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Loglines and “The Next Big Thing”

January 3, 2013 A. B. Westrick Leave a comment

Ask a novelist what he or she is working on, and you’re apt to get a rambling answer because the…

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Filed under: Cat Winters, craft, hook, Keke Palmer, kkk, L.R.Giles, Laurie Halse Anderson, Leigh Feldman, logline, Luke Benward, Melanie Crowder, query, Regina Hayes, Sterling Beaumon, Virginia Pye, Willow Smith, writing

Interviews with Authors

Gigi Amateau, Apr.2013
Tina Athaide, May.2020
Sarah R. Baughman, Aug.2019
Karen Magnuson Beil, Dec.2020
Cece Bell, Sept.2014
Anne Blankman, Jun.2017
Kimberly Brubaker Bradley, Jan.2016
Skila Brown, May.2014
Anne Bustard, Feb.2020
Samantha M. Clark, Aug.2021
Gwen Cole, May.2018
Winifred Conkling, Jan.2015
Meredith Davis, Oct.2019
Shannon Doleski, Jul.2020
Kathryn Erskine, Oct.2013
Anika Fajardo, Jun.2021
Robin Farmer, Nov.2020
Lamar Giles, Aug.2015
Dean Gloster, May.2017
Kristen Green, Jul.2015
Frances Greenslade, Apr.2021
Mary Lou Hall, Jul.2017
Mary Winn Heider, Jun.2019
Leah Henderson, Aug.2017
Linda Oatman High, Jan.2021
Cordelia Jensen, Sept.2018
Daphne Kalmar, Aug.2020
Kristen Kittscher, Nov.2013
Lindsey Lane, Nov.2017
Janae Marks, Sept.2021
Cory McCarthy, Aug.2018
Kelly O’Connor McNees, Oct.2014
Meg Medina, Mar.2013
Mary Miley, Nov.2013
Hannah Moderow, Apr.2018
Laurie Morrison, Sept.2018
Kaela Noel, Oct.2020
Sara Pennypacker, Feb.2021
Loriel Ryon, Jun.2020
Adam P. Schmitt, Apr.2019
Wendy Wan-Long Shang, Apr.2015
Melanie Sumrow, Jul.2021
Erin Teagan, Feb.2017
Nicole Valentine, Sept.2019
Padma Venkatraman, Nov.2016
Malve von Hassell, Sept.2020
Steve Watkins, Jun.2018
Lauren Wolk, Mar.2021
Brenda Woods, Mar.2020
Brian Young, May.2021

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I loved interviewing @JanaeMarksBooks! Her 2nd #middlegrade novel hits shelves today: A SOFT PLACE TO LAND. Such a good read! My 2-book #giveaway ends 9/21/21 @HarperChildrens #kidlit #mglit #fiction #bookgiveaway RT to enter. Details in post: https://abwestrick.com/2021/09/interview-with-janae-marks-and-2-book-giveaway/

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Years ago BROTHERHOOD won the James Addams Honor Award, and recently I happened to visit their website. Seeing my book next to ESPERANZA RISING and other gems lifts my heart like nothing else. Joy! https://www.janeaddamschildrensbookaward.org/

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24 Aug

It was great to email with you today, @lesliemaniotes. I really love the work you're doing with Guided Inquiry Design!

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