~Interviewed by Xander, TPC Describe your book in 10 words. Brendan Road-trip adventure, dual love story, lots of rock and roll.” Is there a lot of you in your characters? “Absolutely. Teddy Hendrix, the narrator, is a cool but quiet poet guy, and that’s like me in high school. I was always hanging out on the side,…
Category: TTBF 2016
A Sit Down With Thieving Weasels Author Billy Taylor!
Describe your book in 4 words. Go! Billy Taylor: A spine tingling thriller. Thieving Weasels was your first foray into YA books. What was it like transitioning from adult books to YA? “It wasn’t that hard actually. The hardest part was getting the dialogue for a younger character. You’re in his head so much and I’m obviously in my own…
Q&A With Author of The Star-Touched Queen
~Interviewed by Colleen Were all the folktales and legends used in your book ones that you grew up hearing? If not, how did you come about them? “Roshani Chokshi: Ooh, I like this question a lot. So yeah, I grew up with those stories because I have a mixed family at home: my mom is Filipino and my…
Myths, Magic, And Mayhem. . . Oh My!
Above is a picture from the magical panel titled, Just Like Old Times. Topics ranged from random facts about the authors, to what myths, legends, or pieces of history their books are based off of, to their favorite weird or messed-up fairy tales, to how to correctly show the motivations of women in fairy tales that were written by men.…
Exclusive Interview: Joe Jimenez
~Interviewed by Haley Describe Bloodline in only three words. Joe: “Hamlet, brown, San Anto…. Well, I guess that’s technically four!” How do you begin to write a poem? Do you have a scene, character, or line of dialogue in mind? “For me it starts with an image, and I work from the image. I guess I like to think…