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Summer Blog Series: Pedro Martin

I come from a huge family. Eleven, plus my grandfather. So whenever we would get together to trade stories, there were usually twelve sides to every story.

Summer Blog Series: Janet Wong

The general idea to do a funny book came to me during a writer’s workshop. The writers in the room wanted to know my answer to the question, “What kinds of books need to be published nowadays? What should we be writing?”

Summer Blog Series: Gordon Korman

Let me say this first: I’m not a criminal. I don’t have a dishonest bone in my body. But I got the idea for Faker when I started wondering: What happens when fate forces ordinary people to break the law?

Summer Blog Series: Caroline Starr Rose

Here’s a little secret. I love to write, but it’s not always easy. Sometimes writing a book feels like an impossible task. When that happens, I stop using the “w” word entirely.

Summer Blog Series: Rebecca Kai Dotlich

You might, or might not, love words. And you might, or might not, know it. Words that are delicious alone. Words that fit together like a puzzle. Words that say something to soothe your heart or make you think or make you laugh out loud.

Summer Blog Series: Bruce Coville

“One of the most common questions I get in school visits is, ‘How long does it take to write a book?’ … I think the truest answer is that the time it takes to write a story is how old you were when you finished writing it.”

Summer Blog Series: Karen Cushman

Ideas are like Legos. One is just a plastic block but put many together, and you have a castle or a ship — or a story.

Summer Blog Series: Jolene Gutierrez

I thought that by writing about a day that is stressful and overwhelming, I would help some readers see themselves in this book and I would help others understand what being overwhelmed feels like.

Summer Blog Series: Steve Sheinkin

People often say you should “write what you know.” Yeah, maybe. I think it’s more important to focus on something that fascinates you, something that really fires your curiosity.

Summer Blog Series: Ellen Oh

Author Ellen Oh shares that the idea for Haru, Zombie Dog Hero was inspired because “I love dogs. I have two of my own that I spoil more than my human children. Kiko is a very sweet golden doodle and Tokki is a grumpy coton.”