![]() Baby wakes me up, and we play together while I try to slap myself awake.ġ0:30 a.m. ![]() ![]() Plus, I didn’t want the reader being too sad that she was breaking up with this guy.ģ) What is a day in the writing life of Susan Colebank like?ħ a.m. But I felt that this worm had this thought in his mind the entire time they were seeing each other, and it was time for the reader to know that. It’s during the break-up that he asks for, uh, a favor. He’d been showering the girl with expensive gifts, and even though she felt uncomfortable taking them, he’d reassured her that it was just money and he didn’t expect anything in return. In my first book, Black Tuesday, I had a break-up scene where the guy just wasn’t going quietly into the night. ![]() I should’ve started earlier: My favorite book of all time is a YA book ( Long Live the Queen, by Ellen Emerson White).Ģ) What was the first scene of any of your books that made you stop and wonder if you should write it since your mom/best friend/husband/high school nemesis might read it? So it wasn’t until I was older that I realized I loved the YA/teen genre. I read a lot more YA and teen books as an adult than I did as a YA and teen. I never read age-appropriate books as a kid, much to my parents’ exasperation (at eight, I would sneak into their book stash and pilfer Sidney Sheldon, Ken Follett, Colleen McCullough, and Robin Cook). 1) Was there a book or author that made you want to become a YA author? ![]()
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