The Author Hotline
is
being developed by CW4K, or Creative Writing 4 Kids. They are the company behind a website that enables children to create and publish their own stories online. In its first year it has signed up over 2000 members and has been enthusiastically received by children, parents and teachers. In fact the response has been so encouraging that they are planning a huge expansion of its services. Embedding The Author Hotline into the site is part of that expansion...
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Q: What did you want to be when you were a child?
A historian
Q: What are you afraid of?
Flying
Q: What is your most treasured possession?
Old letters
Q: What do you do as a hobby?
I read, I walk, I swim, I grow herbs, and I when I have the time, I play around with web technology and software
Q: What strange habits do you have?
I like staying up all night
Q: What’s your favourite food?
Vanilla ice cream with fresh pineapple
Q: What do you day dream about?
Deciphering the Indus Valley script!
Q: What profession other than yours would you like to attempt?
Archaeologist, or animator
Q: Do you feel younger or older than your current age?
Younger, of course!
Q: If you could meet one person, dead or alive, who would it be?
Pythagoras
Q: What quality do you most admire in a person?
Integrity
Q: What is the most interesting place you have ever visited?
Luxor, Egypt
Q: What is the best advice anyone has ever given you?
Keep writing!
Q: What has life taught you?
If you try hard enough, you'll get there in the end
Q: How long have you been a writer?
I have always written, though my first book was published in 2005
Q: Was there a specific moment in your life when you decide to become a writer?
Nooo...not that I can think of.
Q: Where do you do your writing?
In my head, while I walk or swim, and in my study at home
Q: What are the best and worst things about being an author?
The best thing is the fun I have while writing my books, the worst is that I never have enough time to write all that I want to!
Q: What do you do to combat “writers’ block”?
I refuse to believe it's there
Q: What book do you wish you had written?
Lewis Carroll's Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
Q: What advice would you give to aspiring authors?
Believe in yourself
The Three Princes of Persia
ISBN
9780143334934
Published By
Penguin Books, India
Status
In Print
White Tiger
ISBN
0-14-333532-4
Published By
Penguin Books, India
Status
In Print
Aesop's Fables
ISBN
0-14-333493-X
Published By
Scholastic India
Status
In Print
Ardhakathanak
ISBN
978-0-14-310056-0
Published By
Penguin India
Status
In Print
Ardhakathanak (A Half Story)
ISBN
978-0-14-310056-0
Published By
Penguin India
Status
In Print
The Foolish Crow
ISBN
81-7655-464-2
Published By
Scholastic India
Status
In Print
The Frog and the Ox
ISBN
81-7655-490-1
Published By
Scholastic India
Status
In Print
The Crow and the Eagle
ISBN
81-7655-461-8
Published By
Scholastic India
Status
In Print
The Donkey and the Load of Salt
ISBN
81-7655-489-8
Published By
Scholastic India
Status
In Print