When you only have twenty minutes, you write - whether it's garbage, or it's good… you just DO it, and you fix it later. I write quickly, but I also do not believe in writer's block, because once I didn't have the luxury of believing it. But for many years, I had to squeeze in my work around child care schedules, and that made me develop a very firm discipline. My husband's choice to stay home was an amazing gift to me - a freedom and ability to write whenever I liked. so that I could go on tour for months at a time without batting an eye or work through school pickup at 2:45 PM without breaking stride or hie off on a research expedition without thinking twice. He carpooled, drove to and from school, attended skating practice, etc. After I wrote about eight books my husband became a stay-at-home dad. It also meant that I was continually interrupted. When they were growing up, my kids knew that they came first with me - which meant I would schedule tours, when possible, around school plays and softball games and ballroom competitions. I used to be much more impressive, since I wrote the majority of my books while I was raising my three kids.
Will Raymond manage to connect to Melody-or anyone-when he’s so far from what he’s known and loved? Or will he discover that sometimes the road to hell is paved with good intentions? A searing look at race and what it means to survive our own color wars.Frequently asked questions You're 48 years old, and you have three kids and 23 books - I can barely manage to get my grocery shopping done! You must have an incredible writing regimen! Pretty, blond, and friendly, she’s the person Raymond most wants to impress during the Color War, the camp’s sports competition, and to whom he confesses his most painful secret, a loss that has made him grow up far too fast and left him wise beyond his mere nine years. Raymond wakes on the bus to what he takes for another angel: Melody, a camp counselor and lifeguard. The elaborate ice sculptures on display thrilled them, especially an angel with outstretched wings that glowed ghostly in the night. On the bus there, he dreams of the best night of his life, when he and Monroe slipped away from home and jumped the turnstiles to ride the subway to downtown Boston on New Year’s Eve. This summer, his mother has decided to send him to Bible camp for inner-city kids. In her new Byliner Original, "The Color War," she showcases her versatility and storytelling gifts once again with a moving and revealing portrait of a boy coming of age in an America where the lines between black and white, rich and poor, and insider and outsider too often divide minds and hearts and separate a child from his own sense of promise.Īll Raymond wants to do is hang out with his best friend, Monroe, but life has other plans. Her many novels, consistently topping both national and international bestseller lists ("Sing You Home," "My Sister’s Keeper," "Nineteen Minutes"), are celebrated for addressing controversial issues with courage, grace, and empathy. Jodi Picoult is one of the most beloved authors of our time. THE #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR PRESENTS A MOVING STORY ABOUT THE SUMMER THAT CHANGED A BOY’S LIFE FOREVER.
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