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"I feel like there have been several chapters to my career...in 7 year blocks." She looked for "the marching band" after publication of her first PB, but has since realized that the exterior trappings of success do not hold much meaning for her.
@halseanderson #SCBWISummerSpec
@halseanderson #SCBWISummerSpec
. @halseanderson loves having the latitude in children's publishing to do many different kinds of writing -- novels, graphic novels, memoir. #SCBWISummerSpec
. @Meg_Medina has also gone against conventional wisdom and has written for all ages. #SCBWISummerSpec
"advocate for who you want to be" don't "let other voices shape you." @Meg_Medina on trusting your voice as a writer.
. @Meg_Medina is a character-driven writer, but has learned to honour plot, esp. with the Newbery-winning Merci Suarez (now a trilogy!) #SCBWISummerSpec
as they discuss 'pantser vs. plotter' @halseanderson says she's never outlined a YA. "It takes me to the end of the first draft to understand what I'm even trying to write." #SCBWISummerSpec
shout out to Walter Dean Myers, consummate plotter, as @halseanderson discusses the careful plotting work that she does for her historical fiction. @Meg_Medina did the same with #BURNBABYBURN.
on disappointments & re-dos, @halseanderson wishes she could revisit Catalyst. @Meg_Medina often comes up with new possibilities for already-written stories. #SCBWISummerSpec
when she finds herself wishing she'd started writing earlier, @Meg_Medina reminds herself that she writes "to make sense of what I've lived...of childhood" she tells herself that she came to it when she was ready to. #SCBWISummerSpec
. @halseanderson sometimes struggles with balancing the "inside work" of writing with the "outside work" of publicity. Communicating the financial realities of the professional writer's life, the lack of equity in the industry to publishers has been challenging. #SCBWISummerSpec
. @Meg_Medina found #PublishingPaidMe "horrifying to watch....the disparity was just so clear." #SCBWISummerSpec
. @Meg_Medina felt that it was vital to get involved in equity and inclusion work at @scbwi. #SCBWISummerSpec
