From the L.A. Conference that is . . .
Rubin Pfeffer, Publishing Director of Simon & Schuster:
"A great book is one which sends the reader off to find the next book."
Ellen Wittlinger, author of ParrotFish:
"Art (or books) can take you out of a small world and open the door to a larger world. Art can save you."
John Green, Author of Looking for Alaska:
"Writing is an act of translation as much as it is an act of creation. "
"The great challenge is to translate a feeling or emotion or experience into a story that lets the reader feel the same emotion and have the same experience. "
"Truth doesn't lie inside the facts, it lies inside the people of your story."
Emma Dryden, Vice-President and Publisher at McElderry Books
"If an editor doesn't feel the story and love it and have it resonate to them, then publishing the book would be a disservice to the author. "
Kate Schafer, Agent at Janklow & Nesbit
She wants a book that makes her feel like something big and wonderful is happening.
Word of the Day: Optimism
Linda Sue Park, Newbery winner for A Single Shard:
"Finish. The. Book." (borrowed from Jane Yolen)
"Write the book more than you talk about the book."
Dinah Stevenson, Publisher at Clarion
"No two people define well-written in the same way."
In other news, this afternoon the whole gang (my family that is) went to see Bourne Ultimatum. Loved it! Very thrilling. I love mysteries and thrillers, but I've been too chicken to try writing one myself even though all my books have suspense and danger built into them. But they're not considered *thriller* per se.
Speaking of movies, we finally rented "Bridge to Terabithia" a couple weeks ago and I ADORED it. I thought it was very true to the book and I cried at the end, just like I cry when I read the novel. It was very emotionally stirring and I thought Jess and Leslie were PERFECTLY cast. The movie haunted my thoughts for days. The ending was perfect, too.
Rubin Pfeffer, Publishing Director of Simon & Schuster:
"A great book is one which sends the reader off to find the next book."
Ellen Wittlinger, author of ParrotFish:
"Art (or books) can take you out of a small world and open the door to a larger world. Art can save you."
John Green, Author of Looking for Alaska:
"Writing is an act of translation as much as it is an act of creation. "
"The great challenge is to translate a feeling or emotion or experience into a story that lets the reader feel the same emotion and have the same experience. "
"Truth doesn't lie inside the facts, it lies inside the people of your story."
Emma Dryden, Vice-President and Publisher at McElderry Books
"If an editor doesn't feel the story and love it and have it resonate to them, then publishing the book would be a disservice to the author. "
Kate Schafer, Agent at Janklow & Nesbit
She wants a book that makes her feel like something big and wonderful is happening.
Word of the Day: Optimism
Linda Sue Park, Newbery winner for A Single Shard:
"Finish. The. Book." (borrowed from Jane Yolen)
"Write the book more than you talk about the book."
Dinah Stevenson, Publisher at Clarion
"No two people define well-written in the same way."
In other news, this afternoon the whole gang (my family that is) went to see Bourne Ultimatum. Loved it! Very thrilling. I love mysteries and thrillers, but I've been too chicken to try writing one myself even though all my books have suspense and danger built into them. But they're not considered *thriller* per se.
Speaking of movies, we finally rented "Bridge to Terabithia" a couple weeks ago and I ADORED it. I thought it was very true to the book and I cried at the end, just like I cry when I read the novel. It was very emotionally stirring and I thought Jess and Leslie were PERFECTLY cast. The movie haunted my thoughts for days. The ending was perfect, too.
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