In this week’s episode of The Bookshop at the End of the Internet, author Becca Wierwille discusses her new middle grade novel, Road Trip Rescue. In this book, 12-year-old Kimmy loses her dog named Bo. But Bo is more than just a pet. He is Kimmy’s best friend -- because Bo never made fun of her for being born with only one hand. Two years after Bo goes missing, Kimmy stumbles across a magazine photo of a dog eating an ice cream cone, and Kimmy knows in her heart that the dog is Bo. She enlists the aid of her Aunt Skylar, an adventure-seeking, pink-haired woman who agrees to take Kimmy on a road trip and promises to stop in the town where the photo was taken so they can try to find the dog. Becca was inspired to write this story by an actual photo she found of a dog eating an ice cream cone. She began asking “what if” questions, and the story developed from there. Becca and her main character Kimmy share something in common -- they were both born with a limb difference. Born with only half of her right arm, Becca uses her stories to help others find beauty in what makes them extraordinary. In this episode, I’ll chat with Becca about her writing journey, why she chooses to write for middle grade readers, and why hearing from readers she doesn’t know is her favorite part of the job.
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In this week’s episode of The Bookshop at the End of the Internet, author Nancy McCabe discusses her new book, Vaulting Through Time. This is Nancy’s first novel for young adults. A 16-year-old biracial high school student named Elizabeth is coming to the end of her competitive gymnastics career. But that isn’t the only thing that has her head spinning. Elizabeth discovers a mystery surrounding about her birth that her mother has kept secret from her. She also finds herself catapulted through time, through her family’s own history as well as great moments in gymnastics history, in order to solve that mystery and stop a fellow time traveler whose actions may prevent her from being born at all. This book holds a special place in Nancy’s heart, because she has always loved time travel stories, and her main character Elizabeth was inspired by Nancy’s own daughter, who was a competitive gymnast. Nancy has taught writing at the university level for many years, but she admits Vaulting Through Time is unlike anything she has ever written before. In this episode, I’ll chat with Nancy about her writing journey, why she credits her students with convincing her to try her hand at writing a time travel novel, and the one simple truth she tells all her students: the more you read, the better writer you become.

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In this week’s episode of The Bookshop at the End of the Internet, author Maggie Giles discusses her new book, Twisted. It is Maggie’s second novel and the first book in a duology, with the final installment, Wicked, due out next year. In Twisted, a mysterious drug is believed to be linked to several unsolved murders. When Detective Ryan Boone’s investigation finds more questions than answers, he has no choice but to team up with escort service madame Mel Parker to unravel the mystery behind the medication before someone else winds up dead. Maggie also discusses her debut novel, The Things We Lost. This book is a suspenseful take on the idea of an alternate reality. The main character Maddie has been haunted for many years by the death of a close friend. When Maddie wakes up one morning to find herself in a different life, one in which her friend is still alive, Maddie thinks she’s been given a do-over. But this second chance may mean giving up the life she had and never seeing her kids again. In this episode, I’ll chat with Maggie about her writing journey, how she writes her novels while dealing with aphantasia, a characteristic that means she lacks a visual imagination, and the reactions from her readers to the very human ideas of second chances and having a do-over.
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