I had the chance to interview author Gayle Forman at the Richmond, VA stop of her I Was Here tour. Check out the video below to see Gayle answer a few questions about her newest book:
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G31xJFj_t38]
If you want to read our reviews of I Was Here, you can find my review here and Gaby’s review here.
Gayle Forman and Maggie Stiefvater also shared many words of wisdom and, since I live-tweeted the event, I’m sharing some of my favorite quotes here:
#IWasHere is about friendship, not just suicide- @gayleforman
— TheYoungFolks.com (@TYFofficial) January 28, 2015
Worry about the story, not about getting published. It’s always about the work! –@gayleforman — TheYoungFolks.com (@TYFofficial) January 29, 2015
Gayle kind of wanted to drown Allyson and Willem from Just One Day in a bathtub by the time she was done writing @gayleforman
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— TheYoungFolks.com (@TYFofficial) January 29, 2015
.@gayleforman “I just wet my pants” (Also known as a spilled water bottle) — TheYoungFolks.com (@TYFofficial) January 29, 2015
.@gayleforman cried while writing #IWasHere. @mstiefvater has no tear ducts (so she says)
— TheYoungFolks.com (@TYFofficial) January 29, 2015
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.@gayleforman has fights with her editors, but only in her head. “So you really don’t have fights with your editors, right?” – @mstiefvater
— TheYoungFolks.com (@TYFofficial) January 29, 2015
Aspiring writers should read The Getaway Car. Advice from @gayleforman
— TheYoungFolks.com (@TYFofficial) January 29, 2015
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Thank you so much to Penguin Young Readers, Fountain Bookstore, and the Richmond Public Library for inviting me to cover this event. And, of course, thank you to the wonderful Gayle Forman for answering my questions.
Find I Was Here now wherever books are sold!
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