Comments on: Twenty Questions with Suzanne Supplee http://www.yanewyork.com/2008/07/twenty-questions-with-suzanne-supplee/ Young adult fiction news and reviews Wed, 28 Jul 2010 17:30:25 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Book Chic http://www.yanewyork.com/2008/07/twenty-questions-with-suzanne-supplee/comment-page-1/#comment-277 Book Chic Fri, 18 Jul 2008 23:17:02 +0000 http://www.yanewyork.com/?p=148#comment-277 Brina, I tell myself that every time I meet an author "They're just a person, very much like me. They enjoy the same pleasures. They're human." But it still does nothing in getting me to calm down and actually approach them, although obviously eventually I do, or else how would I get pictures with them? Which reminds me that I should post my photos onto my facebook account too. I shall have to do that later. Brina, I tell myself that every time I meet an author “They’re just a person, very much like me. They enjoy the same pleasures. They’re human.”

But it still does nothing in getting me to calm down and actually approach them, although obviously eventually I do, or else how would I get pictures with them? Which reminds me that I should post my photos onto my facebook account too. I shall have to do that later.

]]> By: brina http://www.yanewyork.com/2008/07/twenty-questions-with-suzanne-supplee/comment-page-1/#comment-271 brina Fri, 18 Jul 2008 21:53:30 +0000 http://www.yanewyork.com/?p=148#comment-271 Alma! Holy ... wow. All this time I've been reading, I think, your LJ, and I never connected you with you. And your books are next in my review queue. Okay, now I'm a little star-struck. :) Alma! Holy … wow. All this time I’ve been reading, I think, your LJ, and I never connected you with you. And your books are next in my review queue.

Okay, now I’m a little star-struck. :)

]]> By: Alma Alexander http://www.yanewyork.com/2008/07/twenty-questions-with-suzanne-supplee/comment-page-1/#comment-270 Alma Alexander Fri, 18 Jul 2008 21:49:00 +0000 http://www.yanewyork.com/?p=148#comment-270 Hehehe - re. the Rowling comment - the first question, the VERY first, that came from the serried ranks of lounging seventh-graders on a recent school visit was just that: "Have you met J K Rowling?" (Why yes, I have tea with her and the Queen every Friday... [grin]) But, really, no I never met Harry Potter's Mom. I DID get to be on a panel at a convention recently with Tamora Pierce and that was a particular kind of pleasure - and I got to chat with Jane Yolen on several occasions and she's a wonderful human being who just happens to be a jaw-droppingly prolific and wonderful writer as well. I confess to being a little stuttery to begin with but both those ladies have a way of putting you at ease pretty quickly. I'm sure there MUST be authors who just don't live up to the hype when you actually ge to meet them - but by and large the ones I have been privileged to meet have invariably been really cool people, and that seems to be particularly true of the YA ilk... Hehehe – re. the Rowling comment – the first question, the VERY first, that came from the serried ranks of lounging seventh-graders on a recent school visit was just that: “Have you met J K Rowling?”

(Why yes, I have tea with her and the Queen every Friday… [grin])

But, really, no I never met Harry Potter’s Mom.

I DID get to be on a panel at a convention recently with Tamora Pierce and that was a particular kind of pleasure – and I got to chat with Jane Yolen on several occasions and she’s a wonderful human being who just happens to be a jaw-droppingly prolific and wonderful writer as well. I confess to being a little stuttery to begin with but both those ladies have a way of putting you at ease pretty quickly.

I’m sure there MUST be authors who just don’t live up to the hype when you actually ge to meet them – but by and large the ones I have been privileged to meet have invariably been really cool people, and that seems to be particularly true of the YA ilk…

]]> By: brina http://www.yanewyork.com/2008/07/twenty-questions-with-suzanne-supplee/comment-page-1/#comment-266 brina Fri, 18 Jul 2008 19:27:01 +0000 http://www.yanewyork.com/?p=148#comment-266 The weird thing is, authors are people too. You know, regular people who eat and sleep and also who have insane pressures to deal with, like deadlines and editors and agents buzzing around their heads asking, "Where is your book? Where? WHERE IS IT?" For me, because I am a writer of sorts myself, though I don't yet have a published <i>book</i>, it's a relief to talk with other writers about writing. No, the hardest people for me to interview, the ones with whom I used to get most star-struck, are musicians. Because what the hell are you supposed to ask them if your musical abilities are limited to the clarinet and a few years of voice lessons? I don't know the first thing ... well, I don't know the <i>second</i> thing about recording an album, or going on tour, or getting up on a stage in front of people and singing the same songs night after night. So any questions I ask a musician are inevitably the same ones they get day after day, and there's not as much fun to it, because I don't get their process the same way. But you know what? If I ever met JK Rowling, I bet I'd faint dead away. Or at least stumble over my words for a minute or so. :) The weird thing is, authors are people too. You know, regular people who eat and sleep and also who have insane pressures to deal with, like deadlines and editors and agents buzzing around their heads asking, “Where is your book? Where? WHERE IS IT?” For me, because I am a writer of sorts myself, though I don’t yet have a published book, it’s a relief to talk with other writers about writing.

No, the hardest people for me to interview, the ones with whom I used to get most star-struck, are musicians. Because what the hell are you supposed to ask them if your musical abilities are limited to the clarinet and a few years of voice lessons? I don’t know the first thing … well, I don’t know the second thing about recording an album, or going on tour, or getting up on a stage in front of people and singing the same songs night after night. So any questions I ask a musician are inevitably the same ones they get day after day, and there’s not as much fun to it, because I don’t get their process the same way.

But you know what? If I ever met JK Rowling, I bet I’d faint dead away. Or at least stumble over my words for a minute or so. :)

]]> By: Book Chic http://www.yanewyork.com/2008/07/twenty-questions-with-suzanne-supplee/comment-page-1/#comment-263 Book Chic Fri, 18 Jul 2008 18:30:56 +0000 http://www.yanewyork.com/?p=148#comment-263 Great interview!! I love the whole idea of this back-and-forth interview. It's a great way to learn about the author and the interviewer. I'm pretty much star-struck by EVERY author I meet, esp. when I met Meg Cabot and I'm surprised I was able to hold a conversation with her for like two minutes. lol. I have gotten a bit better about approaching authors and being able to chat with them, but every so often, I'm kinda like "OH GOD. What do I say?! It'd better not be something lame." Also, lol at your perm story. :P Great interview!! I love the whole idea of this back-and-forth interview. It’s a great way to learn about the author and the interviewer.

I’m pretty much star-struck by EVERY author I meet, esp. when I met Meg Cabot and I’m surprised I was able to hold a conversation with her for like two minutes. lol. I have gotten a bit better about approaching authors and being able to chat with them, but every so often, I’m kinda like “OH GOD. What do I say?! It’d better not be something lame.”

Also, lol at your perm story. :P

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