Laura Taylor Namey – author of A Cuban Girl’s Guide to Tea and Tomorrow, a YA novel that has a diverse take on being a fish out of water
Laura Taylor Namey is the author of A Cuban Girl’s Guide to Tea and Tomorrow, a new Young Adult novel that was just chosen as a Reese’s Book Club pick for November 2020. The novel is the story of Lila, a recent high school graduate who is sent to England from Miami by her parents after disaster strikes at home. She feels out of place, but then she meets Orion, and starts to rethink her plans for the future.
In this episode, we discuss her writing process, and:
- Knowing that we don’t have to get it right the first time
- How to read to make you a better writer
- And more
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This week’s writing prompt is: Write your protagonist’s first look at a new place or an opportunity that takes them outside their comfort zone.
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- Aida Salazar, author of The Land of the Cranes
- Rachel Lynn Solomon, author of Today Tonight Tomorrow
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