Marissa Moss
Marissa Moss
Marissa Mossis an American children's book author...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionAuthor
Date of Birth29 September 1959
CountryUnited States of America
nine since ten time
My memories of being nine or ten years old are especially vivid, since this is the time when you have a real sense of who you are - before the self-conscious preteen years start.
allow attracted kept mixing notebooks since
Notebooks allow for all kinds of record-keeping, and I kept one myself as a kid. I was attracted to mixing up words and pictures freely, since that's how I think.
became wrote
I sat down and wrote what I remembered about being nine, and that eventually became 'Amelia's Notebook.'
graphic innovative novel press risk small willing
Long before 'Diary of a Wimpy Kid', 'Dork Diaries', and the graphic novel explosion, only a small press like Tricycle was willing to take a risk on such an innovative format.
promote
With the big publishers, they publish 50 books and promote five.
hard work
Writing is hard, hard work; that's just the way it is.
frame life rather shows
Amelia shows that it's not what happens in life that counts, but rather how you frame it, how you talk about it.
good hoping
You write, hoping to write a good book; that's it.
historical knowledge
When I'm working on historical books, I'm much more organized. I usually read about 100 books to get the depth of knowledge I need.
hope inventions kids mix playing record
I loved playing with the mix of fantastical inventions and real ones. I hope kids will start logbooks to record their own creations.
compelled drawn felt finish opened
Once I opened a book, I felt compelled to finish it. I was drawn into a world, and I had to know what would happen, how it would end.
harry next publishing sell york
New York publishing is about, 'What's the next Harry Potter? What's the next Twilight?' When I've approached people, I've asked, 'What is the book you've been dying to do, but New York won't do?' I want the books that they think won't sell - because I think they will.
ages chance knew published publishers sent took
Ages ago, when I published 'Amelia's Notebook,' I'd sent it to traditional publishers I'd been working with, but nobody knew what to do with it. Tricycle was this small publisher who didn't know any better, and they took a chance.
most-amazing
It is often while you are looking for something else entirely that you make the most amazing finds.