I actually don’t have an agent! I’m one of those rare exceptions, but that’s only because I work in publishing, and got my start as an author that way. I still believe that the best writing is the kind that isn’t over-thought or over-structured. I think it’s good for writers to take at least one writing class, but it’s certainly not necessary. I took several creative writing classes in college, which were really helpful and challenging–it was in those classes that I began to see writing as a craft, as hard, painstaking work–more than just a hobby. I have very vivid memories of writing my first stories around the ages of 5 and 6, and feeling even then that this was something that gave me a lot of joy and fulfillment. Is Leo hiding something? Or is he something that she never could have imagined?Įver since I COULD write! Seriously.
She also meets Leo, who challenges everything she thought she knew about boys, friendship…and reality. There, Miranda finds new friends and an island with a mysterious, mystical history, presenting her with facts her logical, scientific mind can’t make sense of. After major drama with her boyfriend and (now ex) best friend, she’s happy to spend the summer on small, mysterious Selkie Island, helping her mother sort out her late grandmother’s estate. 16-year-old Miranda Merchant is great at science…and not so great with boys.
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