21 Lies Writers Tell Themselves (And How They Can Stop Lying To Themselves And Become Awesome!)
Michelle Hodkin plans to avoid mortal peril in Paris and teaches us about what seems to be heaven in a pie tin.
Who and what would you bring with you for the zombie apocalypse?
The characters on The Walking Dead, because they have demonstrated their zombie-killing facility, and a cruise ship, because zombies can’t swim.
If you could spend a week in any book world, which would it be?
Most of my favorite book worlds seem to involve mortal peril, so I’m going with Anna and the French Kiss, because Paris.
What is the best word (in any language) and why?
Shtuyot, which means “nonsense” in Hebrew, because it’s fun to say. Go on, try it.
Who are you most excited to see at YALLFest?
Everyone because WHAT A LINEUP SERIOUSLY. But I am just dying to see Eliot Schrefer so I can gush about his incredible new novel ENDANGERED in person. I heard about it for the first time at last year’s Y’ALLFEST, so it seems fitting.
What is your favorite flavor of pie?
Campfire pie. S’mores in pie form. Yes.
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Probably finding out Sweet Valley High was written by 22-year old girl ghostwriters. I was 11 at the time and thought “wow, in 11 years that could be me!” It was inspiring to think young girls could write books.
I’ve had so many wonderful meals in my life, but I think the most special would have been the weekly lunches with my Dad when he was alive. Pop was a connoisseur of mall Chinese food and always looked forward to lunch. (Fluffly white rice was a must.) When he was having chemo treatments, we ate every day at Din Tai Fung, this amazing place in Arcadia with the best soup dumplings ever (it was a Taiwanese chain). So many fond memories of those meals & hanging out with him.
Best advice to give my readers? Enjoy your time on the planet. Life truly is short, spend time with your loved ones and spend your days doing what you love.
The first chapter of GATES OF PARADISE is now available for you to read!
Thanks to everyone who helped #growthepack!
I don’t read fan fiction (feels odd). I outline and then depending on whether I like how it’s going, I keep going with the outline or I chuck pages and rewrite the outline and go on.
I would say don’t expect to make a living off it. If it happens, great, but writing and finance are not compatible, when I decided to be a full-time writer I also told myself I would be happy being poor. I feel very lucky, but I also never expected to make a living off it. I always thought I’d have a day job.
Yes. Sort of. 🙂
Professionally since 1996, when I published by first piece in the New York Press. I sold my first novel, Cat’s Meow, in 1999 and it was published in 2001.
So many great books this year! Some of my faces: Code Name Verity, Gone Girl, Where’d You Go Bernadette
No plans as of yet, but hoping to make this happen at some point, sooner rather than later.
I can’t answer plot questions! 🙂 But the answer is in Gates of Paradise. I pretty much tried to answer all the fan questions in the finale.