WBBT Day 4: "I didnt wreck a minivan, and I did not
break into Sea World. I dont think Ill say anything more about the research I did do until the statute of limitations is up."

The interview round-up for today:

Martin Millar at Chasing Ray: "I like writing anything about Kalix, because I like her, and apart from that, probably the scenes between Malveria and Vex. I liked writing about Thrix and Malveria and their fashion obsessions, though that was difficult because although I sympathise with people who are very keen on fashion, I don?t actually know anything about it. So really I was relying on copies of Vogue bought from the local newsagent.

As for the werewolf violence, I quite liked writing that too. (I wouldn?t say it was on a very high level ? I?m not fond of gore or horror) It made for a change. I?ve never written about fighting before but possibly, having read a lot of comics as a youth, I had a secret desire to do so."

John Green at Writing and Ruminating: "So when I started writing Paper Towns, I thought it would only be about the treacherous lie of the manic pixie dream girl.* It is about that (at least I hope it is), but it is more broadly about the relationship between the world we draw and the world that is?when it comes to manic pixie dream girls and also when it comes to Santa and cartography and nerds and user-created encyclopedias and the dead and many other things. So hopefully the story becomes more interesting (and more true) in the writing."

Beth Kephart at Hip Writer Mama

Emily Ecton at Bildungsroman

John David Anderson at Finding Wonderland

Brandon Mull at The YA YA YAs

Lisa Papademetriou at Mother Reader

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