All through October, Alphabet Soup is celebrating turning three. We have heaps of writers and illustrators stopping by to answer THREE QUICK QUESTIONS and today’s visitor is Katrina Germein, author of Big Rain Coming and My Dad Thinks He’s Funny.
1. Where do you like to write?
I’m not picky. I’ll draft anywhere—on a bus, in a park, beside the sea. I love notebooks with fancy covers and keep a store in my car and my handbag for when I find a few minutes to scribble ideas. When it comes to sustained writing and editing I like to work at a desk with my computer. It doesn’t need to be my desk and it doesn’t need to be very big but it needs to be in a quiet place. I’m not one of those authors who can work with music playing.
2. Can you name a book you’d recommend to our readers?
George and Ghost by Catriona Hoy and Cassia Thomas. It’s beautiful. I love all of Catriona Hoy’s picture books. I’d love to have written them myself!
3. Can you offer a word or phrase that kids could use for inspiration if they have writer’s block?
‘I was the only one with a key.’
Find out more about Katrina Germein and her books—visit her website and her blog.
© October 2011 “Three Quick Questions with Katrina Germein” by Rebecca Newman (Alphabet Soup magazine)
(Psst … see you back here on Monday, when we’ll have the first of our birthday giveaways!)
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Thanks for sharing Alphabet Soup and Katrina Germein.
Happy 3rd Birthday 🙂
I need to work in a quiet space too. I find sound and music very distracting.
It’s funny, because even though I can’t work with noise I have some of my best ideas while I’m running with my ipod turned up!