Talking to Elana K. Arnold (author of FAR FROM FAIR, out now!, as well as INFANDOUS and THE QUESTION OF MIRACLES) about literal and metaphysical skin suits, sex on the page, whether we write FOR teens or ABOUT teens, and middle grade as a happy place.
Elana K. Arnold Show Notes
Cheryl Strayed, “The Love of My Life,” TINY BEAUTIFUL THINGS
Sarah MCarry (listen to her First Draft interview here)
Mark Childress CRAZY IN ALABAMA
Thelma & Louise (movie)
SPLENDOR by Elana K. Arnold
Squaw Valley Community of Writers
STORY by Robert McKee
TWILIGHT by Stephenie Meyer
Cheryl Strayed’s letter to a young writer (“Write Like a Motherfucker”)
Stephanie Kuehn (listen to her First Draft interview here)
Andrew Karre (editor with Dutton Books for Young Readers)