Zitat des Tages von Marissa Moss:
History is exciting because it's true.
When I'm working on historical books, I'm much more organized. I usually read about 100 books to get the depth of knowledge I need.
Notebooks allow for all kinds of record-keeping, and I kept one myself as a kid. I was attracted to mixing up words and pictures freely, since that's how I think.
I sat down and wrote what I remembered about being nine, and that eventually became 'Amelia's Notebook.'
Not only is writing more important than ever, but visual literacy is vital. We don't teach enough design, art, visual things. We have to recognize what we're seeing. It matters if you send someone a cluttered design. It matters more than ever.
You write, hoping to write a good book; that's it.
Long before 'Diary of a Wimpy Kid', 'Dork Diaries', and the graphic novel explosion, only a small press like Tricycle was willing to take a risk on such an innovative format.
Amelia shows that it's not what happens in life that counts, but rather how you frame it, how you talk about it.
