Caroline Tung Richmond is a smiling, stylin’ ball of endless positive energy, and with her debut novel set to come out in September (THE ONLY THING TO FEAR, 9/30/14 from Scholastic) I was jazzed to meet up with her in Rockville, Maryland, just outside of Washington, D.C. Caroline is full of incredible advice for writers in the trenches, and gives us a perspective on how being a new mother is hurting and, in some ways, helping her writing process. Also, she schools me on awesome sci-fi references — though Stark Trek fans should be warned that Caroline admits her memory of Deanna Troi’s fate may be a bit hazy. (But we won’t hold that against her. She has mad TNG cred.)
Caroline Tung Richmond Show Notes
Grave Mercy by Robin LaFevers
Robin Talley, Jessica Spotswood, Miranda Kinneally
“Hangin’ with ‘Bamsy” TM
A couple of Caroline’s blog posts about working to not give up:
http://carolineinspace.blogspot.com/2013/12/the-writing-lessons-i-learned-in-2013.html
http://carolineinspace.blogspot.com/2013/07/on-giving-up.html
The Boss Baby by Marla Frazee
This Is Not My Hat by Jon Klassen
Otherbound by Corrine Duyvis
Legend by Marie Lu
Born Standing Up by Steve Martin
AW = Absolute Write