Meg Medina
Burn Baby Burn is set in a time that was seared (couldn't resist the pun) into my mind. I was 13 years old and living in NYC in 1977 - arguable one of the city's most volatile years in history. The filth, the crime, a serial killer, and an epic blackout were too much to forget, I suppose. How does a young person grow up against a backdrop of violence? That question seemed to apply, then and now.
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Paolina Milana
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Meg Medina:
Hi Meg: I met you at the SCBWI summer conference in Los Angeles. It feels so long ago. What you said about how you did all sorts of jobs because you never thought you could make a living as a writer hit home for me. Me too! I have been a writer my entire life but not really "made a living as a published author" - might you share how you "did it" and suggest steps? Thanks.
Jenn
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Meg Medina:
When you write books like the MERCI series , do you think back to what you read when you were that age? (I can vividly recall the books I read over & over...) What books had a big impact on you at that age? What do you hear from readers who are enjoying your books now? With the world of social media so prevalent in young people's lives today, are they still connecting with characters in the same way?
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