Since it’s the Inklings Book Contest season, one of our author friends and mentors, Rebecca Behrens, author of the realistic survival story Alone in the Woods, shares her inspiring thoughts as you get closer to the finish line writing your stories and poems. Rebecca observes:
“As a writer-mentor of previous contests, I’ve been taken to the swashbuckling past, the realistic present, and the space-age future, through charming forests and fantastic kingdoms–and I’ve thoroughly enjoyed the ride. Inklings’ stories are funny, heartfelt, quirky, and moving, and always full of lots of creativity and big ideas. I can’t wait to see which adventures you take your readers on this year. Bon voyage!”
Inklings, don’t be afraid to unleash your imagination and see where it takes you!
Thanks for your encouragement, Rebecca! You can see more of Rebecca’s work at her website, www.rebeccabehrens.com
Rebecca Behrens is the award-winning author of five critically acclaimed middle-grade novels. Her first three books explore famous historical figures and fascinating places: When Audrey Met Alice, Summer of Lost and Found, and The Last Grand Adventure. Her thrillingly realistic survival story The Disaster Days is a Junior Library Guild selection, a Bank Street Best Children’s Book, and an ILA Teachers’ Choices selection. Her latest middle-grade adventure, Alone in the Woods, released in October 2020 and is also a Junior Library Guild selection. Rebecca grew up in Wisconsin, studied in Chicago, and now lives with her husband in New York City. Some of Rebecca’s favorite things are: the beach, history, running, nature, doughnuts, and laughing.
