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Jenny Moss lives in Texas and writes.

She is the author of SHADOW (Scholastic Press) and WINNIE'S WAR and TAKING OFF (Walker/Bloomsbury). She also writes under her birth name, Jennifer McKissack (the YA Gothic SANCTUARY, Scholastic Press). ...more

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Do you plan to write a sequel to Shadow?

Jenny Moss Good morning!

My agent and I pitched a sequel to SHADOW to Scholastic, but they were reluctant to commit.

Honestly, I think I could write a whole serie…moreGood morning!

My agent and I pitched a sequel to SHADOW to Scholastic, but they were reluctant to commit.

Honestly, I think I could write a whole series for Shadow. I have many, many ideas for that world. I play with the characters a lot in my imagination.

I hope to one day publish a sequel. I'm not giving up on it.

Thanks for writing and reading,

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I loved your book Taking Off. I like the fact that it was historical fiction. Can you give me some advice on writing historical fiction? How should I go about researching? How do I use a figure in history and make it my own? What things should I keep the same and recreate? How can I set the stage since it will be taking place in a different time period? How do I limit what time period or subject I want to write about?

Jenny Moss Thank you so much for writing! I'm so happy you enjoyed the book.

Christa McAuliffe was a wonderful subject to write about. One of the challenges I had…moreThank you so much for writing! I'm so happy you enjoyed the book.

Christa McAuliffe was a wonderful subject to write about. One of the challenges I had was making her a character in the book, but staying true to who she was. I read books about her and watched TV interviews, trying to figure out what a conversation with her might be like. I also reached out to people who knew her. At some point, your imagination has to fill in the gaps. It was a challenge, but I hope I was able to accurately capture her. Do you have access to a lot of information about the person you're writing about? If so, that can help. But, then again, if it's an obscure figure in history, then I do think you're free to let your imagination take the facts and extrapolate from there. Otherwise, the person won't feel real enough to the reader. If you do recreate (i.e., deviate from what's known): I would explain in an author's note what you did & why. Do you already have someone selected?

The reader needs to feel that she/he is in the scene with your characters. Details can help immensely in creating the scene, in getting the reader in close. Sensory details, for example. Try to get close to your characters. Get close to the scene. Be "right there" with them.

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	Shadow 3.73 avg rating — 1,351 ratings — published 2010 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Dear Teen Me: Authors Write Letters to Their Teen Selves by E. Kristin Anderson (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Sarah Ockler (Goodreads Author), Stephanie Pellegrin (Goodreads Author) 3.69 avg rating — 645 ratings — published 2012 — 16 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Taking Off 3.90 avg rating — 348 ratings — published 2010 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Winnie's War 3.64 avg rating — 181 ratings — published 2009 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Look Inside a Castle by Jenny Moss (Goodreads Author), Gail Saunders-Smith (Editor) 4.33 avg rating — 9 ratings — published 2010 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Shadow by Jenny Moss (2010-04-01) 4.11 avg rating — 9 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Look Inside a Pueblo by Jenny Moss (Goodreads Author), Gail Saunders-Smith (Editor) 4.29 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 2010	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	How Robots Work (Edge Books: Robots) 3.38 avg rating — 8 ratings — published 2013 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Leah Cypess writes so beautifully. I love that the NIGHTSPELL cover reflects the wondrous, enticing quality of her prose.

Last year, Harper Collins published NIGHTSPELL, which is a companion novel to the fascinating MISTWOOD. From the publisher's description of the novel:

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“I enjoyed writing. Perhaps it was because I hardly heard the sound of my own voice. My written words were my voice, speaking, singing, ... I was there on the page”
― Jenny Moss, Shadow

tags: books, expressive, introvert, quiet, reading, write, writing

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“Writing poetry felt silly, not practical. It was poetry. I wasn't exploring space here. But it felt necessary to me.”
― Jenny Moss, Taking Off

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