Stone Soup author interview

Stone Soup Author Interview: Sasha Miller

Stone Soup contributor and 20-21 intern Anya Geist, 14, talks with Stone Soup newcomer Sasha Miller, 8, about how it feels to submit to a magazine, her favorite author, and writing scary stories. 0:19 – How were you introduced to Stone Soup? 0:29 – How long have you subscribed to Stone Soup? 0:40 – Have you submitted anything to Stone Soup? 0:57 – Was it your first time submitting something? How did it feel? 1:21 – What do you like best about the Writing Workshop? 1:36 – What was it like to join the Writing Workshop partway through the summer? 2:02 – Do you have any favorite books or authors? 2:30 – What do you like to write about? 2:41 – How do you come up with the ideas for your stories? 2:57 – Do you have a favorite place to write? 3:12 – Who in your life inspires you to write? 3:35 – What is your favorite thing about writing? 4:04 – Has Stone Soup been helpful to you? 4:15 – What is your favorite thing about reading Stone Soup? 4:54 – Do you have any writing advice for your peers? 5:43 – If you could tell somebody about Stone Soup, what would you say?  

Stone Soup Author Interview: Analise Braddock

Stone Soup contributor and 2020-21 intern Anya Geist, 14, talks with contributor (in art and writing), three time winner of the Weekly Flash Contest, and co-second place winner of the 2019 Book Contest Analise Braddock, 9, about the freedom of creativity and the long, arduous, but rewarding project of writing a book of poems. 0:22 – How were you introduced to Stone Soup? 0:35 – What is your favorite part about the Writing Workshop? 0:54 – What is your favorite thing about writing? 1:19 – What is your favorite thing about art? 2:05 – What inspired you to submit to the Book Contest? 2:41 – How did it feel to submit something to a contest? 3:27 – How did it feel to win second place? 3:58 – Where were you when you found out you’d won second place? 4:38 – How long did it take to find out? 5:50 – Do you have any writing advice for your peers? 6:28 – If you could tell somebody about Stone Soup, what would you say? 7:04 – Is the writing you do for fun different from the writing you do for school?

Stone Soup Author Interview: Georgia Marshall

Stone Soup contributor and 2020-21 intern Anya Geist, 14, talks with contributor and winner of the Weekly Flash Contest Georgia Marshall, 11, about what it’s like to be a published author, the Writing Workshop, and expressing the imagination through writing. 0:18 – How were you introduced to Stone Soup?  1:23 – What was it like to become a published author? 2:10 – What is your favorite part about the Writing Workshop? 3:01 – What is your favorite part about Book Club? 3:44 – What is your favorite thing about writing? 4:40 – What was your published poem about? 5:58 – Is the writing you do for fun different from the writing you do for school? 7:18 – Do you have any writing advice for your peers? 8:15 – If you could tell somebody about Stone Soup, what would you say?