This week YA Author Ann Jacobus took over our Twitter as a part of our weekly Thursday Twitter Takeover. Ann Jacobus is the author of The Coldest Winter I Ever Spent (See YEM’s write up of Ann Jacobus here.) See highlights from the takeover below.
My first fiction was a short story published in England, in an anthology (LINES IN THE SAND) of British children’s writers. It was about a modern girl who finds the finger bone of a fallen WWII soldier on the beach in Normandy. #YAauthorTakeover pic.twitter.com/Q5sCW1svKM
— all about firsts (@YoungEntmag) March 24, 2023
I love sad stories. One of my favorites as a kid was Hans Christian Andersen’s THE LITTLE MATCH GIRL. Have you ever read it? It’s short. And totally sad. #TheColdestWinterIEverSpent is sad. But not totally. #YAauthorTakeover pic.twitter.com/Djo0ySbU20
— all about firsts (@YoungEntmag) March 24, 2023
I’m a slow reader. First movie I fell in love with? One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest.
Other favorites: Shakespeare in Love, Forrest Gump. What’s your all time favorite? Hard to pick, huh. #YAAuthorTakeover— all about firsts (@YoungEntmag) March 24, 2023
First book to creep me out? The Pale Green Pants With Nobody Inside Them (Dr. Seuss)#YAAuthorTakeover pic.twitter.com/twuNAjhxsQ
— all about firsts (@YoungEntmag) March 24, 2023
I started writing “seriously” (every day mostly) when my four kids were little. So it happened very early in the am or late in the pm. pic.twitter.com/z8Vm0yosIg
— all about firsts (@YoungEntmag) March 24, 2023
I didn’t know I wanted to be a writer. I used to direct all my siblings in family plays. If you ever have to do a play, make it a TV Talk Show. Then less talented siblings can play baseball players or professors or something. #YAAuthorTakeover pic.twitter.com/oQ3HwZNyiZ
— all about firsts (@YoungEntmag) March 24, 2023
18 yr-old main character in #TheColdestWinterIEverSpent (Delilah) volunteers at a suicide crisis line because she attempted suicide when she was 16. Many people who volunteer in suicide prevention lost a loved one to suicide or struggled with it themselves. #YAauthorTakeover pic.twitter.com/EhjbNPr21a
— all about firsts (@YoungEntmag) March 24, 2023
13 Reasons Why was the first book to really get people talking about suicide.
Suicide is preventable, but only if we talk about it. #suicideprevention #mentalhealthawareness#YAAuthorTakeover pic.twitter.com/Z0KuhHoLPi— all about firsts (@YoungEntmag) March 24, 2023
By the way, it’s #NationalPuppyDay. Here’s our old puppy, Louis. He was a super dog. #YAauthorTakeover pic.twitter.com/hKiid5wZLZ
— all about firsts (@YoungEntmag) March 24, 2023
This is a pic of me and my YA kids at the launch of my first novel, Romancing the Dark in the City of Light. It’s a good idea to make your family come in case no one else shows up. #YAauthorTakeover pic.twitter.com/aSm5f3HRnZ
— all about firsts (@YoungEntmag) March 24, 2023
When I was a younger teen than main character Delilah in THE COLDEST WINTER I EVER SPENT, I had a run-in with depression and suicidal thinking. I got better, but since then I have always been interested in #suicideprevention and volunteered on crisis lines. #YAauthorTakeover pic.twitter.com/qfRGwJmP3T
— all about firsts (@YoungEntmag) March 24, 2023
I also loved Madeline L’Engle’s A WRINKLE IN TIME. She said, “Love isn't what you feel. Love is what you do.”
Taking care of my mother (the bride below) when she was terminally ill inspired #TheColdestWinterIEverSpent #YAauthorTakeover pic.twitter.com/BNNPWci6nM— all about firsts (@YoungEntmag) March 24, 2023
Here's another cool quote: “Leave the door open for the unknown, the door into the dark. That’s where the important things come from, where you yourself came from, and where you will go."
– Rebecca Solnit #YAauthorTakeover pic.twitter.com/ZuDoRX39e8— all about firsts (@YoungEntmag) March 24, 2023
Two movies that scared me but that I loved: The Shining. The Sixth Sense. The series The Last of Us. #YAathorTakeover
— all about firsts (@YoungEntmag) March 24, 2023
If you ever have suicidal thoughts or are worried about someone & just want info, call 988, nationwide. It’s free, anonymous, and confidential. The counselors are awesome and have information and resources. Crisis text line: 741 741. #mentalhealthawareness #YAauthorTakeover pic.twitter.com/wTPnXmbJPs
— all about firsts (@YoungEntmag) March 24, 2023
A few writers I admire:
Jack Gantos
Laurie Halse Anderson
Markus Zusak
Lynda BarryJ.R.R.Tolkien
Jeffrey Eugenides
Thornton Wilder
Annie Dillard
David Sedaris#YAauthorTakeover pic.twitter.com/Bi7NXIIdfH— all about firsts (@YoungEntmag) March 24, 2023
#thecoldestwinterieverspent takes place in San Francisco. It's a great setting for a novel. A couple of scenes take place on the Golden Gate Bridge…and on this beach–Baker Beach.#YAauthorTakeover pic.twitter.com/Agveyr41UZ
— all about firsts (@YoungEntmag) March 24, 2023
Another favorite quote: "To be surprised, to wonder, is to begin to understand." Jose Ortega y Gasset #YAauthorTakeover pic.twitter.com/X7dzK1cbP6
— all about firsts (@YoungEntmag) March 24, 2023
#THECOLDESTWINTERIEVERSPENT is about a young crisis line volunteer with her own troubled past who finds herself back in crisis when she must take care of her beloved, terminally-ill aunt. Learn more @annjacobusSF and https://t.co/OEG7EwPb3f #YAauthorTakeover pic.twitter.com/5QKyhijYkl
— all about firsts (@YoungEntmag) March 24, 2023
Thank you, @YoungEntmag for having me! I made it through my FIRST #YAauthorTakeover— even though all my friends have already gone to bed. And thanks to @Lernerbooks for cheering me on. Wishing readers and consumers of all entertainment a good night. pic.twitter.com/ptEqhO55uF
— all about firsts (@YoungEntmag) March 24, 2023
