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Meet Authors of Children Books Chatroom - Animal Diaries Chat #16 Valiska Gregory, writer of several books *** New Messages appeared at the top of the page *** rene wrote: thank you all... i just read good questions rene wrote: next time i hope i will be able to contribute more Mrs. Goble wrote: We agree! Thank you so much for this chat! Gregory wrote: It's been fun talking to all of you today, and I'd be happy to see your questions. A good question is just one step away from a good answer. Mrs. Goble wrote: Well, we have really enjoyed this chat! We have more questions...would it be ok for us to send them to you in an email ? Gregory wrote: Sorry, that last sentence should read "would LET kids know..." Sometimes my mind goes faster than my fingers and I make mistakes. Gregory wrote: When my children were little, they were too scared to go to the haunted house, so I decided to write a book that would like kids know that people in costumes are just people, hardly scary at all. Dylan wrote: How did you think of the book Grindlecat Gregory wrote: My two favorite things to do are READ and WRITE, but eating popcorn runs a close second. Gregory wrote: I'll tell Claire Ewart, the illustrator for that book, that you like the Grindlecat. I like the Grindlecat too--I think Claire made him scary, but not too scary. Klint wrote: Whats your favorite thing to do? Caila wrote: I liked the pictures of the cat in the Grindlecat. Gregory wrote: I have been writing books since I was four, but I started publishing books for children about 15 years ago. Steven wrote: How long have you been writing children's books? Gregory wrote: Yes, I love to write stories about animals, partly because some time real life animals end up as characters I imagine in my books. My daughters had a rabbit who weighed 18 pounds and was bigger than our dog. He ended up as Benjamin in a book called BABYSITTING FOR BENJAMIN. Stori wrote: Do you like to write stories about animals? Gregory wrote: It takes a lot of people to make a children's book. The only think I have to do is write the book, but many others (editors, art directors, the printer, etc.) and the illustrator help as well. Skye wrote: How hard was it to make chirldrens books? Rene wrote: so, do you have more interesting questions for Gregory? Rene wrote: Hi Mrs. Goble class... in two weeks from now I will be in your classroom Mrs. Goble and class wrote: Hoi Mr. Rene! We are glad to see you here!! Gregory wrote: It is just after 2:00 in Indianapolis where I live. Hoi to everyone in the Netherlands. Rene wrote: and I help some colleagues at school,,, they say hi too Rene wrote: It is now almost 8:30 pm in Holland Jessica wrote: Can you visit? Gregory wrote: Yes, Rene, we're still on line. rene wrote: greetings from the netherlands... is the chat still going? Gregory wrote: So many students ask me that question that one day I sat down to figure it out. I wrote down one book. Then I wrote down another. My list of favorite books was 100 books long before I gave up. I LOVE to read. EVERYTHING. Gregory wrote: I have been very lucky to have wonderful illustrators for my books. My favorite thing about being an author is seeing what the illustrator puts in a book that is a surprise to me. Check out SHIRLEY'S WONDERFUL BABY to find the titles of books and magazines that the illustrator, Bruce Degen, put in the book. Bruce is also the illustrator for the Magic School Bus books some of you may have read. Michael wrote: What is your favorite book. Taylor wrote: Do you like what your illustrators come up with? Gregory wrote: I started writing books for my brothers when I was four and learned how to read. And, of course, reading and writing go together like peanut butter and jelly, so once I learned to read, I just had to write as well. Gregory wrote: My favorite dinosaur? A stegosaurus but I have no clue why. Allicyn wrote: How old were you when you became a writer? Gregory wrote: My favorite animal? I love bears, all kinds. But my favorite animal to live with would have to be a dog. I have a white dog name Lucy who is right now barking at a squirrel. Hunter wrote: What is your favorite animle and your favorite dinasour. Gregory wrote: At Butler University I am a writer-in-residence. I direct a conference about children's literature for Butler every year. Skye wrote: .0 Garrett wrote: What do you do at Butler University? Gregory wrote: I usually try to publish at least one book a year, but I'm often working on several more at the same time. It generally takes about two years for a book to be made from the time I write the story I down on paper to being published so it's a book that you can get in the library. Breanna wrote: How many books did you write in a year? Gregory wrote: I think you can find ideas EVERYwhere--but you do have to look for them so you don't miss them. Usually something I see or something I read about will stick in my head and a story will form itself around it. Devin wrote: How do you come up with your stories? Gregory wrote: That's a good question, but I don't have a good answer. It's sort of like asking me which of my children I love the most. I like them all for different reasons. MaKayla wrote: What is your favorite book you wrote? Gregory wrote: Hi to Mrs. Goble's Class and Hoi to Mr. de Vries' class from Valiska Gregory. Mrs. Goble and class wrote: Welcome to our chat! Mrs. Goble wrote: Oops...lunch is over...the students are coming back in. Well, we shall chat again at 2:00pm...thanks, see you in the chatroom then! ;-) Mrs. Goble wrote: The Mystery of the Grindlecat and Shirley's Wonderful Baby Mrs. Goble wrote: My students have read (that I know of) two of your books: Mrs. Goble wrote: We used to have a chatroom for this...but when our school got a firewall it would not work anymore...and we have not gfigured a way around it yet. Mrs. Goble wrote: Great! Gregory wrote: Thanks, Joan. Your directions are very clear. Let's see if this works. Mrs. Goble wrote: As you can see....the new messages appear at the top, not the bottom. It is set up like a guest book. We had to do it this way because our firewall at school will not allow us to use a chatroom. We are looking forward to our chat. :-) Mrs. Goble wrote: It may take a second or two though...it will show up when the page refreshes. Or you can go ahead and click Refresh at the top of your page if you are like me and want to see it immediately. :-) Mrs. Goble wrote: Then, you must click on "Add Message" ...and it should show up on the top of this chat. Mrs. Goble wrote: Type your name in the name spot, type a message in the Comments spot. then click send or hit the Enter key on your keyboard Mrs. Goble wrote: This is how it is done Rene wrote: test 2 Rene wrote: test 11 January Start OF 16th ANIMAL DIARIES CHAT
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