#TuesdayTalk with Lisa Bowes, author of Lucy Tries Luge, the first book in the Lucy Tries Sports series. Lisa, what are some of the benefits of writing for young children? It enables me to engage with young readers at book signings and school visits! They are so much fun and …
In this special Thriller Thursday feature, Rapid Reads authors Michelle Wan, Vicki Delany, Ron Tierney and Gail Anderson-Dargatz talk about their new fast-paced mysteries, some of the important themes in their novels, and the oh-so-glamorous life of a writer. Michelle Wan: What are your techniques for getting into the mind …
#TuesdayTalk with Merrie-Ellen Wilcox, author of the newest addition to the Orca Footprints series, What’s the Buzz? Keeping Bees in Flight. What are the challenges of writing for middle schoolers? Fortunately, although my own kids are now well past this age group (middle years), I still know several people in …
#TuesdayTalk with Retribution series authors Natasha Deen, Judith Graves and Sigmund Brouwer. Burned, Exposed and Unleashed are part of a new YA high-interest trilogy that can be read in any order. What are the challenges of writing for the high school or hi-lo audience? Natasha: I find writing for any …
#TuesdayTalk with Dr. Jillian Roberts. Dr. Jillian’s first title in the Just Enough series, Where Do Babies Come From? Our First Talk About Birth, launched on October 13, 2015. What prompted you to write the Just Enough series? I was worried about how the internet was providing children with easy …
#TuesdayTalk with Trudee Romanek. Trudee’s first book with Orca, Raising the Stakes, is part of the Orca Limelights series and launched on October 13, 2015. What are the challenges or perks of writing for a middle school audience? In books for young adults, we’re really trying to tackle some soul-searching questions—what’s …
