RAWing from the get go: using hooks to get teens into books
readers within the first few pages. How important do you think the beginning of a book is in enticing the non-reader? “How important do you think the beginning of […]
RAWing with Woodson, Stine, and other great minds
(photo is RL Stine and me at YALSA Lit Symposium in San Antonio TX in November 2015) When you write, do you think about the potential book’s appeal to non-readers? […]
RAWing outside of the library and literary world
Hectic week, so just two previous interviews with sources outside of the usual suspects and a blog of students reading my books From Institute of Applied Juvenile Justice Services http://npjs.org/ncyc/amy-cheney-interviews-young-adult-author-patrick-jones/ […]
RAWing with Gantos, Korman, and other YA authors, oh my
For the book I co-wrote on reaching reluctant teen readers, I conducted interviews with several YA authors: here are just a few soundbites of authors answering the question: what do […]