Featured Interview With Kathy and Karen Sills
Tell us a little about yourself. Where were you raised? Where do you live now?
Kathy and Karen are identical twin sisters. They were born in Holland Michigan, but raised in Mississippi as good old Southern gals. They live with their Mother and their pet Molly. They have an older brother who lives in North Carolina. Kathy and Karen are very close and do everything together.
The twins have always enjoyed putting their imagination into writing. They wrote for the school paper, and basically just for fun. Once out of school they did go to college. They both majored in Child Development, but writing was never far from their mind. After college they worked with kids, and found out that it only fueled their imagination. They had the perfect audience to share their stories with.
Kathy and Karen loves to cook and create their own recipes too. One of their dreams is to own their own bakery or food truck. People think they are crazy because they love to grocery shop. They say the grocery store is like a candy or toy store to them. Their favorite movie is Julie and Julia because it is about writing and cooking, their two most passions.
At what age did you realize your fascination with books? When did you start writing?
We started reading the moment we learned how. We started writing stories once we learned how to put words and sentences together. Our imagination were always vivid. We loved to write short stories, and even plays. Reading and writing was something the twins considered part of them. They knew it would lead them to become authors one day.
Who are your favorite authors to read? What is your favorite genre to read. Who Inspires you in your writings?
Fern Michaels, Debbie Macomber, V.C. Andrews, Emily March, Lisa Jackson, Karen Kingsbury
Romance, Mystery and Suspense
We both enjoy reading, and we believe all the excellent authors that we read inspires us. Also, since we write together we inspire each other. We are our on cheer leading team.
Tell us a little about your latest book?
Our latest children’s book teaches shapes and basic math and counting. Wiggle Worm Shape Adventure. Wiggle Worm has to find six shapes for school, but Wiggle Worm is insecure, and doesn’t know where to start looking. Will he be able to find his shapes? Yes, he will! With your help and his friends help too!
Black Crow loves flying around, but he loves helping his friends most of all. He flies in just in time to help Wiggle Worm find his first shape.
Tiny Ant is tiny in size, but has a big heart when it comes to helping Wiggle Worm find his second shape.
Flounder Fish splashes around in the river. He loves to play with his friends. Flounder Fish uses his musical voice to help his friend find his next shape.
Chester Squirrel lives in an Oak Tree. He loves eating acorns and talking, but when it comes to helping his friend find his next shape Chester Squirrel his all ears.
Shaggy Dog is a lazy, but fun to be around. When Wiggle Worm needs help in finding a shape Shaggy Dog was ready to help.
Wiggle Worm’s Mommy loves her little Worm, and was happy to help him get his last shape.
Kathy and Karen needed a story for their class on shapes. They decided to write Wiggle Worm Shape Adventure, which only took a few hours. Karen wrote about the first three shapes, and Kathy the last three shapes. They read the story to their class, and the kids loved it even though there was no illustrations. Kathy and Karen decided to send it in to PDMI Publishing, LLC, and the story was excepted. Wiggle Worm was born.
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