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Shelf Elf just did a fabulous interview with our Author in Residence, Beth Kephart (remember, there's just one week left to enter her latest challenge: Then and Now!).
Here's a little snippet from Beth, in response to one of many insightful
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"What is the most difficult part of writing for you, and what aspect of writing is the most fulfilling?"
"The most difficult part of writing is working on a project for years and years, as I do, with the grave uncertainty of whether or not anyone but me will ever love the book, will ever publish it, will ever buy it. It is a lonely and trembling enterprise. The most fulfilling is finding a way to tell the story you want to tell and finding those readers with whom the story resonates."
Read the full interview here.![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUVhlK-GGTqDrsL6CCG3I2p4_wyn6stN-hL3cWfWsPJqeuwxAxFCni8IdN1c5i31GyM8B0aKWEtdzzRHoXAmnv02ogxXPXNWPD6NlSafKUEZXGGxQC6Htd258kvHmy9uUWiRrByiYVmjY/s200/newdivalogo_plural.jpg)
6 comments:
Thank you so much, Melissa (and Shelf Elf!).
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It was my treat Beth, to interview you! Thanks for the mention here as well readergirlz!
Yay, for Beth!
Such a beautiful interview!
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