Jill Murray
Online interviews are sprouting up like daffodils this week!
My interview with My Ever-Expanding Library is now live. I got to talk about dancing, inspiration and the open-mindedness of teens, so I had a lot of fun. Here’s my answer to a question I liked, about the challenge of writing a second novel, compared to a debut:
“Every novel I complete and then see through the editorial process teaches me something– a lot of things. This makes it possible to grow as a writer and make entirely new mistakes on each new project. Rather than getting easier, it remains infinitely difficult. This challenge is what’s appealing, and hopefully it means my writing is getting better all the time.”
The second part of my Ultimate YA Reading Group interview is also up. In this one I give my advice to young writers, talk about wearing snowpants in San Francisco, and insist again that I don’t do writer’s block.
“If I’m having trouble with something, I just write myself a note like “[between here and the end of the chapter, she needs to make it clear that she really cares, and she’s not just doing it because she feels like she has to]” and then I’ll go work on some other scene that strikes me as more inspiring or easier to deal with. I know I’ll eventually go back and fill in the gaps, and that if I’m struggling, there’s probably something I haven’t learned about the story or character yet, that I’ll work out by writing ahead.”
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