I’m excited to have been asked to participate in Lauren Baratz-Logsted’s One Question Tour as she works her way across the blogosphere in anticipation of her forthcoming novel The Education of Bet.  Please join me in welcoming Lauren as she answers my question for her stop today:

Q: You’re backlist is quite vast, including a variety of  characters written for a variety of genres.  Is there a genre and/or  voice you’ve not yet tackled that you feel you’d like to explore  more?

A: What an excellent question! In terms of age groups, there’s nothing new for me to try unless I want to do a board book for really young kids or a picturebook – since I have zero artistic talent, that’s out, although I do have the texts for a few kicking around in the old computer here just waiting for some publisher to want them.

In the room off the basement cave I refer to as my office, there’s a whiteboard on which I’ve listed the titles of all the books I’d like to write someday. There are a lot of titles on that board. Nearly all fall into genres I’ve written in the past: adult, YA, or middle grade books; serious, comedic, contemporary, historical, re-visioned fairy tales etc. But there is one that is not like any of the others. The title is PURPLE and the book in my mind that goes with that title is an epic fantasy. I remember being at Disney World with my daughter a few years ago and seeing the Narnia exhibit. I’d already seen the first movie and something struck me that day: the idea that out of all the genres, epic fantasy captures people’s imaginations and love in a way that nothing else can. I’d love to try something like that someday although, I must confess, I am intimidated at the very thought.

Man, I’d sure love to see a picture of that white board!  If you ask me Lauren, you can do anything you put your mind to.  Sign me up to read Purple once it’s published.

If you missed yesterday’s stop on the tour check out Lauren’s thoughts on her best birthday at Katie Alender’s blog and tomorrow check out what she’d take with her to a deserted island on Amanda Ashby’s blog.

A great big thank you for taking the time to share with my readers.  Keep an eye out for my review of The Education of Bet tomorrow.