I’m sorry to say I have never driven a golf cart, so I haven’t gotten to yell or even try to accomplish “Evasive maneuvers!” in one. The fact is, I’ve only been on a golf course once. My family was on vacation, and my parents and my older brother wanted to play a round of… Read more »
If you could give advice to your seventh-grade self, what would you say?
First, I would caution her against that haircut. She knows the one I’m talking about. At least until she has better control over her blow-dryer. Second, I would advise against the shirt with the little lambs and the words “Lambie-Pie” printed all over it. I would tell her that Karen K. is going to call… Read more »
It seems important to ask this for safety reasons. Is Jason’s little sister, Alice, based on a real person?
You’ll be relieved to know that Alice is not based on a real person. I’ve never met anyone like Alice, and I hope you never do either. Alice sprang from some deep, dark part of my imagination, ready to attack as soon as she landed on the page. Poor Jason.
Where did the idea for Welcome to Dweeb Club come from? The future?
The idea for this book came from the past, actually. I was writing a completely different book that was set at fictional Flounder Bay Upper School and included a guitar-playing girl named Lara. It also involved lots of time travel, the back-and-forth kind that I’m pretty sure only advanced physicists can write about without turning… Welcome to Dweeb Club come from? The future?”>Read more »