![]() ![]() When Lisa called us at the appointed time, we projected her onto the big screen, and the kids came up to the computer one at a time to ask their questions. Since Skype is already installed on my desktop computer, we didn’t need to do anything special to prepare. Lisa Schroeder, the author of I HEART YOU, YOU HAUNT ME, FAR FROM YOU, and the soon-to-be-released CHASING BROOKLYN, woke up bright and early on the West Coast to join us for a 9AM class in Northern New York. "Is it better for me to just write these poems as they come to me, do you think? Or should I have an outline first?" Having never written a novel in verse, I wasn’t sure how most people approach the process, but never fear… a talented author and Skype came to the rescue! Duff!Ī few weeks ago in the advanced creative writing class that and I co-teach, one of our 7th grade girls had a question about writing novels in verse that stumped us. Chatting with such a fun, interesting group of kids was priceless. Turns out I didn’t actually win $20,000 but that’s okay. THINGS YOU DO IN THE SNOW!!!!!!! **cheers and dances** Will you play $20,000 Pyramid with us? Sure! What’s your favorite book? It’s so hard to choose, but I have to say Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire. What’s the last movie you saw? Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian, which was fun because I’d just been to the Smithsonian for research last spring. If you’d like to read it some day, please write a nice letter to my publisher to let them know! Then we did copy edits.Īre you going to write a sequel? Yes. How many drafts did you have to write before it was published? 18. What was the inspiration for GIANNA Z? My students and their mandatory 7th grade leaf project. this fall and prepared some great questions for our virtual visit. Duff’s class in Oelwein, Iowa, read The Brilliant Fall of Gianna Z. Have I mentioned how much I love the way Skype allows me to teach my own 7th grade students all day and still have time for a virtual author visit with kids halfway across the country before I make dinner?
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