You provide so many resources for other writers and mentor many up-and-coming talents (so much so that there’s an award named in your honor). What’s the biggest piece of advice you’d offer to teen writers just starting out? Be your own best cheerleader. Listen to music that validates you. Stick encouraging notes on your mirrors, on your laptop and/or tablet…
Author: Shawn
Nerd Out at #TTBF Trivia with Mary E. Pearson!
You’ve read the books. You’ve lived the fandoms. Now test how far that knowledge will get you at our first-ever TTBF team trivia event at 2:30 p.m. in the RCC! This interactive panel hosted by the one and only Mary E. Pearson (Dance of Thieves, The Remnant Chronicles) gives attendees the opportunity to prove how much they know about past…
Mary E. Pearson – #TTBF Author Interview 2018
You say you used to wake up as a different character every day. What is the most memorable character you remember claiming to be as a child? Little Red Riding Hood. I was so stubborn in claiming this character as my identity, that once, when I was lost in a store, I refused to give the salesladies who found me,…
Heidi Heilig – #TTBF Author Interview 2018
If you had to write a musical about your traveling adventures, what would the title character’s big song be called? To me, the best song titles are lyrical hooks with double meanings or word play. Something like “I Always Want To Go, (But I Never Want To Leave).” How much did you draw on your own theater background for inspiration as…
Universe of Marissa Meyer Fan Meetup
You’ve Got One More Chance! Did you miss out on getting into the exclusive Marissa Meyer Fan Meet-up? Well, there’s still a chance to pre-order Marissa Meyer’s book ARCHENEMIES at the Festival bookstore and receive a signed book plate and special giveaway from the festival store! Books can be shipped or picked up at Bookpeople upon release on November 6,…