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" I love Norse mythology - Thor and Odin and Loki - amazing characters. "
Rick Riordan
Characters
Amazing
Love
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" I don't think I would ever inch my way up to Y.A. That audience is very well served. There are a lot of wonderful writers writing for Y.A. I feel like I'm in the right place. "
Rick Riordan
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Audience
Feel
" I think children love reading, and they will make time for it if we put the right books into their hands. And I hope I get the chance to keep being one of the people that writes them. "
Rick Riordan
Reading
Time
Love
" I stick closely to the structure of the myths. I may have some fun with the mythology by changing the environment to modern-day, but the structure of the myths, the monsters, the relationships of the gods - none of that is made up. "
Rick Riordan
Relationships
Environment
Fun
" I think anytime you're writing to the middle grades, you're writing to young readers who are trapped in a number of ways between two worlds: between childhood and adulthood, between their friends and their parents. "
Rick Riordan
Think
Writing
You
" I've been reading Greek mythology since I was a kid. I also taught it when I was a sixth grade teacher, so I knew a lot of mythological monsters already. Sometimes I still use books and Web sites to research, though. Every time I research Greek mythology, I learn something new! "
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Time
Learn
Reading
" I think that kids have a greater capacity for processing things than we give them credit for. "
Rick Riordan
Credit
Think
Things
" There are days when I'll write for 15 minutes and have to give up and move around, and I'll write another paragraph and give up again. On other days I get intensely - focused on the process, sit down at 8 A.M. and won't get up until 8 P.M. "
Rick Riordan
Down
Process
Days
" It seems like just yesterday my son was hiding under the table to avoid reading. Now, he's writing books longer than mine! "
Rick Riordan
Son
Writing
Yesterday
" I wrote for 10 years before I even started the 'Percy Jackson' series. "
Rick Riordan
Started
Wrote
Years
" I sometimes look at my bookshelves today and wonder which volumes my sons will treasure in twenty or thirty years. Which should I be saving for them? Which will fade with time? "
Rick Riordan
Treasure
Today
Time
" I can't actually wrap my mind around it easily - I can't really visualize what 2 million books looks like... So I try to keep it real for myself by focusing on individual anecdotes of how my books have helped kids learn to love reading. "
Rick Riordan
Myself
Learn
Love
" Even if these stories are 3,000 years old, there's still so much about the characters, about the dilemmas, about their understanding of the universe that still resonates. The whole idea of order and chaos, which is really central to the ancient Egyptian understanding of the world, is still very much with us. "
Rick Riordan
Universe
World
Chaos
" I come to writing the same way I come to teaching, which is that my goal is always to create life-long readers. "
Rick Riordan
Create
Writing
Same
" The images from the book you make in your head are always going to be the best images. "
Rick Riordan
Going
You
Head
" It's wonderful being an author and having so many kids enjoying my books. That's always been my dream job, and I feel very lucky to be able to do it. "
Rick Riordan
Feel
Lucky
Always
" Every child is different. I think it's important that we don't have maybe just one or two books that we're recommending to all children - but rather we cater the books to fit each individual child. "
Rick Riordan
Child
Important
Think
" I like to have a simple workplace. "
Rick Riordan
Simple
Like
Workplace
" I'm a teacher still, but with a much larger classroom. "
Rick Riordan
Still
Classroom
Larger
" Because I am kind of distracted, I don't tend to sit at my desk 9 to 5. It can be two hours a day, or, when I'm in the final editing stages, it can be 14 hours a day. "
Rick Riordan
Two
Kind
I Am
" I feel incredibly fortunate to have had the level of success I've had. I was just writing stories for my own sons. "
Rick Riordan
Feel
Writing
Success
" I don't teach anymore, but I can still clearly see fifth period after lunch - that's a real tough time to teach. And I tried to imagine writing a story that would appeal to those kids - even when they're tired, even when they're bouncing off the walls. "
Rick Riordan
Writing
Tough
Tired
" It is true that I once refused to eat haggis in Scotland and this did not sit well with the local population. "
Rick Riordan
Well
Sit
Scotland
" I've always found the second book in a series is the hardest to write. "
Rick Riordan
Second
Write
Hardest
" When I write, I'm still imagining a kid reading it on paper. I read e-books when I travel, but in general I still prefer holding an old-fashioned book in my hands. There's a special, tactile experience. "
Rick Riordan
Reading
Travel
Hands
" It's not easy. I got lots of rejections when I first started out. If you want to write, you have to believe in yourself and not give up. You have to do your best to practice and get better. "
Rick Riordan
Do Your Best
Believe In Yourself
Best
" You have to work hard to get to the top of your game. I think every writer has doubts! I still do all the time. "
Rick Riordan
Time
You
Work Hard
" We tend to think of divorced or complicated families as a modern invention, and that is not at all true. You only have to read the Greek myths to see broken homes, widows, divorce, stepchildren, children trying to get along with new parents. "
Rick Riordan
Broken
Children
You
" If the parents are too busy to read, it's a safe bet the children will feel the same way. Set aside time for family reading each night. It doesn't matter so much what the kids read, as long as you provide them space for reading and a sense that it is a valuable part of your daily routine. "
Rick Riordan
Daily
Family
Reading
" Back when I taught middle school and wrote adult mysteries, my students often asked me why I wasn't writing for kids. I never had a good answer for them. It took me a long time to realize they were right. "
Rick Riordan
Writing
Time
School
" Every child's taste is different. Don't worry if they're not reading 'War and Peace' at age 12. First, build a good foundation and a positive attitude about reading by letting them pick the stories they enjoy. Make friends with a bookseller or librarian. They are a wealth of information on finding books that kids enjoy. "
Rick Riordan
Attitude
Good
Peace