I don’t want to call it a trend, because it’s something that should just be. The bend toward diversity in publishing, especially in YA, is very heartening. What literary trends are you loving? Which ones are you loathing? Believe in yourself and your own particular genius, but also give yourself permission to write the shitty first draft. This is a tough business and it can take a very long time to get any traction in it. Do everything you can to bolster yourself with all of the mental and emotional support you need. The rest is kind of a blur…īest advice to other young women wanting to get their work published? I’d been writing in my spare time for years, but I finally devoted myself to finishing a novel. But while I was having a blast playing all these wonderful parts and telling wonderful stories, I realized that what I ultimately wanted to do was tell my own stories. In university, while I getting a master’s degree in English, my friends and I formed our own Shakespearean theatre company together and went on to perform for largely high school audiences for the better part of two decades. That impulse first manifested in a desire to become an actor. When I was in high school I realized that I wanted to be a storyteller-probably because it was something that didn’t involve math, team sports, or having to learn to cook. When did you realize you wanted to be a writer? The day usually ends with bashing around story ideas over a pint up the street at my local with my guy-and occasional writing partner-Jon. If I’m on deadline, I usually forget to eat until I’m hungry enough that I can’t form coherent sentences. The rest of the time, I have a desk and a daybed in my office. Occasionally the local fauna come hang out with me-Earl the white cat from up the street, an entire family of raccoons, that squirrel with the judgey expression on his face… Weather permitting, I like to sit in my backyard and write. Another is very long showers if I’m stuck on a plot point (I should probably have a whiteboard installed in the bathroom). I tend not to follow a particular set routine, but there are definitely consistent elements. LL: I mostly try to get done what needs to get done-anything from brainstorming to writing to revising/copy-editing/proofing to doing publicity stuff. SDTC: Walk us through a typical day in your life, from getting up until going to bed. Lesley Livingston is an award-winning author of teen and middle-grade fiction, best known for the Wondrous Strange series, recently named one of CBC’s “100 YA Books That Make You Proud To Be Canadian.” Her novel, The Valiant, is a gripping historical fantasy recounting seventeen-year-old Fallon’s tumultuous journey from fierce Celtic princess to legendary female gladiator and darling of the Roman empire. The Word On The Street Festival touches down in less than a month, and in anticipation, we’re rolling out a series of interviews with authors we know you’ll love.
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