Clay Carmichael's Blog: Clay's Occasional - Posts Tagged "writing"

Guest-blogging about Brother, Brother, the new book and Wild Things, the old on the Through the Tollbooth blog.

Even so, it’s challenging going from one world to the other—though really, when I think about it, that’s just what authors do. The ability to be simultaneously and deeply in two or more worlds for extended periods is an author’s job description. When I’m lucky enough to have a good day of creating, I rise almost as if in a trance from my chair and step out the back door feeling momentarily dazed...

http://www.throughthetollbooth.com/

Weather prevented my husband and I from driving up the eastern seaboard as planned to the AWP Conference in Boston this week, but I've posted my little talk for my fellow panelists here:

http://claycarmichael.com/AShortMedit...

1. What made you decide to be a children's book writer?

I didn't set out to write and illustrate for children.

I did want to be a writer and loved art from an early age. As kids, my sister and I made regular visits to the Ackland Art Museum, though at first, I admit, we were more drawn to the dead guy in the tomb than the art...

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