One of the lovely spin offs of being Star Author last month
on the Christchurch Kids Blog was
being contacted by kids who love books. Enterprising Dyer Street School in
Lower Hutt emailed me to find out if I would do an author visit with them; on
Skype. What great idea.
We were in the middle of a wild west coast thunderstorm at
the time (complete with hail the size of peas), but that just added to the excitement.
Because it was exciting (at least from my point of view) to talk to these seven
fabulous kids, who love reading so much that once a week they get together to discuss
and research books.
They were smart too. They all knew what they liked, and
didn’t like in a book, and had an impressive list of favourite authors. They’d
even prepared a list of questions to ask me in advance, like:
·
Why haven’t you published many books? Answer: Because
I waste so much time dreaming about what it will be like when I have more time
to write
·
Who is your favourite author? Answer: An
impossibly hard question, but Kyle Mewburn and
Victoria Azaro would have to be up
there at the moment
·
Where did you get the idea of being an author
for a job? Answer: Desperation. I used to work in an office, but I really
didn’t like having to wear shoes all the time. When you’re a writer you can
wear bare feet and pyjamas all day if you want.
·
Why do you like poo so much? Answer: Because it’s hard to be serious when you’re
writing about poo and I do like to laugh.
…and lots of other smart questions. So thank you very much
Dyer Street kids; I hope you find lots of other great authors to Skype.
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