Ask the Author: Pam Calvert
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Pam Calvert
Seeing kids love your stories. Also, the creative process is so much fun. When I get that great idea and I hit a wall, but then a brainstorm happens to make it work. It's like solving a puzzle. Very rewarding.
Pam Calvert
Read all you can in the genre you want to write. Like hundreds of books. And take classes. You can't expect to be good at something if you're not trained. Don't give up and keep learning and writing until you succeed.
Pam Calvert
I'm working on three picture books and a young adult novel. Keeps me busy!
Pam Calvert
I'd originally gotten this idea for a ballerina knight when my editor asked for a book targeted for girls. Being a champion of alternative girl books, I was already working on a strong ballerina book. But I was also reading The Game of Thrones. In one of the books, Arya Stark, a princess of one of the noble houses, was being taught how to use a sword. Her teacher called it water dancing. I thought, wouldn't that be fun if my ballerina could also be a knight and so, Brianna Bright was born!
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