Middle Grade Author Alyson Gerber and Taking Up Space

<p>Middle Grade author Alyson Gerber joins Queries, Qualms, &amp; Quirks this week to discuss separating the art from the business, gaining confidence as a writer, writing to understand your own truth, being waitlisted for your dream, and the importance of persistence. <strong>✦&nbsp;</strong></p> <p>Alyson Gerber is the author of the critically acclaimed, own-voices novels <em>Braced </em>and <em>Focused </em>published by Scholastic. Her third novel <em>Taking Up Space</em> released on May 18, 2021. She has an MFA from The New School in Writing for Children and lives in New York City with her family. <strong>✦&nbsp;</strong></p> <p>Alyson: <a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Pf2XVg_RrkxAf8_SWk-QoZcSFmW97gwQFlGhNIOwuz8/edit?usp=sharing"><u>Query Text</u></a> | <a href="http://alysongerber.com/"><u>Website</u></a> | <a href="https://twitter.com/alysongerber"><u>Twitter</u></a> | <a href="https://instagram.com/alysongerber"><u>Instagram</u></a> | <a href="https://www.facebook.com/AlysonGerberBooks"><u>Facebook</u></a> | <a href="https://amzn.to/2RGlZRt"><u>Amazon</u></a> | Bookshop: <a href="https://bookshop.org/a/1209/9781338186000"><u>Taking Up Space</u></a> -- <a href="https://bookshop.org/a/1209/9780545907613"><u>Braced</u></a> | Audiobooks: <a href="http://libro.fm/referral?isbn=9781338775266&amp;rf_code=lfm164099"><u>Taking Up Space</u></a> -- <a href="http://libro.fm/referral?isbn=9781515949886&amp;rf_code=lfm164099"><u>Braced</u></a><u> </u><strong>✦&nbsp;</strong></p> <p><a href="https://sarahnicolas.com/queries-qualms-quirks/"><u>QQQ Home Base</u></a> | <a href="https://www.patreon.com/pubtalklive"><u>Support on Patreon</u></a><u> </u><strong>✦&nbsp;</strong></p> <p>If links aren't clickable, find them here: <a href="http://bit.ly/qqqalyson"><u>http://bit.ly/qqqalyson</u></a></p>