Begann / Began Dichter / Poet Gelernt / Learned Gescheitert / Failed Gesucht / Wanted Ja wirklich / Really Lesen / Reading Obwohl / Although Poesie / Poetry Prosa / Prose Schreiben / Write Schriftsteller / Writer Zuerst / First
The first is that instead of writing a sequel, which is what most people do, this is in fact a prequel. Although we didn't know that when we began the process.
I've always wanted to write an early reader. When I wrote my first novel, my goal was to make it an early reader, but it grew beyond the category.
Marriage - a book of which the first chapter is written in poetry and the remaining chapters in prose.
The decision to write in prose instead of poetry is made more by the readers than by writers. Almost no one is interested in reading narrative in verse.
My first book was poetry, but I didn't write it first. I wrote it third. So my first two books were prose.
I'm not really interested in writing or reading about people who are nice and easy. I like the problem children.
In the early '90s, when I really started to find my voice, I was reading a lot of books, and I was moved by the writers, like Chinua Achebe, and I wanted to be able to write rhymes that were as potent as what I was reading.
I didn't want to be a writer. First I wanted to act, and then I wanted to be a painter like my big sister.
Back in 2008, when we were first preparing to launch Tor.com, I knew I wanted Jo Walton to be a regular writer for the site.
