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Class of 2k7: A Novel Approach to Debut AuthorsYour questions to the debut children's and YA authors of the Class of 2k7 have challenged us to define our writing process, our books, and ourselves.

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Debut Authors on...Actor for Character

Who would play your book character in a movie? - 10 answers

Debut Authors on...After-Sale Revisions

How much revision did you do AFTER you sold your book to your publisher? - 15 answers

Debut Authors on...Agents

Is an agent useful or necessary for a first-time author? - 13 answers

Debut Authors on...Audience

Who is the target audience for your book? - 13 answers

Debut Authors on...Book Memory

What is your earliest book memory? - 21 answers

Debut Authors on...Celebrations

How did you celebrate your book sale? - 13 answers

Debut Authors on...Character and Self

Is your main character like yourself? - 18 answers

Debut Authors on...Character's Conflict

What drew you to the conflict you created for your main character? - 18 answers

Debut Authors on...Completion

How did you know you were “done” with your book and ready to submit it? - 22 answers

Debut Authors on...Cover Art

Did the art director read your entire book to get inspiration for the cover? - 11 answers

Debut Authors on...Critique Groups

Do you belong to a writing group? - 14 answers

Debut Authors on...Dream Editors

How did you choose your editor and was he or she the “dream editor” you wanted? - 13 answers

Debut Authors on...Family Appreciation

Now that you’re under contract, does your family better appreciate your writing? - 21 answers

Debut Authors on...Favorite Book

What was your favorite book when you were your protagonist’s age? - 9 answers

Debut Authors on...Favorite Bookstore

Do you have a favorite bookstore? - 10 answers

Debut Authors on...Favorite Library

Describe your favorite library. - 12 answers

Debut Authors on...Favorite Teacher

Describe your favorite teacher when you were your protagonist’s age. - 14 answers

Debut Authors on...First Novels

Was this the first full-length novel you wrote, or rather the first that you sold? - 23 answers

Debut Authors on...Ideal Reader

If you had an ideal reader, who would that be and why? - 17 answers

Debut Authors on...Ideas

Where did you get the idea for your book? - 27 answers

Debut Authors on...Impact on Readers

What should readers get from your book? - 14 answers

Debut Authors on...Influential Books

What books had an impact on you when you were growing up? - 17 answers

Debut Authors on...Other Careers

What career would you pursue if you weren’t a writer? - 15 answers

Debut Authors on...Outlines

Do you outline before writing? - 22 answers

Debut Authors on...Prior Research

How much research and/or meditation about your subject did you do before you began your first draft? - 18 answers

Debut Authors on...Promotion

What is your plan to get the word out to the public about your book? - 15 answers

Debut Authors on...Query Letters

Describe the query letter that got you published. - 7 answers

Debut Authors on...Self-Help Books

What are some of your current favorite writing or author-help books? - 18 answers

Debut Authors on...Setting

Where is your novel set, and why there? - 21 answers

Debut Authors on...Surprises

What has surprised you the most so far? - 8 answers

Debut Authors on...Taste in Books

Do you have different taste in kids’ books as an adult writer than as a kid? - 10 answers

Debut Authors on...The Call

What happened when you received ‘The Call’ that your book would be published? - 14 answers

Debut Authors on...Training

What writing training have you had? - 22 answers

Debut Authors on...Website

Do you have a website for your book? How did you handle setting it up? - 14 answers

Debut Authors on...What's Next?

What’s next after your debut novel? - 13 answers

Debut Authors on...Why Kids?

Why write for children and teens? - 19 answers

Debut Authors on...Why Write?

Why do you write? - 15 answers

Debut Authors on...Writing Process

What is your writing process? - 11 answers

Debut Authors on...Writing Schedule

What is your writing schedule? - 14 answers