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First school visit with 'Chloe'
Have just done my first school visit! A great class of Year 9s, who were full of questions and enthusiasm, all credit to the their teacher and the school. They made me really welcome and asked lots of good questions about writing and books. I gave them a worksheet to help them develop a character of their own and they seemed to enjoy themselves and produced some brilliant ideas.
Whew! Was very nervous beforehand but so relieved it went well.
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Jennymf - get writing! :)
Excuse the expletive, but bloody well-done; I'd have been nervous as hell.
[quote=Tracy] it's such a crucial part of being a children's writer[/quote] Yes, it is. We have to do it really. I love meeting the children too, though the ones I visit are all primary age (and that can be nerve racking enough at times).
I know (from teaching myself) how nerve wracking it can be to talk and discuss with a class of any year group - Yr 9's are not usually the easiest of pupils and to discuss your own work is extra specially difficult.
Next stop, writer in residence somewhere I reckon !
Mind you, I'd love to be a writer in residence, too - how do you get such things?
So there may not be a sequel to Chloe - not because my publisher doesn't want one (she does) or because my readers don't (they do - or some of them do - I know, because they've told me so) but because sales may not be high enough to justify publication.
It's very sad, but much worse, in a way, for these long-established authors - some of whom are now turning to Kindle and the like, to re-release their backlists and publish their new books.
The whole face of publishing is changing beyond recognition. Let's just hope some good comes out of it for writers and readers, for all of us, in the end.
Couldn't agree more! Those children are very lucky to have authors like you, Rosalie.