At home, I usually work sitting on the couch with the TV on, not exactly watching it, but enjoying the background noise of Scandal, the TV series. Some of my best ideas were first written down on the ‘Memo’ app. When I have a sudden inspiration, I look for paper and pen, but who can ever find a pen? So, I started using my phone. I write everything on a computer and hardly ever use paper. ME: Where do you like to write/draw – inside, outside, a special area in your home, on the computer, in a notebook? I find adding illustrator notes is a fine art on its own. If I had to pick something specific, I would say I wish I were more aware of the relationship between illustrations and words when I first started. In fact, I have some embarrassing stories from my very first SCBWI conference, but I don’t think I am ready to share them yet, so I will leave you wondering.

I knew nothing about the market or even about simple things such as word count. When I first started I knew absolutely nothing. I think it would be everything I know now. ME: What do you know now that you wish you had known when you first started writing for children? Flicts is the book I loved the most as a child. He’s probably the most successful cartoonist in Brazil and wrote over 100 children’s books, including ‘O Menino Maluquinho’ (The Little Crazy Boy) and ‘Flicts’. They were Brazilian authors and illustrators. ME: Who were your favorite authors/illustrators when you were a child? She’s got a lot to share with us so let’s get started. Ana is originally from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, but lives by the beautiful Rocky Mountains with her family. She and her family have traveled over 25,000 miles by car throughout the United States, visiting a total of 35 states (more to come). Ana loves road trips almost as much as she loves writing and reading. She is the author of THE SOCK THIEF and the recently released JP AND THE GIANT OCTOPUS and JP AND THE POLKA-DOTTED ALIENS. And I’ll be there also!Īna Crespo creates stories for kids. I’m sorry I didn’t get to meet her while I lived there, but I am ultra-excited that she is going to be one of the faculty members at the WOW Retreat next July. Today’s Will Write for Cookies guest is one of those. It seems like as soon as I moved from Colorado, I discovered it was a state FILLED with awesome authors.

O menino maluquinho book