Just how different is it in the city compared to the country? Former co-host Allison Tait returns to discuss capturing that feeling in her latest middle-grade novel, Willow Bright’s Secret Plot (writing as A.L.Tait) – as well as teasing some of her other books coming out and how she balances it all!
00:00 Welcome 08:02 Writing tip: Be proud of your own work 10:12 WIN!: I Want Everything by Dominic Amerena 12:02 Word of the week: ‘Lagniappe’ 15:24 Writer in residence: A.L Tait 16:01 Recap on Allison’s life lately 21:53 Defining middle grade 24:55 Her latest book, Willow Bright’s Secret Plot 26:35 Inspiration behind the story 29:48 The ideas file – the ‘wows’ and ‘whys’ 36:47 Upcoming projects and writing rhythm 37:56 Danger Road – a middle-grade crime novel 45:59 Allison’s drafting process 47:30 Hiding clues through books without plotting 48:45 A third secret book on the way 52:20 Why ‘A.L.Tait’ and not ‘Allison Tait’? 53:58 The ‘Your Kids Next Read’ podcast 54:45 Final thoughts
Allison Tait (A.L. Tait) is the internationally published bestselling author of middle-grade adventure series The Mapmaker Chronicles the Ateban Cipher novels, and the Maven & Reeve Mysteries.
A multi-genre writer, creative writing teacher and speaker with many years’ experience in magazines, newspapers and online publishing, Allison is co-host of the top-rating Your Kid’s Next Read podcast and former co-host of the So You Want To Be A Writer podcast.
She lives on the south coast of NSW (Australia) with her family.
