Last week, a very talented friend of mine posted a picture to facebook of her holding a water bottle. The picture was captioned, “coming soon to a sporting goods store near you!” As an art major at Temple University who interns for a graphic design company, she was able to design a waterbottle for children that is going to be available for purchase in a few months. I am so excited for her. Having seen the picture, I want so badly to be able to post a picture of myself holding a book with the caption, “coming soon to a book store near you!” As a writing arts major and art minor I have entertained the idea of writing children’s stories. I have taken the Writing Children’s Stories class with Professor Jahn-clough and really enjoyed it. What’s different about children’s stories is that they are simple and fun. While several try to incorporate a moral, most of them are just fun and whimsical where as young adult and adult novels can be serious and deep. I wanted to interview her for my assignment. Unfortunately, two other girls in the class want to interview her and I have been asked to select someone else. I am not at a loss however, because Professor Tweedie has agreed to be my interviewee.

        While he has not published any children’s stories, he has published before. Also, having been in two of his classes and received much feedback from him, I can confidently say that he knows what he’s talking about. 10 questions I would like to ask him are:

1.       At what moment did you decide to become a writer?

2.       What is your biggest struggle as a writer?

3.       How many times did you have to resubmit before your first piece was accepted for publication?

4.       Does being a writing professor help your writing?

5.       How many pieces have you had published?

6.       What was your proudest moment as a writer?

7.       What genres do you gravitate toward/avoid?

8.       If you could never write again, what would you do instead?

9.       Has your writing ever got you in trouble?

10.   What is the hardest/easiest part of your writing process?

        Hopefully, hearing firsthand from someone with experience in being published will help me better prepare for the process myself.




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