~ YALLFest Spotlight: Rainbow Rowell ~

 

Here at Owl Always Be Reading, we are so excited to be able to host interviews for authors that will be going to YALLFest, which we will be attending for the very first time this coming November 9th, 2013 in Charleston, SC. 

Today we have the honor of sharing with you an interview with Rainbow Rowell. Her most recent novel, Fangirl, was published on September 10th, 2013. We are really excited to meet this awesome author.  Check back with us soon for more authors interviews. Now, lets see what Ms. Rowell had to say. Enjoy!

 ~About the Author ~

Rainbow Rowell writes books.

Sometimes she writes about adults (Attachments and Landline).

Sometimes she writes about teenagers (Eleanor & Park and Fangirl).

But she always writes about people who talk a lot. And people who feel like they’re screwing up. And people who fall in love.

When she’s not writing, Rainbow is reading comic books, planning Disney World trips and arguing about things that don’t really matter in the big scheme of things.

She lives in Nebraska with her husband and two sons.

 ~ Author Interview ~

1. What one thing do you need to have when you write?

Lip balm.

2. Describe your book in 5 words.

 FANGIRL

      Earnest, snowy, swoony, minty, bookish

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3. What is the hardest line to write- the first or the last?

            THE FIRST! The whole first page is a nightmare. I want people to just skip it. And I always end u rewriting it.

4. Best writing tip you ever received?

 “Just finish your book.”

5. What one young adult novel do you wish you had when you were a teen? Why?

            Homecoming by Cynthia Voigt. I think it would have made me feel less alone.

6. Where's your favorite place to write?

    At coffee shops. In giant overstuffed chairs.

7. What are you working on now?

            I’m revising my adult novel, Landline, which comes out in spring 2014, and playing with a romantic/political/tragicomic fantasy.

8. What is your favorite genre to write in? To Read?

    I write mostly contemporary. I read mostly fantasy.

9. At what point in the development of an idea do you know that it will become a full-length novel?

            All of my ideas are full-length novels. I have a hard time narrowing my scope.

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