Classroom questions and a Happy New Year to You
Teachers across the country amazed me with their different methods of teaching PAPERBOY in the classroom. I often remarked that they taught me so much more about my own book. As my New Year’s gift to teachers – and all readers – here are ten discussion ideas for...
An author’s compensation can come in unusual ways
A by-product I never anticipated from my second career as a novelist is the emails I receive from readers. I don’t keep count, but I must be nearing a thousand. The majority of the emails are short thank-you notes, which I appreciate greatly. The next category of...
Turkish edition of PAPERBOY.
Foreign publishing is Greek to most of us
I’ve had the occasion to talk to several authors lately whose books have been published in foreign countries, and we have something in common – confusion. Our agents and sub-agents do all the work and we get books with words we don’t understand to put on...
Authors at the YA-hoo Fest at Chattanooga State relax in the green room between panel sessions. Why are green rooms rarely green?