Where Fantasy Meets the American West: Writing and Editing for Young Readers with Lindsay Flanagan (E145)
Today’s guest is Lindsay Flanagan. Lindsay writes fantasy adventures that empower girls to embrace their unique traits and weave their own spells into the world. Her debut novel, AnnaGrey and the Constellation, is the first runner-up in the middle reader category of the Eric Hoffer Book Award and a First Horizon Medal Finalist. Her newest novel, Little Red Wraith, is her debut young adult book. She is also an award-winning editor and has edited fiction and nonfiction, and is currently a senior editor at Eschler Editing. Additionally, she took on the role as co-publisher of Mad Cat Books, the young adult Imprint at Roan and Weatherford Publishing.
Highlights:
The inspiration behind AnnaGrey and the Constellation and Little Red Wraith.
What developmental and substantive editing really mean.
Empowering young girls through storytelling.
The importance of audiobooks in a reader’s life
Behind the scenes in the world of publishing
Her book flight features books with an alternate history set in the American West.
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Books and authors mentioned in the episode:
Embrace the Beautiful Chaos of Motherhood by Stacey Pereira
Luck of the Titanic by Stacy Lee
The Phoenix Crown by Kate Quinn
Horseman by Christina Henry
Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
House of Salt and Sorrows by Erin A. Craig
A Curse for True Love by Stephanie Garber
Before the Devil Breaks You by Libba Bray
Tantalize by Cynthia Leitich Smith
Book Flight
Red Rabbit by Alex Grecian
Under a Painted Sky by Stacey Lee
Elysium Girls by Kate Pentecost
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