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Roshani Chokshi:
Is Rick Riordan going to do any "Rick Riordan Presents"/Imprints in the future besides The Storm Runner and The Dragon Pearl? Also, do you plan on writing books that are not about Indian Mythology sometime in your career? What about Filipino Mythology? Sorry for all the questions, thank you for reading/answering!
Roshani Chokshi
Yes! Many more wonderful titles have been acquired, and I can't wait to read them! I'm not sure where the list is, but a google search will probably help you find out more. And yes. I've written stories that draw from Filipino folklore, though both of them have been short stories. One appears in A THOUSAND BEGINNINGS AND ENDINGS and another was published in Shimmer magazine. You bring up an interesting point about Filipino mythology. My experience has been that stories of the Filipino pantheon are not nearly as well recorded as Hindu myth as a majority of Filipino myths were passed down orally. Writing based on Filipino mythology vs. Filipino folklore (which does get more page visibility and often explores supernatural phenomena and ghost stories) requires a lot of conscientious research. There are many gaps that deserve to be respectfully bridged. That said, I love the stories my mom has told me, and I hope to celebrate them one day in my own voice.
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niya
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Roshani Chokshi:
I'm an okay writer but I want to become more than that, I want to make the stories I write really interesting. I'm only in middle school but I love writing and telling stories to my friends and family. I read a lot already and I want to be better at how I write the story to make the reader interested. Any tips?
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Roshani Chokshi:
What advice do you have for writers who are trying to break a certain stereotype in the YA/Fantasy genre, especially in empowering female heroines? How do they not go overboard and demasculinese (I think that's the right word) the male characters and still achieve their goal in empowering female characters?
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