Catherine Linka

Author of WHAT I WANT YOU TO SEE (freeform 2020) and A GIRL CALLED FEARLESS. VCFA MFA, explorer, birder, dog mom

[Stephani Martinell Eaton @stephanimeaton]

So excited about my interview with @vcfawcya classmates @GhostwriterMo & @vashleywalker on Cynsations today. They talk about their process of interviewing women in the music industry as well as the collaboration process. https://t.co/b9pLKHQpfA
@CynLeitichSmith @ChiReviewPress

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"Art is theft"
Pablo Picasso

@LittleBrownYR 4/26/22

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Tween and even some teen readers grab on to manga, graphic novels, and novels in verse in part because these literary forms feel accessible. Emerging readers don't have the same confidence adult readers do.

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“Art is what you can get away with.”
Andy Warhol

@LittleBrownYR 4/26/22

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@GretchenMcNeil You could roast a whole donkey in there

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“Art is not what you see, but what you make others see.”
Edgar Degas

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@MaryElMcCoy I think it's really important to let people know that you do not expect them to do anything more than listen.

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Upon reading the YA novel, WHAT I WANT YOU TO SEE, August Rodin called it "thought provoking."

Paperback release 4/26/22 from @LittleBrownYR

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@AnnStampler Ridiculous

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Nothing I love more than an underdog win!

[NCAA March Madness @MarchMadnessMBB]

We love a good underdog story 🤣 @PeacocksMBB

#StrutUp | #MarchMadness

[Simon Teen @simonteen]

The Queen’s Gambit meets The Hunger Games in #Trigger, a YA thriller from @N_Griffin that's out 3/29. https://t.co/4o5MBW2yYl

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Spring migrants are back in the PNW and I swear there's mockingjay in the woods across the road.

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My favorite holiday is the Big East Tournament.

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Channing Tatum and a German Shepard are just about the only reasons I can see for going to the movies right now.

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Six stages of novel writing: genesis, questioning, dedication, despair, revelation, relief.

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@LisaCron STORY GENIUS was my go to for revising WHAT I WANT YOU TO SEE. "Misguided thoughts" guided my writing. WIWYTS in paperback 4/26/22

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Thrilled for my friend Rieko Mendez who was accepted into the #VCFA MCYA class of 2024! So impressed by how hard she worked to get there! Go Rieko!

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1st novel writing class I took @kerrymadden recommended the Synonym Finder. Writers often tell me they are dazzled by the verbs I employ. I don't have a secret stash, but I do have this book.

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Most of the time I take a Bauhaus approach to writing backstory. Less is more.

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When I was a bookseller, I hosted #BrianSelznick. Hundreds of students from 4 schools came. It was a lot of work, but Brian was kind and generous. He even sent me a handwritten thank you. More guest authors should show their appreciation the way he did.