Zitat des Tages von Jay Asher:
I miss video games where the jump-kick was the trickiest combo to master.
One of the things I found is that no matter where in the country - poor communities, rich communities - everybody deals with very similar issues of bullying. It's pretty widespread.
When I decided I wanted to become an author, I never thought something I wrote would be used as a way to start conversations that are otherwise difficult to begin.
There's this stress that is relieved when you realize somebody understands, and that's only going to happen if you feel the person who's writing the book or the people in the TV show aren't holding back.
When me and my author friends who write about other difficult subject matter... when you hear from teens daily saying, 'Your book helped me or made me understand a friend better, what somebody else is going through,' you see the positive things.
See, I'm not a very good musician.
It's important to make teens realize the influence they have over others.
I knew that part of the problem with sensitive issues is that, because they're uncomfortable to address, we have a hard time doing so honestly, if at all.
When you write a book for publication, you're writing it for other people to read.
Of course I always like going to bookstores, but at stores, you're mostly meeting kids who are already into reading.
It seems like whenever a big newspaper or TV show talks about teen literature, they focus on dark books or vampire books. It's kind of this cliche. It seems like the only time adults pay attention is with that angle.
I've always loved brainstorming with other writers, and I consider having my work critiqued a part of that brainstorming.
I don't know anything about bullying in Huntington Beach specifically, but I would assume it's very similar to other places.
My favorite aspect of being an author has always been visiting different communities and meeting my readers face to face.
The Golden Rule will always be good advice!
Fiction is an easy way to talk about issues: I think it feels less preachy. You can have the students discuss characters in the book as opposed to hypothetical situations, or as opposed to opening up about themselves, unless they really want to.