>>>
>>> THESE
>>> THESE STORIES AND SITUATIONS REMINDED ME OF MY OWN.
>> DID YOU KNOW THAT YOU WANTED
TO WRITE FOR YOUNG ADULTS 4@RIG
AWAY?
>>4@4@4@ I STRUGGLED TO REMEMBE
I PICKED UP AT THE GROCERY
STORE YESTERDAY OR WHAT I READ
FROM MY ADULT BOOK GROUP.
I COULD TELL YOU ALL OF THE
BOOKS I LOVED WHEN I WAS IN 8th
GRADE.
I COULD TELL YOU WHAT THE
ILLUSTRATIONS LOOKED LIKE.
THEY JUST BURNED A HOLE IN MY
HEART.
THE WAY YOU READ AS A 4@YOUNG
PERSON IS SO PASSIONATE.
I REALIZED I WANT TO WRITE
THOSE KIND OF STORIES FOR THE
READER.
SPENT EVERY ONE 4@OF THE WRITER
WHO LOVES 4@TO WRITE AND CANNOT
WAIT TO SIT DOWN AT THE
KEYBOARD AND GET TO IT?>> NOT
NECESSARILY.
WHEN PEOPLE SAY WHAT IS 4@YOUR
FAVORITE PART OF WRITING AND I
SAID BEING DONE.
SOME DAYS IT'S GREAT AND THE
WRITING GOES WELL AND YOU 4@JUS
LEAVE AND YOU ARE EXHILARATED.
SOME DAYS IF 4@4@I COULD4@4@4@4
SENTENCE IT IS A GOOD DAY.
A BLANK PAGE IS ALWAYS
TERRIFYING.
IT CAN BE REALLY HARD.
>> WHEN YOU ARE WRITING THAT
YOU WRITE ABOUT TEENAGERS.
I WOULD THINK IT'S PRETTY RICH
MATERIAL FOR ANY NOVEL IS
BECAUSE THERE IS ALWAYS TRAUMA
IN TEENAGERS LIVES.
THERE IS TENSION AND CONFLICT.
THEY FEEL ALIENATED.
THEY DO NOT FEEL LIKE THEY
BELONG TO THEY GET ALONG 4@GREA
THEY DO NOT FEEL LIKE THEY BELONG TO THEY GET ALONG 4@GREA@ WITH THEIR FRIENDS AND NOT WITH
THEIR FRIEND4@S.
THERE
THERE IS
THERE IS NOT A LOT HAPPENING. >> OH YEAH. I THINK THEY LEAD WITH THEIR
HEARTS AND CHECK THEIR BRAINS
AT THE DOOR.
THEY REACT QUICKLY.
THEY MAKE CHOICES.
YOU ARE LIKE DO NOT DO THAT.
WHAT A BAD DECISION.
AGAIN, THEY LEAD4@ WITH THEIR
HEARTS.
THEY ARE SO PASSIONATE.
THE SMALLEST THING CAN 4@BE
FILLED WITH DRAMA.
IT'S REALLY 4@FUN TO4@4@4@4@ WR
THAT PERSPECTIVE.
>> WHEN YOU WORK AS A RADIO
REPORTER YOU'RE LISTENING TO
TAPE AND YOU GET THE SENSE OF
HOW PEOPLE TALK. 4@
THERE IS A LOT OF DIALOGUE IN
THIS BOOK.
MUCH OF THE STORY IS TOLD
THROUGH 4@DIALOGUE.
DO YOU LIKE TO 4@WRITE THAT WAY
>> I LOVE HER TO.
IT'S MY FAVORITE.
I AM NOT AS GOOD AS THE
NARRATIVE PARTS.
LIKE TO WRITE DESCRIPTION.
I HAVE TO MAKE MYSELF DESCRIBE
THINGS.
I COULD SIT AND WRITE DIALOGUE
ALL DAY LONG.
I ALSO LOVE THE WAY TEENAGERS
TALK TO EACH OTHER.
AT THIS POINT MY KIDS ARE
GROWN, BUT WHEN I HAD TEENAGERS
IN THE HOUSE THERE WAS NOTHING
BETTER THAN CARPOOLING.
FEEL YOUR VAN OVER TEENAGERS
AND THEY DID NOT KNOW.
THEY WERE DOING 4@WORK AS YOU A
LISTENING TO THEIR BANTER BACK
AND FORTH.
IT WAS GREAT.
>> WHEN YOU WRITE FOR YOUNGER
READERS THEY ARE NOT AFRAID TO
REACH OUT AND COMMUNICATE WITH @
YOU, RIGHT?
YOU HAVE HAD THESE ONGOING
DIALOGUES.
WHAT KIND OF THINGS DO THEY
TELL YOU?
>> A LOT 4@OF THEM4@4@4@ READ A
YOUR CHARACTERS ARE REAL
PEOPLE.
THE RESPONDENT VERY PERSONAL4@L
ONE OF THINGS THAT HAS BEEN
HIRED AS A WRITER IS THAT
SOMETIMES THEY WILL DISLIKE
YOUR BOOK BECAUSE THEY DO NOT
LIKE THE CHARACTERS.
IT'S NOT BECAUSE THEY THINK IT
IS POORLY WRITTEN, BUT THEY
WILL SAY I COULD NOT LIKE HER
PEERS SHE WAS SO MEAN.
I'M GIVING THIS 4@2 STARS.
THEY ARE DOING WHAT YOU
ABSOLUTELY WANT THEM TO DO,
WHICH IS THEY ARE DIVING INTO 4@
THE STORY.
REACTING TO IT EMOTIONALLY AND
REALLY RESPONDING TO IT
AUTHENTICALLY.
YOU ARE LIKE I REALLY CANNOT
HELP IF YOU DID 4@NOT LIKE MY
IMAGINARY FRIENDS.
>> WHAT DO YOU HOPE THE READERS
WILL TAKE AWAY FROM THIS BOOK?
>> I THINK MY BIGGEST 4@TAKE AW
HAS TO DO WITH A SAYING, AND I
WILL SAY IT 4@IN ENGLISH EVEN
THOUGH 4@IT IS HERE IN SPANISH @
PUREBLOOD MAKES YOU CAN, BUT
WILL TO MAKE THE FAMILY.
I THINK WHAT MY CHARACTER
LEARNS IN THIS BOOK IS THAT
FAMILY IS WHO WE CHOOSE TO
LOVE, AND IT IS SOMETHING WE
BUILD.
IT IS NOT 4@AN ACCIDENT OF FATE
OR 4@DNA.
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MORE GET 4@HER BOOK IN THE
BOOKSTORE.
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