Author Interview for Why Not Because I Said So!
Author: Monique Bucheger
Book: Popcorn
1) Growing up, was there a particular book or series you adored?
a) My favorite books growing up were anything by Beverly Cleary, Judy Blume, Laura Ingalls Wilder and Louisa May Alcott.
2) What is the first book you read that made you cry?
a) The first book that I remember making me cry was Bridge to Terabithia. I was Leslie as a kid, my imagination worked like hers. When she died, I was devastated. It took a while to comprehend that kids could actually die. That really shocked me.
3) What’s your favorite under-appreciated novel?
a) My favorite under appreciated novel is: In The Company of Angels by David Farland. It’s an incredible book about pioneers traveling west by foot pushing wooden handcarts that held all of their belongings. The courage, faith, loyalty, perseverance shown is inspiring. It is based on real people in their real journey. It is historical fiction at its finest. You travel with them through their tough times, crying with them through their sorrows, rejoicing with them as tender mercies and miracles happen. People finding strength to persevere against all odds. This book shows humanity at its finest--and occasionally at it's worst, but the unconquerable human spirit wins out in the end--even as the company faces many trials and tribulations. I couldn't put it down--reading consecutively from beginning to end. I love stories of ordinary people doing extraordinary things.
4) When did you first know you wanted to become a writer?
a) I knew I would become an author as a tween. As a teen, I had an amazing teacher, Mrs. Johnson, who told me outright that I needed to be an author. She wasn’t happy that I became engaged just before my 18th birthday. When I asked her why she wasn’t happy for me, she rolled her eyes and said “I was too smart to get married that young.”
When I asked her with that meant, she said she thought I would get married, have a bunch of kids, and not write my books. Then she pointed her finger at me and said “You need to write your books.”
I promised her I could do it all because I was almost 18. I could be a wife, a mother ,and an author. :-)
She wasn’t impressed. So I promised her that yes I would write the books. It took a few years to keep that promise. But I did. And there’s no going back now. :-) And spoiler alert, Mrs. Johnson inspired me so much that I made her a character in my second novel, Trouble Blows West.
5) What is the most difficult part of your artistic process?
a) I think the hardest part of my writing process is to stop thinking about what I want to write and sit down and actually write it. I was a daydreamer as a kid and I would come up with all these cool things in my head. I find if I stop thinking and start writing it comes together well. But I can’t type as fast as I can think. :-) So lately I have been trying to talk to text, and then go back and edit because that seems to work better.
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