Month: October 2012

Of Camera Crews and Interviews

CINDER is one of the books included in this year’s Scholastic catalogs and book fairs, so on Tuesday I got to be interviewed for a video that will go out to schools in order to highlight some books for the students during the fairs. Every season, three or four authors are selected […]

On Outlines: How Long, How Detailed, How Come?

We’re still talking craft this month in preparation for NaNoWriMo. Today the topic is: outlines!   Paul Decker asks: “When outlining, do you make an actual outline word document? If so, how detailed do you get before starting your first draft? Do you have your chapters separated out? About how […]