Blog Tour – In Conversation with Robbie Yates
Welcome to my blog again. An honor to have you.
It’s an honor to be back!
1. Robbie, we know poems make you tick and you are a children’s author. A good one at that. Tell me how do you get ideas for a book?
Great question. Lots of my ideas come to me when I’m sitting on a train, or staring out of a window at a cafe. I make sure I write everything down. Some of my ideas are a bit ridiculous when I look at them later, but some of them are ready to be turned into a story.
2. Inspiration for OVOT? did you have any such odd teacher during your schooling?
Nope. All of my teachers were decidedly normal. I think the concept for OVOT came from the idea of a teacher acting in self-interest; that’s something that would really stand out in a school, because teachers are generally driven by incredible altruism and passion for their work (even the ones that are a little bit grumpy)!
3. I loved Adam totally irrevocably. Is Adam based on you? (*thinks to myself* should I tell Robbie I love him too completely?)
Aww shucks, Shalini, you’re making me blush! I suppose Adam has some of my characteristics, but many things about him are truly unique. He has the uncanny ability to catch a teacher’s suspicious eye when he’s doing nothing wrong—and he has courage that I definitely didn’t have at his age. I’d hope that if I went to Adam’s school, that we’d be friends.
4. Any best friends in school like Jennifer? Do you have your 4 am friends now?
For many years of elementary school, I felt on the outer, actually—but as I grew up, and grew into myself, I built a circle of good friends. I never really had a “best” friend, but now I have several—I am very lucky.
5. What’s next in line for you? What’s the next book about?
Friendship, actually! The Kooky Kids’ Club is a book about a girl called Maxine who is a bit of a misfit. In the space of a few mysterious weeks, Maxine’s teacher goes missing, and Maxine receives an invitation to a meeting of a club called the “Kooky Kids’ Club.”
It’s been the hardest book to write, so far—but also the one that has been shouting the loudest to be written!
Stay tuned for more from Robbie tomorrow. I never stop grilling my authors.
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Woohoo! Thanks Shalini 😁😊😁
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Yayy
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Already excited about Robbie’s next book – Kooky kids club. 😀😀 Kooky sounds kool. 😀
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Yayyy! Robbie is the best!!
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As always you write the best interviews Shalini! This was wonderful to read, well done! 😊😊
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I write the questions, don’t you know I am demanding? Robbie, with no choice, has to answer!!! 😉😉😂😂❤️❤️💃💃♥️♥️
One day, Robbie is going to say I am too much work for his blog tour where he is supposed to relax. But I put him to work 🙈🙈🙈
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Bahahaha. I have to admit.. I have done no work on my next book since this blog tour started.. still worth it though 😁
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Hahaha… I realized that, this blog tour has been too exciting. It’s literally hopping or dancing!! Where is the time to come down to earth to do other work??!
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Exactly!!! You must be the same… I have no idea how you get anything done between all the posts and tweets!!!
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Hahaha I get my work done… I know the timings of the posts as I read the bloggers’ posts everyday. So I keep a watch in that time😉😉😂😂🤷🏻🤷🏻
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Haha: wel you are demanding in a good way😊😊 💜 And I am pretty sure that Robbie doesn’t think that all. Your questions are always fun to read😊
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wow.. nice interview
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Thank you Ayushi ❤️
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Great interview
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Thank you sir, how are you?
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Welcome mam , fine n u mam
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Great post and ❤
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Thank you ❤️
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Robbie Yates is a hilariously hilarious human and I REALLY love his poems. They’re kinda like The Ultimate Funniness (overloaded) XD
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Very true. Robbie is awesome!!
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great interview, Shalini. the author sounds like a friendly person. and i liked the poem on the other post – fourth day.
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Thank you so much Jina. Yp author is fabulous
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Nice work Shailini. I love answers 🙂
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Robbie is simply fab!!
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What a wonderful interview!! I love hearing where authors get their inspiration from! I can’t wait for Robbie’s next book! 💖💖
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Yayyy go Nicole!!!
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I love these interviews. You always have great questions and I learn about the author in a fun way.
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You think so? I am sometimes stuck with interviews
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They are always good. You would never know your had to think about them.
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Great read, Shalini. Nice to learn about Robbie and his creative approach with writing. You perfectly master the art of the interview by the way.
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I try…. Robbie helps 😂😂
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Yay! Team work is the best.
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Reblogged this on Little Banyan Tree.
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Thank you… I have sent the link to the author too. You are awesome
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You are so welcome! 🙂 Loved your blog
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Aaaawwww… Yours is fabulous and thank you 😘❤️😍😍
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