~~~Lara Zielin~~~

Or: what I really learned when I wrote my first book

That’s the title of an article I wrote that Facenews.org (my fave new news site!) published and you can read it here if you want. Here’s a taste to whet your appetites:

I used to daydream in color about what would happen when my debut young adult novel hit bookshelves. I would get recognized at Borders. Sixteen-year-old girls would write me and say, “Your novel changed my life.” Stephen King would dust off all those letters I wrote him as a gawky teenager (because he totally saved them) and he’d phone me to say, “I knew you had talent, even then.”

The reality, not surprisingly, is a lot different.

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