The best way to get me to write more books is to read the ones that exist! — Rebecca Serle Copy Share Image
My first novel, 'When You Were Mine,' was a very, very personal story and drew a lot on the people in my… — Rebecca Serle Copy Share Image
I don't have to mumble something under my breath when someone asks me what I do anymore. I can just say, definitively,… — Rebecca Serle Copy Share Image
'Wuthering Heights' by Emily Bronte has been my all-time favorite book since I was in middle school. — Rebecca Serle Copy Share Image
Writing isn't manual labor. Nor is it emptying the dishwasher or paying bills. It's work, sure, but sometimes it should be fun. — Rebecca Serle Copy Share Image
At its best, writing is a dialogue. It's one of the things I love about children's: the fact that this dialogue is… — Rebecca Serle Copy Share Image
I get asked a lot what books I recommend for a nursery, home library, etc., and I always tell parents to start… — Rebecca Serle Copy Share Image
I always say it's a shame picture books get such a bad rep. Illustrations are tough to sell older kids on! — Rebecca Serle Copy Share Image
Writing is hard. It takes commitment and determination and a good part talent. It's not an afterthought, an addendum - it's a… — Rebecca Serle Copy Share Image
You don't write a book. You write a sentence and then a paragraph and then a page and then a chapter. Looking… — Rebecca Serle Copy Share Image
'Goodnight Moon' is a staple of any nursery bookshelf. So, too, are 'Harold and the Purple Crayon' and 'Madeline.' These books are… — Rebecca Serle Copy Share Image
Writers often like to talk about how intuitive the writing process is, but in truth, building a book is a remarkably unintuitive… — Rebecca Serle Copy Share Image
I have often said that I think children's books are like poetry. Finding the exact right words to tell a story is… — Rebecca Serle Copy Share Image
Part of the job of a children's author is to write books that will be remembered, definitely, but if I might go… — Rebecca Serle Copy Share Image
Children's authors have to pick words that reflect the spirit of a book and convey its message but also words that light… — Rebecca Serle Copy Share Image
Picture books have terrible PR amongst the children of this country. Ask any librarian: after a certain age, children just aren't interested… — Rebecca Serle Copy Share Image
Every writer, no matter published, unpublished, award-winning, or bestselling, faces insecurity. It crops up everywhere and, in my personal experience, nearly every… — Rebecca Serle Copy Share Image
I love anything by Deb Caletti. She's my absolute favorite young adult author. I love Ally Carter as well. — Rebecca Serle Copy Share Image
If you want to be a writer, first and foremost, you must write. If you write, you're a writer. Period. — Rebecca Serle Copy Share Image
I often lament that new picture books don't get read because the classics hold up so well. It's a ridiculous complaint because,… — Rebecca Serle Copy Share Image
The truth is that 'Twilight' is not a story about Bella and Jacob. It's a story about Bella and Edward. That was… — Rebecca Serle Copy Share Image
Writing is probably the least glamorous profession there is. This doesn't change when you become an author. — Rebecca Serle Copy Share Image
Seriously, I am a terrible plotter when it comes to my novels. Terrible. I love to kind of feel my way into… — Rebecca Serle Copy Share Image
I love that the collapse of The Other Side is being felt in both 'The Vampire Diaries' and 'The Originals' universes - as someone… — Rebecca Serle Copy Share
'Wuthering Heights' by Emily Bronte has been my all-time favorite book since I was in middle school. — Rebecca Serle Copy Share
My first book, 'When You Were Mine,' got optioned for film and went into preproduction as 'Rosaline.' That was the classic model: Hollywood calls,… — Rebecca Serle Copy Share
'Ready Player One' has it all - nostalgia, trivia, adventure, romance, heart, and, dare I say it, some very fascinating social commentary. The novel… — Rebecca Serle Copy Share
By refusing to lend a hand, we are not only robbing our colleagues and peers of the opportunity to gain guidance, but we are… — Rebecca Serle Copy Share
I've said it before, and I'll say it again: writing picture books is an art - the art of word choice. — Rebecca Serle Copy Share
When someone around you succeeds, it does not mean they've taken that spot from you. What it means is that you are in the… — Rebecca Serle Copy Share
American fantasy is not a genre we think about too often. Sure, we are familiar with the worlds of English boarding school houses and… — Rebecca Serle Copy Share
“No one ever died from having too much information. It’s the misunderstandings that are the problem.” — Rebecca Serle Copy Share
“They died together; they'll always be remembered together. It's decided, once and for all. He was hers. The rumors don't matter; they'll fade...People may… — Rebecca Serle Copy Share
So many tend to brand the Internet as the downfall of youth, but 'Ready Player One' hints that it's more complicated than that. — Rebecca Serle Copy Share
At its heart, 'Mostly Good Girls' is about the pressures we put on ourselves to live up to ideas of perfection. — Rebecca Serle Copy Share
The adult fiction and writing for children portions of my MFA program were kept very separate, and there was a stigma around those 'kid… — Rebecca Serle Copy Share
“It’s not that most girls are delusional, per se. It’s just that they have this subtle ability to warp actual circumstances into something different.… — Rebecca Serle Copy Share
