So you are a vampire." "I most certainly am not." He looked annoyed. "That's such a common phrase, such a cliche, and so unflattering. I suppose you believe in werewolves and aliens too. I blame television. Margaret Stohl More Quotes by Margaret Stohl More Quotes From Margaret Stohl For me a book has always been a chance to reach out and connect to someone and not be alone. Margaret Stohl reach-out chance book I first read Harper Lee's 'To Kill a Mockingbird' as a teen in school, like you did. I read the book alone, eating lunch at my locker, neatly scored oranges my mother divided into five lines with a circle at the top, so my fingers could dig more easily into the orange skin. To this day, the smell of oranges reminds me of 'Mockingbird.' Margaret Stohl alone day me mother Getting books out into the world helps us all. Margaret Stohl books us out world When you're writing about superpowers, you're writing about power. When you're writing about immortals, you're writing about mortality. Margaret Stohl about you power writing Everyone reads Harper Lee personally. For me, 'Mockingbird' was about admitting my own hyphenated identity - about loving and hating my world, about both belonging and not belonging to the community I came from. Margaret Stohl me community identity world Everything I write is about big feelings. What I care about is trying to be brave enough to feel how you feel and to be emotionally true. Margaret Stohl feel you care brave It's a fallacy that people think that today's teenagers are shallow or somehow less intelligent than in the past. Margaret Stohl think today people past I think, to give our bookshelf a little credit, our area of the library and the bookstore has attracted stronger writers as it's started to thrive. Margaret Stohl think library stronger credit There's a lot of loneliness in a book tour. A lot of grilled cheese sandwiches alone in your hotel at night. Margaret Stohl alone loneliness night book I worked in videogames for 16 years before writing my first book in 2009. Margaret Stohl first writing book years We love what we love, and shared fandoms bring people of all ages and backgrounds into one great tribe. Margaret Stohl tribe great love people The privilege, and the challenges, of taking on Black Widow have never been lost on me. I worked on the first 'Spiderman' game as well as 'Fantastic Four,' and I had always wanted to be able to tell more of a character-driven comic book story than was possible to fit into a game narrative. Margaret Stohl game me black challenges I worked as a writer, lead designer, and creative director in the game industry. Margaret Stohl lead director game creative Writing is the easy part. The 'getting it right' part is harder. Margaret Stohl getting right easy writing I'm up at dawn. I practically fall asleep at dinner. Margaret Stohl up dinner dawn fall My solo novel 'Icons' was optioned by Alcon Entertainment, the folks who made the 'Beautiful Creatures' movie, and that's gotten as far as a script, but no news yet. Margaret Stohl solo news entertainment beautiful I like to make an outline or cards and then utterly ignore them. Margaret Stohl make like ignore cards At heart, I would have to say I'm a pantser. I fully embrace the chaos of letting the unintended happen, on life and on the page. Margaret Stohl say chaos heart life The Lowcountry traditionally is a logical place where the big ships stopped and brought new things in from the ocean, and the islands have a mystical tradition. It is such a visual place, too, with these iconic villages with the Spanish moss and the village and historical homes and the coast. Margaret Stohl new-things village tradition ocean Alden Ehrenreich is a drama nerd, and Alice Englert is indie girl. They're so cool in the way that our characters are cool. Margaret Stohl cool girl drama way
