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Niki Yan is the author of "My Love for You, Tom Cruise -- A Desperate Chinese Girl's Confession."
She says, "Tom Cruise was my role model, he changed my life, and I've learned so much from him: being positive; being myself, and never afraid of anything....
"I want to tell people we still have hope. We are miracles. We can do anything and everything we want to do. We are eternal, we are infinite."I can love, dream, and hope, you can too. You just have to allow yourself. Fear is the only obstacle to overcome.”
She does not want get any extra attention just because of her young age (20). "Courage and talent are more important," she says.
"My Love for You..." is her first book in English, and has also finished her first movie script. She published her first book at 13. [PR Web Sept 7, 2005]> related page : writing
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As a teenager, it's hard to develop your own individuality when you're surrounded by media and propaganda that is trying to make you change. Ivonne Cortez, age 16 - from book: Bold Ink: Collected
Voices of Women and Girls -- quote from WriteGirl site
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 .. .. Writing "was a passion for me since I was very young," Bujor, now 15, said in a recent interview with The Associated Press at the Soho Grand hotel. "I had written a lot of little things when I was growing up." Bujor, who lives in Paris, was in New York last week to promote the American release of her book, "The Prophecy of the Stones." It's the story of a hospitalized young girl who imagines another world where three heroines band together with the help of some magical stones to save their land. /// |
In
France, where the Romanian-born Bujor has lived since she was 2 with
her
sculptor father and psychoanalyst mother, the book wasn't marketed to
young
adults. However, her age was noted in promotional efforts. Bujor
prefers
it that way.
"It's not really a good thing to say a book is for adults or young adults. It's better to give it a chance to touch everyone. ... I don't think the book is for any age in particular," she said. "The book doesn't have to be a reflection of my age; it's just a book on its own." And she doesn't want to be typecast as a young adult author. She's already at work on her second novel, which she says will be nothing like her first. "I really don't want people to think ... I will always write this kind of book. It was just a beginning," she said. "My way of writing has changed a lot. My next book will have to be different, because I am different." AP / CNN.com April 22, 2004 |
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| M.E.:
What about your friends? Do your friends read? Because you hear so much
that this is a nonliterate generation...
Nick McDonell: Yes, sadly. A lot of my friends listen to music all the time, voraciously. They watch television or movies. But a lot of them just don’t read, and they don’t make any excuses for not reading either. I have one friend who I trade books back and forth with constantly, but the vast majority of people I go to school with read what they have to do for school, if that. They don't because they're conditioned in school that "contemporary American literature is no good." And that is just ridiculous. I love all the stuff I read. from
interview [posted on groveatlantic.com] by Morgan Entrekin,
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 .. .. McDonell didn't set out to make a statement. "If people find themes in the book, like violence is bad and drugs aren't so hot either, great. But I just told a story.' ... he wrote "Twelve.." over last year's summer vacation.. "I wrote at least a thousand words a day, every day. The idea that writing is work is fair and true, but I had a blast doing it." [Interview magazine, August 2002] |
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.. ... The project is based on "The Freedom Writers Diary.." a collection of diary entries by "at-risk" students at Wilson High School in Long Beach, Calif., that was put together by their 23-year-old teacher, Erin Gruwell. |
Using
such books as "Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl" and "Zlata's
Diary:
A Child's Life in Sarajevo" as inspiration, Gruwell encouraged her
students
to record their thoughts and feelings, which resulted in an odyssey
against
intolerance and misunderstanding and a collection of work -- published
in 1999 -- by the students, who dubbed themselves the Freedom Writers
in
homage to the civil rights activists "The Freedom Riders."
[Hollywood Reporter May 07, 2002]
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night owl, Christopher Rice gets up late and writes from about 2 to 6
p.m.
Much of that time he is sitting in his living room, notebook on his
lap,
with film soundtracks playing in the background (favorite composers
include
Hans Zimmer and James Newton Howard) as he scribbles at a "feverish
pace."
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Out and about in Los Angeles, he observes people who may become composites in his novels. ... Favorite haunts include Book Soup and, for night life, the Abbey, a hot gay bar. ... Often, at 9 or 10 at night, he does "this very odd thing that my friends all think is pretty bizarre." He drives over Beverly Glen to the San Fernando Valley, drives down Ventura Boulevard and then back up over Laurel Canyon. "There's something about snaking through those hills alone at night, listening to my car radio, that is kind of liberating and frees up my mind." As he drives, enjoying "the sense of space and freedom that is very much what drew me here," he is also thinking about the book he is writing. "It's usually what I do when the plot is taking too much shape and too many ideas are fighting for control and I have to kind of step back and let go." from
"The Urge to Write Is in His Blood - Christopher Rice also shares with
mom Anne
// another of his books: A Density of Souls |
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Plato invented reality. He was teacher to Harris Tottle, author of
The Republicans. Lust was a must for the Epicureans.
Others were the Vegetarians and the Synthetics, who said,
"If you can't play with it, why bother?"
**from: Non Campus Mentis: World History According to College Students by Anders Henriksson
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 .. .. I never dreamed that the lack of a driver's license meant I couldn't be a CEO. I have plenty of opinions -- and nobody ever gave me a good reason to keep them bottled up. And when I got an opportunity to branch out from my usual medium -- the Web -- again I said, "Why not?" |
That's
why I've written this book. ... There's plenty about my personal
history,
about growing up in a way-nontraditional family and suffering through
the
emotional traumas that litter junior high school like land
mines.
You'll also hear just what life as a teenage dot.com CEO is like, and you'll learn how to become a Web maven yourself. ... This is not one of those books that's going to tell you what to do. I trust you can figure that out yourself. But I will tell you what I've done in the different situations life has thrown at me. I'll share my thoughts on issues that affect and intrigue me, from navigating the dating scene to staging the perfect Girls' Night In; from avoiding drugs to dealing with the deaths of loved ones. ... I want to provide some tools and a little inspiration to teens who want to make their voices heard.
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 | HarlemLive
is an online magazine created, written and designed by teens. A lot of
times our opinions are overlooked in the media. I feel like I'm
bringing
the youth voice to the table.
Teens have the audacity to tell the truth, and because of that we have the potential to change the world. Danya Steele, 17, Editor-in-chief, HarlemLive/ photo and quote from TeenPeople.com 2002 |
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| In
the 10th grade, I read Ophelia Speaks: Adolescent Girls Write About
Their
Search for Self, and I loved it. But the section on race was very
small.
I just couldn't relate. My mom, kind of joking, told me that I should
write
my own book. ...
I used to think being biracial was a struggle. The hardest part was not feeling connected to my mother, who is white. When I was little, kids would ask if I was adopted. Now I realize that being biracial makes me special. I wouldn't trade it for anything. Iris
Jacob, 18 - Writer and editor, My
Sisters' Voices : Teenage Girls of Color Speak Out
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*sites:
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Blue Jean Online"The only web site written and produced by young women around the world, which has attracted over 1,000,000 visitors from 100 countries.
"We are seeking stellar Correspondents from around the world.
We are on the lookout for young women around the world between the ages of 14 and 24 who would like to share their voices and visions with readers everywhere!
"Correspondents write regularly bringing our Blue Jean readers up to date on what young women are thinking, saying, and doing.
"With such a proliferation on the internet of adult sites, and inappropriate content about teen girls, I am committed to making a difference for girls around the world by publishing their nonfiction, essays, poetry, fiction and other creative works for a worldwide audience." 
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..Sherry Handel - founder of Blue Jean Publishing, and author of
"Blue Jean: What Young Women are Thinking, Saying, and Doing" -
and publisher and editor-in-chief of BlueJeanOnline
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The Concord Review
Since 1987, The Concord Review, a quarterly journal, has published 56 issues with 616 high school history papers
by students from 43 states and 33 other countries.Creative Writing for Teens [About.com site]
"Articles, exercises, and excerpts from books, plus links and other resources."Friends of Lulu
"a national nonprofit organization whose purpose is to promote and encourage
female readership and participation in the comic book industry."WriteGirl
"partners women writers in Los Angeles with teenage girls (ages 14 - 18) for creative writing workshops
and one-on-one mentoring... promotes creativity and self-expression to empower girls.Young Playwrights Inc.
"devoted entirely to introducing young people to writing for the professional theater and for themselves. Founded by
Stephen Sondheim in 1981, YPI introduces young people to the theater and encourages self-expression through playwriting."
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Blue Jean: What Young Women Are Thinking, Saying, and Doing - by Sherry S. Handel Blue Jean -- previously enjoyed in magazine form in over 24 countries is back -- as a book! ... a captivating and empowering collection of the "best of Blue Jean Magazine" fiction, reporting, essays and opinion pieces written and edited by young women. Learn the story behind the vision and creation of the "only magazine written and produced by young women from around the world."
summary from Blue Jean Online
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The Freedom Writers Diary : How a Teacher and 150 Teens Used Writing to Change Themselves and the World Around Them
by Freedom Writers
Library Journal review: When Gruwell was a first-year high school teacher in Long Beach, CA, teaching the "unteachables" (kids that no other teacher wanted to deal with), she discovered that most of her students had not heard of the Holocaust. Shocked, she introduced them to books about tolerance--first-person accounts by the likes of Anne Frank and Zlata Filopvic, who chronicled her life in war-torn Sarajevo. The students were inspired to start keeping diaries of their lives that showed the violence, homelessness, racism, illness, and abuse that surrounded them. These student diaries form the basis of this book, which is cut from the same mold as Dangerous Minds: the outsider teacher, who isn't supposed to last a month, comes in and rebuilds a class with tough love and hard work. Most readers will be proud to see how these students have succeeded; at the end of their four-year experience, the Freedom Writers--as they called themselves, in honor of the Freedom Riders of the 1960s--had all graduated
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Francesca Lia Block, Hillary Carlip. Zine Scene: The Do It Yourself Guide to Zines
Hillary Carlip. Girl Power - Personal Writings from Teenage Girls
Iris Jacob. My Sisters' Voices : Teenage Girls of Color Speak Out
Jewel. A Night Without Armor: Poems
"I've learned that not all poetry lends itself to music -- some thoughts need to be sung only against the silence. There are softer and less tangible part[s] of our selves that are so essential to peace, to openheartedness, to unfolding the vision and the spiritual realm of our lives, to exposing our souls." [Jewel, from the preface]Gina Misiroglu. Girls like Us: 40 Extraordinary Women Celebrating Girlhood in Story, Poetry, and Song
"40 accomplished, influential women share inspiring moments from their own childhoods and teenage years. Novelist Amy Tan explores the life of a young girl and her relationship to her mother in The Joy Luck Club; Faye Wattleton describes how a checkered and difficult childhood shaped her into the determined leader she is today; In Paula, Isabel Allende tells of her parents' priceless gift in encouraging her to express her creativity. .. also includes photographs of some contributors at the age they appear in their stories, as well as brief biographies."Sally Reis, PhD: Work Left Undone: Choices and Compromises of Talented Women
"Talented young women have to learn that to plan for themselves is essential and not a selfish act. Many females, regardless of age, try to minimize their differences. Finding environments in which success is celebrated and individual differences are respected is crucial - so they can produce creative work and find personal happiness. If women do not recognize their potential, they usually will not fulfill it."Sylvia Rimm. See Jane Win: The Rimm Report on how 1000 Girls Became Successful Women
[Oprah.com:] "What we have to teach girls is the excitement, exhilaration, motivation of winning, but the resilience of dealing with failing experiences. You can't win all the time. We have to let them lose and recover from losses.... Teach girls how to be smart. .. There are all kinds of smarts: common sense, humorous, creative. If we can help kids realize that there are many ways they can feel smart, that frees them up"Sara Shandler. Ophelia Speaks : Adolescent Girls Write About Their Search for Self
[Mia Hamm:] "It is important for young women to have as many places to obtain positive messages about growing up in our complicated society as possible. Ophelia Speaks allows all young women to realize that their struggles and challenges are not unique, that they are not alone in these challenges, and that there is a place they can go to get reaffirmation of this."~ ~
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