Kelly Link takes a little 'Magic For Beginners' and conjures up 'Pretty Montsers' for teens
Acclaimed childrens author (Magic For Beginners) and publisher Kelly Link appeared at the 2008 NYCIP Small Press Book Fair in an in-depth interview with Old Hag blogger Lizzie Skurnick. Beginning with her college creative writing courses in the south and her moves to New York and Boston and launched her writing and publishing career, Link went on to contemplate the impact of digital publishing and the Kindle before introducing her first creative venture into the world of teens, Pretty Monsters, orignally release by Viking in October of 2008, and soon-to-be released in paperback (Penguin Group/Speak; June, 2010). Wrapping her interview with Skurnick, Link reviewed her experience writing, publishing, and marketing for the YA (young adult) market, and reflected on the future of book publishing, given the new technologies driving information distribution and sales today. Link then took questions from the audience on why she chooses to write short stories rather than novels; the rules of writing for YA audiences and the YA authors she recommends; conflicts of being both a publisher and author; the pros and cons of writers workshops and MFA programs; and wonders 'what's so weird' about her work before closing with the 'scariest ghost story she ever heard.
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Kelly Link takes a little 'Magic For Beginners' and conjures up 'Pretty Montsers' for teens
