar of tiny plastic babies and cotton balls in my medicine cabinet. – for more Q&A visit The Life (and Lies) of an Inanimate Flying Object

From Behind the shape-shifting novel, The Turning
What was the inspiration behind writing the shape-shifting novel, The Turning?
I had a dream that I looked into my medicine cabinet mirror and my face was not my own. It was inhuman. And very, very fuzzy. – for more Q&A visit National Children’s Books Examiner

From Martin Wilson Writes
What is it about cats that attracts and intrigues you?
Cats are comfortably selfish.  They want something – affection, food, a fight – they go for it. – for more Q&A visit Martin Wilson Writes

From The Book Scout
In what ways do you relate to Mary, your main character?
Mary is a high school student, which is an age in my life I remember quite well. A secret nobody will tell you, but I will: for the rest of your natural born days you are in high school. – for more Q&A visit The Book Scout

From The Longstockings
If you and your main character hung out for the day, what would you do?
Honestly, if Mary and I hung out, I would do with her what I do with my good friend’s teenage daughter: get her into a rated R movie (most recently, The Runaways), have lunch, and just talk. And most importantly, listen. – for more Q&A visit The Longstockings

From Mundie Moms
Who are some of your favorite authors?
Today, I’ll give you two: Ann Napolitano, author of Within Arms Reach and A Good Hard Look (2011), and Hannah Tinti, author of Animal Crackers and The Good Thief. I met them in graduate school and they have been my writing workshop for nearly fifteen years. Their writing makes me write better. Their friendship makes me a better writer. – for more Q&A visit Mundie Moms