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  • April 22, 2018
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On the High Seas With the World’s Grumpiest Children’s Author

May 23, 2013 By achuka Leave a Comment

Very highly recommended, long magazine-style profile of the author Gary Paulsen, by Elizabeth Royte, who recently spent three days with him.
Contains swearing

Paulsen was dressed, as he would be for the next three days, in black Carhartt overalls and a black long-sleeved T-shirt—half hipster, half biker. “Are you hungry?” he asked. My thoughts immediately turned to the exalted morsels of Dogsong (1985), in which Eskimo children tuck into meat that’s “red and had coarse texture and rich yellow fat. All over the children’s faces and in their hair the grease shone and they were happy with it.” Instead we headed toward a seaside restaurant, where the author had a standing order of white rice, veggies, and tofu, hold the veggies. He ordered one of the roughly eight Diet Pepsis he consumes daily.

via On the High Seas With the World’s Grumpiest Children’s Author | Outdoor Adventure | OutsideOnline.com.

Filed Under: Blog, Books Tagged With: feature, interview, novelist, Paulsen, writing

Gill Lewis Interview

May 15, 2013 By achuka Leave a Comment

Gill Lewis, interviewed by Lottie Longshanks:

Gill Lewis, vet and author of Sky Hawk, White Dolphin and Moon Bear, talks to site member Lottie Longshanks about writing books about life-and-death topics, protecting wildlife, and having a tree house as an office

via Gill Lewis: 'Our own survival depends upon protecting our environment' | Children's books | guardian.co.uk.

Filed Under: Blog, Books Tagged With: animals, Gill Lewis, interview, vet, writing

Sara Sheridan: What Writers Earn: A Cultural Myth

April 26, 2013 By achuka Leave a Comment

Sara Sheridan writing in Huffington Post:

Sheridan

how much does a writer have to sell to make it?

Average earnings in the UK were around £26,500 in 2012. To make this amount on a book contract for a paperback edition selling at £7.99 that pays 10% a writer would need to sell 33,166 copies a year. And that’s if the book isn’t discounted as part of a 3 for 2 promotion, for example. That is a lot of books! To put it in perspective to get to number one in the UK paperback chart last month you’d have needed to sell almost 20,000 copies a week. This means that going to number 1 doesn’t even earn you the national average wage (and that book may have taken the writer months or even years to produce). The odds of making a mint are very long – writing is a risky profession.

via Sara Sheridan: What Writers Earn: A Cultural Myth.

Filed Under: Blog Tagged With: authors, earnings, sales, wrirers, writing

Red House Young Writers’ Yearbook 2013 Competition

April 23, 2013 By achuka Leave a Comment

Red House seeks talented young writers for 2013 Yearbook!

Do you know a budding writer, poet, or journalist? If so, the Red House Young Writer’s Yearbook needs YOU…
They want aspiring young writers from around the country to enter the 2013 Red House Young Writers’ Yearbook competition and win the chance to see their stories or poems published in a stunningly produced and designed book.

To enter the competition, children should be aged between 7 and 17. They can submit a story, poem or article and it’s up to the individual what subject they choose to write about. This year the competition entries will be divided into four age categories: 7+, 9+, 11+ and 13+. The deadline is 31st July 2013.

As well as becoming a published author, the winners will also earn the opportunity to attend a Red House Young Writers’ Workshop, with a high-profile children’s author, held – for the first time ever- as part of the celebrated Imagine Children’s Festival at London’s Southbank Centre. The workshop will provide participants with a unique, fun and stimulating opportunity to help them hone their skills and provide lots of feedback to encourage and inspire!

Matt Whyman, author of Gold Strike and The Savages says:

The Red House Young Writer’s Yearbook aims to showcase young talent in the raw. It provides a platform for new writers as they get to grips with their craft, and offers a huge boost to their confidence in seeing their work in print for the very first time. Now with a series of workshops for the contributors, to be held at the Imagine Children’s Festival, it’s time to put your stories and poems into words and just see where it takes you.

http://my.redhouse.co.uk/content/red-house-young-writers-yearbook-2013-competition

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