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Titles can be tricky! Sometimes the perfect one reveals itself from day one, or was the inspiration for the entire story. And sometimes it’s a struggle. The working title for The Peach Rebellion was Millions of Peaches. The trouble with a working title is that it’s seared into your brain for – in this case—the three years that it took to write it. So, when my editor suggested that the working title didn’t really reflect the story of three young women standing up to the patriarchy, it was a challenge to erase my mental board and start fresh. But she was right. And I do love The Peach Rebellion as a title. I like that it’s not too on the nose, and reflects the sweet conflict...[read on]
Q&A with Wendelin Van Draanen.
--Marshal Zeringue
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