#Tuesdaytalk with Patricia McCowan. Her book, Upstaged, is on shelves now. Tell us about your book. Ellie has been used to lead roles in her small-town school’s musicals, but that changes when her dad’s job takes them to a big city. When Ellie gets into the Youth Works Theater Company, …
Jeff Ross is the author of two new works of fiction: At Ease, part of the Orca Limelights series, and Set You Free, a standalone YA novel. Jeff, how do you get into the mind of your target audience? Readers in this age group are passionate about what they like …
Kari Jones is the author of Shimmy, a new addition to the Orca Limelights series for kids who are passionate about the performing arts. Kari, are there any perks or challenges of writing for your target audience? There’s a particular joy in writing for young readers because young readers may …
#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 …
#TuesdayTalk with Monique Polak. Monique’s new novel, Learning the Ropes, launches this May and is part of the Orca Limelights series for kids who love the performing arts. Monique, you’ve published over a dozen books with Orca. Where do you get your story ideas from? I get my story ideas …
A guest post from Orca author Patricia McCowan, whose first novel, Honeycomb, part of the Limelights series, will be released this September 2014. A Space Apart There’s a certain magic to the spaces where performing artists work. Not just on stage, where bright lights, an audience and performers’ adrenalin combine …
