Q and A

Malerie — Sat, 21 Dec 2019 21:50:19 +0000

In the short amount of time that I’ve had in the writing world, I’ve gotten a bunch of questions, many about my age but others as well. Most of them I get asked are,

Q:How old are you?

A:Yes, I am fifteen years old and yes, I am the author of the books. Which this question is mostly asked at events where my mom is there with me and so everyone assumes she was the one who wrote the books.

Q:Who made the cover?

A: My mother is the one who made the cover, she’s a graphic designer. But I did give her a sketch of what I wanted and sat there with her when she was putting it together.

Q:How long did it take to write your first book?

A:My first book isn’t that great of a representation of how long it takes for me to write because I didn’t continuously write on it and I wasn’t as passionate about it. But even so, it took me two years.

Q:How long did it take to write your second book?

A:The funny thing is that my second book took the same amount of time to write as the first one did. The only reason they took the same amount of time is because the second one has many more pages so it took two years to write.

Q:What age group are your books geared towards?

A:My books have been known to be read by many different ages but the main age group is middle grade to young adult.

Q:Are there any other writers in the family?

A:No actually, there are no authors in my family but many of them love to do crafty or creative things like me. I know many of them like to write, just not huge novels.

Q:Do you have an editor or agent?

A:Yes, yes I do, it’s my mommy. But in reality my family will all read through it and I will also send it over to Page 15 and they will read. I also look over my work multiple times before I feel it’s close to ready.

Q:Are they on AR?

A:Sadly as of right now they are not. But we are trying for this.

Q:What’s your favorite genre of reading?

A:What I normally answer to this is historical fiction because I truly love to read historical fiction, it’s really captivating to me. Even though I do write mostly in fantasy fiction.

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Introduction

Malerie — Wed, 18 Dec 2019 22:25:42 +0000

Coming to this page, you’re probably asking yourself what to expect, what do I do here, why do I have a website, or maybe you tried looking me up and have no clue who I am. But before we go into all of that jazz, I just want to welcome you, no matter how you found out about me, you’re here now so thank you!

If you are one of the people who doesn’t know who I am, I’m Malerie Scammey a 9th grade student in Florida who has published two fantasy fiction books and am currently working on a third. I know once reading that you think I might be lying either about my age or about what I’ve accomplished but it’s true.

So now that you know a little bit about who I am (you can learn more in the About tab), I can tell you what I do. On this website I will post about books, reading, writing and being an author (etc.). I might write some book reviews every now and then or recommend books my readers might like to check out. I might post some writing tips or writing prompts that will help aspiring authors to find what they love. I may even talk about my way of writing and how I get a full book wrote and published.

No matter what area of language arts your interested in, if you love to read but not writing, or want some book suggestions/reviews, or are in any other situation this website can help you on your journey!

You can contact me with any questions or anything else in the Contact Me tab.

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