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I'm a relic, and things were a lot different when I was fifteen and sixteen. There were no cell phones, no laptops... I learned to type on an actual typewriter.

From Patrick Carman

My job as an author is to tell the story in the best way possible, to make it flow seamlessly and get the reader to keep turning the page.

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For kids, multitasking electronically is common. But they are totally focused. You can tell a good story, and they listen.

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There are so many ways to tell a story. With multiplatform books, we are reimagining what literacy can be.

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Getting to the point where I was ready to write a book has been about a 20-year journey of being, really honestly, too afraid to try - which I think is pretty common for people who are trying to write a large piece of fiction.

From Patrick Carman

I remember all the way back in high school thinking about writing books. And, in fact, I've written a lot of stories. I've got dozens of stories I've written that no one's ever seen.

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I took English courses in college, but I don't have an English degree. I have a degree in economics.

From Patrick Carman

Yes, we're pretty into books around my house. We have lots and lots of books around. We have TV, but really no one ever watches it.

From Patrick Carman

I travel to a lot of schools, and I see firsthand that while we do still have a lot of traditional readers, we don't have as many as we used to. And we're missing an awful lot of kids entirely... Do I want to get rid of the Internet? Obviously, I don't want that because of all the amazing things it brings.

From Patrick Carman

When I was a kid, I used to love it when one of my friends would jump out from behind a door and try to scare me. I always did the same thing in response.

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