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determine how much of my
time a writing project will
require, inclusive of writing,
review, and everything else that
a book involves. 1 page = 1
hour. Thus, if I’m writing a 700page book (inclusive of all front
matter and back matter), I must
plan for the project requiring
700 hours of my time.
What’s your favorite food?
Robert: My military career
took me all over the world, so I
have many favorite foods. I
love yakisoba and sushi. I love
kalbi and kimchi. I love
schnitzel and sauerkraut. I love
gyros and spanakopita. I love
kalua pork and poi. Oh and I
love pho, and now just thinking
about all those wonderful foods
is making me hungry. :-)
Where’s your favorite place
to read?
rather than read for very long).
What’s the most interesting
thing a fan has ever said to
you?
Robert: The Kingdoms and
the Elves of the Reaches and
In the Service of Dragons
books are popular with tween
boys and I often hear from
readers who tell me they never
really enjoyed reading until
they discovered these books.
I’ve heard from fans who read
the books for fun while being
forced to read a “classic” book
that they hated at school. That
was fun for me to hear.
I think though that one of the
best things that has ever
happened to me as a writer is
the first time an entire class
wrote letters to Buster Bee.
The first time that happened I
was overwhelmed. It was
Robert: Currently, I am
working to finish an 8-book
contract with my publishers.
The contract is the largest one
I’ve ever signed and it couldn’t
have come at a better time.
The project, which has
consumed part of last year, all
of this year and will carry me
well into next year, entails over
4,000 pages of writing—and
I’ve been going at it 7 days a
week trying to meet all the
timelines.
Two of the eight books have
now been published and I am
working my way through
writing, reviewing, and final
work on all the others. I’m very
grateful to have this work,
especially as the industry is in
such flux right now. There was
a great deal of uncertainty prior
to this about the future. The
uncertainty continues, but at
least I have work to keep me
going.
What an amazing interview
thank you Robert for allowing
the readers of Reader’s Rock
take a sneak peak behind the
scenes and into your career.
It’s been out pleasure chatting
with you.
Robert: Reading is big at my
house, so we have reading
nooks all over the place. When
I have time, I like to read in the
sun room (but the sun room is
also my office so I’m usually
tempted to go back to work
simply amazing to receive so
many letters from kids who love
the Bugville Critters stories.
What are you working on
currently?
Wondering what books Robert
Stanek has written? You can
find a visual guide to 102 of his
books in print at
http://www.robertstanek.com/print-books.htm
and a visual guide to 75 of his
books in audio at
http://www.robertstanek.com/audio-books.htm.
Robert Stanek is on Twitter at
http://twitter.com/robertstanek
and on Facebook at
http://www.facebook.com/robert
stanekauthor.