You’ve worked in comics, were part of a writers group partially funded by NASA, have just created an online anthology —@foreshadowYA— and so much more. What’s the most memorable writing experience you’ve ever had? I spent two weeks at the @MacDowellColony, desperate, after losing a chunk of a novel in a hard-drive crash. I turned possessed and produced 43,258 words of THE…
Leila Sales – #TTBF Author Interview
You wrote a different quote on your locker every week in high school. If you had to pick the quote that stayed with you the longest, which would it be? My favorite quote about writing is from Brenda Ueland: “I learned that you should feel when writing, not like Lord Byron on a mountain top, but like child stringing beads…
L.L. McKinney – #TTBF Author Interview
You’re a gamer. If you had to live in the world of one video game which world would it be? Ooph, that’s a good one. Uhm….lots of worlds to choose from. The wild thing about video games is you usually have to save that world, so stuff is falling apart and war is getting ready to happen and so forth.…
Nic Stone – #TTBF Author Interview
What’s your favorite shade of lipstick right this moment? Seriously? This is like asking a mother of fifty which child she likes most. #ImpossibleToAnswer When you were a teen, what kind of stories were you looking for? What did you gravitate toward, and what do you wish you’d had more of? What’s interesting about this is that I honestly didn’t…
2018 Day of Sales – 08/16/2018
Looking to snag a few TTBF books before the big day? Want to have that warm fuzzy feeling that comes from supporting a local business AND supporting the festival? Well, have we got good news for you! On Thursday, August 16, BookPeople will donate 10% of all in-store sales to the Texas Teen Book Festival! So, by purchasing your books…