Last March, I guest-blogged for the State Library of Victoria, Australia‘s groovy blog for YA readers: InsideADog.com. Over the course of the month I wrote eight posts about writing. Enough time has passed that I should repost them here, with links to the original. Enjoy!
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Where in the World is Julie Berry?
“Why do we do this? Do you have the same crazy appetite that I do to chuck three-dimensional, ultra high-definition reality for the hazy murk of a fictive world? To disappear like a drop of ink soaking into paper into an altogether imagined place? … Writing is just as immersive as reading. it’s the same kind of deep dive, the same thrill, the same high. Only with a lot more grumbling, and revision, and deadlines.”
“I’m going to die in here.” Loraine didn’t realize she was thinking out loud.
“I had so many more meals I wanted to eat,” said Phil. “Sandwich meat to steal. Who knows? Maybe, someday, start a family.”
