JH: I'm delighted to welcome children's author Barry Wolverton to the blog today. Barry writes about animal characters, which I know is a challenging sub-genre to break into. How many times have you seen "No talking animal stories please" on an agent's what I represent list? So today, I hope those with talking animals stories can find a few insights in Barry's approach that will help them find success as well.
Barry is the first human ever granted access to the walrus library at Ocean’s End, where he conducted extensive research for NEVERSINK, his first book. In addition to Walrus he speaks Chicken, although actual chickens don’t appear to understand him. He lives with a moderately overweight cat named Charlie (who understands him but doesn’t listen) in Memphis, TN. Visit him at www.barrywolverton.com.
Take it away Barry...
