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An interview with Wendy McLeod MacKnight, author of three books for middle-grade readers, who shares her habit of drafting quickly and revising painstakingly, her advice on getting to know your characters before you write them, and her delighted surprise at discovering Voldemort under Quirrell’s turban. 20 minutes. https://soundcloud.com/user-727542232/ct2-i10-wendy-mcleod-macknight?utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharing Read the full transcript: CT2-WendyMcleodMacknight-TranscriptDownload Show Notes… Continue reading Cabin Tales Author Interview #10: Wendy McLeod MacKnight

Amelinda Bérubé, author or spooky YA novels The Dark beneath the Ice and Here There are Monsters, shares her favourite plot twists, books and characters, her interest in unreliable narrators, and her love of the Canadian landscapes that inspire her stories. 20 minutes. https://soundcloud.com/user-727542232/author-interview-with-amelinda-berube?utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharing Read the full transcript: CT2-AmelindaBerube-TranscriptDownload Show Notes [0:00] Intro [1:10] Interview… Continue reading Cabin Tales Author Interview #9: Amelinda Bérubé

An interview with Monique Polak, author of 29 books for young people and teacher of English and Humanities at Marianopolis College in Montreal. Hear about her attraction to delinquent characters, her commitment to work through good writing days and bad ones, and her ability to recognize a promising story idea by the tingling in her… Continue reading Cabin Tales Author Interview #8: Monique Polak

An interview with Tim Wynne-Jones, author of 35 books for all ages, including novels, picture books, and short story collections, including most recently War at the Snow White Motel and The Starlight Claim. Hear about his love of islands and adventures, his aversion to unnecessary back-stories, and his childhood experience of telling stories around the dinner table.… Continue reading Cabin Tales Author Interview #7: Tim Wynne-Jones

An interview with children’s and YA author Karen Krossing, novelist and short story writer whose first picture book is coming out this fall. Karen has been an editor, a writing coach, and a creative writing instructor. Listen to her thoughts on sad endings, unforeseen plot twists, and writer’s block. 20 minutes. https://soundcloud.com/user-727542232/ct2-i6-karen-krossing?utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharing Read the full… Continue reading Cabin Tales Author Interview #6: Karen Krossing