Ask the Author: Laurie Devore
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Laurie Devore
In case anyone ever needs to know, my birthday is June 12
Laurie Devore
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Laurie Devore
Thank you so much!
Olivia was inspired by my interest in the mean girl trope. I noticed that often in pop culture, there were mean girl characters who hated the main character for no reason. I wanted to know more about those mean girls - who they were and what made them tick.
Olivia was inspired by my interest in the mean girl trope. I noticed that often in pop culture, there were mean girl characters who hated the main character for no reason. I wanted to know more about those mean girls - who they were and what made them tick.
Laurie Devore
TY Courts!
I looooove Nell so it's hard to pick a favorite moment. Between Nell and Jackson, I really like the *spoiler* first scene by the lake because it's when Nell realizes how much power she has in their relationship and the first time she feels truly in control between them (I love that).
I also really like a conversation she has later with Lia where she asserts that she should be allowed to go after what she wants, without judgement from her family or friends. There's a lot of complicated dynamics in exploring what it means to be a girl there, I think.
I looooove Nell so it's hard to pick a favorite moment. Between Nell and Jackson, I really like the *spoiler* first scene by the lake because it's when Nell realizes how much power she has in their relationship and the first time she feels truly in control between them (I love that).
I also really like a conversation she has later with Lia where she asserts that she should be allowed to go after what she wants, without judgement from her family or friends. There's a lot of complicated dynamics in exploring what it means to be a girl there, I think.
Laurie Devore
Refill the creative well! I love to read books and watch tv to get excited about my creative work again.
Laurie Devore
I work a day job so pockets of free time are all the inspiration I need.
Laurie Devore
Find a community of writers with similar goals as you. Reading, critiquing, and chatting with friends about books played such a huge part in developing my storytelling skills and I've now had many of the same writer friends for almost ten years - and seen them go from unpublished to published along with me!
Laurie Devore
First of all, I'm a monster and have no regrets.
SECOND OF ALL, I read AMERICAN GIRLS by Alison Umminger pretty recently and loved the complexity of the female characters and the west coast setting. It had so much to say about what it means to be female in America and never asks its characters to be likable and I just enjoyed it so much!
SECOND OF ALL, I read AMERICAN GIRLS by Alison Umminger pretty recently and loved the complexity of the female characters and the west coast setting. It had so much to say about what it means to be female in America and never asks its characters to be likable and I just enjoyed it so much!
Laurie Devore
I actually had the idea for the Jackson character before Nell existed. My first book was a deconstruction of mean girls so the idea with Jackson was to take on the bad boy trope and write about how hard it would be to date someone where you were constantly second-guessing their motives (with good reason). Nell's character developed from there :)
Laurie Devore
Hanging out at coffeeshops in leggings for hours.
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