Courtney Summers - author of SOME GIRLS ARE, CRACKED UP TO BE, ALL THE RAGE, and more - breaks down getting published with her spite novel, consistently wanting it all, writing a book that fits around a feeling, and never really moving on from her books.
Courtney Summers Show Notes
The Paper Bag Princess by Robert Munsch
The Babysitter’s Club by Ann M. Martin
Flowers in the Attic by V.C. Andrews
She’s All That (movie)
“Right About Now” by Fatboy Slim
Competency Quadrant (Four Stages of Competency)
The Chocolate War by Robert Cromier
Left 4 Dead (video game)
Night of the Living Dead (movie)
The Passage by Justin Cronin
World War Z (movie)
Shaun of the Dead (movie)
The Walking Dead (TV show)
The OA (Netflix series)
Alan Wake (video game)
Star Trek Beyond (movie)
How Did This Get Made (podcast)
Twilight by Stephenie Meyer
Harvard Business Journal, “Who’s Got the Monkey?”