Other Kinds of Interviews from the On the Scene in 2019 Debut Group

This is the last On the Scene interview, and we’re finishing strong with Jennifer Buchet’s interview with her main character, Little Medusa. Their interview is hair-raising, and a little knotty!
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https://onthescenein19.weebly.com/blog/a-chat-with-little-medusa

​ Meet Melayna Evans and her debut novel, JAGGER JONES AND THE MUMMY’S ANKH. Her post this week is the recipe for her debut book. 

Ingredients –            ¼ Inspiration                           ¼ Perspiration                   ¼ History                      ¼ Fantasy
Directions –     1. Mix up the ingredients.        2. Revise to taste.         3. Submit till done.         4. Enjoy!

Click this link for her actual  recipe: https://onthescenein19.weebly.com/blog/part-inspiration-part-perspiration-part-history-part-fantasy-and-voila-a-debut-novel

This is Annette Schottenfeld, and this is the dummy cover for her debut book. It was supposed to come out in 2019, but its book birthday has been moved back to 2020.
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The book business, especially children’s books, is so hard to break into. I was lucky – I self-published so I had control over my book, but I was still delayed. It was only 17 days, but it seemed like forever.

What do you do when your book is delayed? You work on book business like this, or you work on the next one.

Annette wrote a blog post for OBI’S MUD BATH . . .  with 5 reasons why you’ll love it. I hope you check out her link below, and keep an eye out for Obi’s book birthday. I read her 5 reasons, and I can’t wait to read the real book. https://onthescenein19.weebly.com/blog/five-reasons-why-youll-love-the-picture-book-obis-mud-bath

Meet author/illustrator Laurie Smollett Kutscera. This week she interviewed herself. What else could she do? She wrote her debut middle grade novel and illustrated it too. It sounds funny, like hitting a tennis ball across the net, then running over to return it. It worked for Laurie! She did a great job with both her questions and answers. Click on the link below to see for yourself.

https://onthescenein19.weebly.com/blog/author-laurie-smollett-kutscera-interviewsherself

Meet author Tina Shepherdson. This week she interviewed her main character, Maddie, about a walkout at school. Read Tina’s interview to discover why Maddie and her friends decided to walk.
 
https://onthescenein19.weebly.com/blog/character-interview-author-tina-shepardsons-interview-with-main-character-maddie-from-walkout

​This interview is a two-fer with Andy from Bear with Us Productions, and Eduardo Paj, illustrator of LLAMA DRAMA.  Andy runs the production company, a one stop shop for anyone who wants to self publish a book. He’ll help you  with the ins and outs of the business. Continue reading, and you’ll learn how Eduardo Paj made the words come to life on the pages of MY LLAMA DRAMA..
 
https://onthescenein19.weebly.com/blog/an-interview-with-bear-with-us-productions-and-illustrator-eduardo-paj

​We have something new for you this week from author June Jacobs McCrary. She interviewed Weston Gregg about his role as main character in her book Res-Q Tyler Stop, What a great idea!

https://onthescenein19.weebly.com/blog/character-interview-author-june-mccrary-jacobss-interview-with-main-character-weston-gregg-from-res-q-tyler-stop-a-middle-grade-historical-adventure-set-in-northern-california-in-1968    

I think I should try this on my latest Work In Progress (WIP). My critique partners think I need to push deeper into the plot. Maybe if I interview the characters, they’ll help me figure out how.
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Vanessa wrote an acrostic poem to celebrate her debut book. If you’re not sure what that is, click below and read her poem.
 https://onthescenein19.weebly.com/blog/why-youll-love-the-book-boomer-at-your-service

​Here’s my acrostic ode to Neil Armstrong – thanks to Vanessa’s inspiration!
 
     Neil loved airplanes.
     Every day he worked to build better ones.
    If he failed, he didn’t quit. He
    Looked and looked till he built a better plane.
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