Bio: Shaun Hutchinson
Name: Shaun David Hutchinson
'10 Book Title: The Deathday Letter
Publisher: Simon Pulse
Favorite Bit of Writing Advice: Writing's a marathon, not a sprint.
Favorite and least favorite part of writing:
Favorite: It saves me a ton of money in therapy bills.
Least Favorite: Having family members corner me and tell me about this great idea I HAVE to write, instead of about why I'm still single.
Outline or Let it fly?: I usually know the first scene and the last and then I wing everything in between. Things don't always work the way I thought they would, but I think that's the best part.
5 things about me
1. I own a blind puppy who drives me insane.
2. I despise wearing shoes
3. I prefer writing outside...even during Florida summers.
4. I have never, ever punched anyone.
5. In high school, during my first debate tournament, I made my opponent cry...and refused to let him forfeit the round.
The Deathday Letter Synopsis:
All fifteen year-old Oliver Travers wanted to do when he woke up Thursday morning was squeeze in a little underwear gymnastics before school, until his mom called him downstairs to tell him he had received a Deathday Letter, which sort of ruined the mood.
Content to spend his last day of life at school (where the girls are), Oliver's best friends Shane Grimsley and Veronica (Ronnie) Dittrich convince him to burn his books and ditch school to, you know, have a little actual fun before he kicks the bucket.
In a world where only taxes, Deathday Letters, and teenage boy's hormones are certainties, Oliver, Shane and Ronnie embark upon a bus ride that takes them from the post office, to a house filled with college-aged anti-Deathday Letter activists (and Dave Matthews fans), and nearly to prison. And as the end draws near Oliver learns that living is way tougher than dying…and that kissing is wetter than he'd expected.
'10 Book Title: The Deathday Letter
Publisher: Simon Pulse
Favorite Bit of Writing Advice: Writing's a marathon, not a sprint.
Favorite and least favorite part of writing:
Favorite: It saves me a ton of money in therapy bills.
Least Favorite: Having family members corner me and tell me about this great idea I HAVE to write, instead of about why I'm still single.
Outline or Let it fly?: I usually know the first scene and the last and then I wing everything in between. Things don't always work the way I thought they would, but I think that's the best part.
5 things about me
1. I own a blind puppy who drives me insane.
2. I despise wearing shoes
3. I prefer writing outside...even during Florida summers.
4. I have never, ever punched anyone.
5. In high school, during my first debate tournament, I made my opponent cry...and refused to let him forfeit the round.
The Deathday Letter Synopsis:
All fifteen year-old Oliver Travers wanted to do when he woke up Thursday morning was squeeze in a little underwear gymnastics before school, until his mom called him downstairs to tell him he had received a Deathday Letter, which sort of ruined the mood.
Content to spend his last day of life at school (where the girls are), Oliver's best friends Shane Grimsley and Veronica (Ronnie) Dittrich convince him to burn his books and ditch school to, you know, have a little actual fun before he kicks the bucket.
In a world where only taxes, Deathday Letters, and teenage boy's hormones are certainties, Oliver, Shane and Ronnie embark upon a bus ride that takes them from the post office, to a house filled with college-aged anti-Deathday Letter activists (and Dave Matthews fans), and nearly to prison. And as the end draws near Oliver learns that living is way tougher than dying…and that kissing is wetter than he'd expected.