(Now that sounded a little strange … but, hey, writers are a strange bunch.)ģ. I like it when I can hold a conversation with my characters. My mom gave me this t-shirt that says “Writer’s block is when your imaginary friends won’t talk back to you.” I think this is perfectly true. It was strangely comfortable, which isn’t always the case. Was it hard to get back into that voice after writing several other books, or did it feel comfortable from the beginning? May Amelia has such a distinct voice and the writing style is unusual (the dialogue not being in quotations, the use of randomly capitalized words for emphasis). But when I got down to writing it, I couldn’t get May Amelia’s voice out of my head (she’s bossy that way.) So I just gave in.Ģ. And then a few years after it was published, I came around and decided I would write a companion novel from the point of view of her best brother, Wilbert. I hadn’t initially planned to write a sequel. Did you always intend to write a sequel, or did The Trouble with May Amelia come to you later? Our Only May Amelia was a great story whose characters definitely left room for more stories, but the book as a whole seemed to stand on its own. Please welcome three-time Newbery Honor winner, and author of Monday’s reviewed book, The Trouble with May Amelia, Jennifer L. We’ve had some talented, accomplished, and well-known authors on Damsels in Regress in the past three years, but today’s interview is definitely a sparkly jewel in our crown.
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