Book Club
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Akemi Dawn Bowman Book Club Part 2!
Hello, welcome back to part 2 of this mammoth post about our wonderful book club visit from Akemi Dawn Bowman. If you haven’t read Part 1 you can check it out here This second part will be more focussed on Akemi’s writing style and process, and centres around questions she was asked about other elements of writing, including getting published! Akemi was asked what her writing process consists of, and she told us that she does the majority of her writing when her children are asleep, which she says is quite a stressful method. She will write for 3 or 4 months straight while on deadline, then crash spectacularly afterwards.…
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Akemi Dawn Bowman Book Club Part 1!
Last week at work we were very lucky to be visited by YA author Akemi Dawn Bowman, who cam along to our teen bookclub to discuss her books, answer everyone’s questions and sign everyone’s books! Just a warning that there will be some spoilers for Starfish and Summer Bird Blue in this post! I have split this post into two parts. The first part that you are reading deals with the discussion we had with Akemi about her books and the characters. In part 2, the discussion is more centred on writing and editing, and Akemi gives us an insight into her methods! Firstly I have to say that she…