Author of over 400 Books for Children and Adults
Q: What’s your favorite part about being an author? J: Finishing a book and being happy about it. Or getting a love letter from someone (often a child) who has read it. Q: Follow up question: What about your favorite part of the process? Do you prefer writing or revising? J: While that initial idea …
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Q: From From Cindy Dobrez: Does Jane eat Wheaties or where does she get her indefatigable energy? She accomplishes more in a day than most of us in a month/year. J: I haven’t eaten Wheaties for years and years. But I always eat breakfast. My usual is cottage cheese (Lactaid) with some kinds of fruit–usually–berries and …
Q: What is B.I.C.? J: Haha–a joke and yet not a joke. It stands for (another joke) Butt In Chair. It means that if you want to be a writer, you have to have a lot of butt in chair time, hands on the keys time, close and quiet, long hours doing the work. A book …
Hello Readers! Heidi here! Every Wednesday, I’ll be asking JY a question (two if they are short). The questions might involve advice for writers, fun facts for students, or just reminiscing about a career that has spanned more than 60 years in the publishing world. Every time we teach together, I hear people whisper about …
Jane Yolen wins the Sydney Taylor Lifetime Achievement Award AND the award for poetry!
Some of Jane Yolen’s earliest publications were in Smith College’s (she graduated in 1960) Greencourt Review.
Read about Jane’s 400th book
And it’s for a good cause, too!
I have talked about “showing up” before. But here are some further–though rather scrambled–thoughts about it. Being a writer–or any kind of artist–is essential a selfish activity. Note I don’t, as far too many people do, call it a “lonely” job. Maybe an alone job, but lonely? Not when I am surrounded by my invisible …