Reader questions
My email is STILL messed up! I can receive, but can't send, so Brooke, I hope you don't mind, but I'm gonna have to answer your questions here.
What made you want to write about a secert spy school?
Well, the whole story is outlined here, but in short, the main part of spy school that appealed to me was the type of girls who would go there--how they'd deal with the exact same issues that ALL girls deal with, but in a very unusual way.
Does the main character resemble you as a teen?
I'm not really sure. I wasn't a genius. I have both of my parents. I didn't go to boarding school. But like Cammie, I probably did feel invisible from time to time (I think we all do). And I really felt like Cammie in Cross My Heart where a major theme is "be yourself." I used to HATE being told to "be myself" because--hello--who the heck is that?
What are you thinking when you write a story?
Honestly, the less I think the better I write. I think writing well is all about turning off everything inside of your head and becoming your character--feeling, hearing, thinking what she is during that point. When I can do that and stop thinking about what my editor or agent or readers or reviewers will thing the process is a lot better.
okay. That's all I've got time for today. It's a crazy, crazy weeks so forgive me if I'm not able to answer follow-ups.
later,
Ally
What made you want to write about a secert spy school?
Well, the whole story is outlined here, but in short, the main part of spy school that appealed to me was the type of girls who would go there--how they'd deal with the exact same issues that ALL girls deal with, but in a very unusual way.
Does the main character resemble you as a teen?
I'm not really sure. I wasn't a genius. I have both of my parents. I didn't go to boarding school. But like Cammie, I probably did feel invisible from time to time (I think we all do). And I really felt like Cammie in Cross My Heart where a major theme is "be yourself." I used to HATE being told to "be myself" because--hello--who the heck is that?
What are you thinking when you write a story?
Honestly, the less I think the better I write. I think writing well is all about turning off everything inside of your head and becoming your character--feeling, hearing, thinking what she is during that point. When I can do that and stop thinking about what my editor or agent or readers or reviewers will thing the process is a lot better.
okay. That's all I've got time for today. It's a crazy, crazy weeks so forgive me if I'm not able to answer follow-ups.
later,
Ally
posted by Ally Carter at Monday, March 05, 2007
3 Comments:
I just wanted to say I finished I'd Tell You I Love You...yesterday and it was amazing. One of the best-written books I've read in years. You've joined my favorite authors list and I can't wait to read the sequel. Please keep writing and sharing your work with us, your adoring public. :)
hI aLLY, i hAVE a qUESTION:
i wAS wONDERING, cAN aLMOST aNYTHING iNSPIRE yOU? bECAUSE i tHINK oF a fEW wIERD iDEAS wHEN i SEE wEIRD pPL.
hey ally i wanted 2 know what are the strength and weaknesses of ur book.
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