![]() ![]() “When you decide to take the story in your own hands, you get to create those heroes." “Every kid deserves to be the hero of a story,” he said. The main message he wants to covey to young writers: We need your voices. Reynolds returns to his Power of the Pen roots this week as he speaks with students at the 2023 Power of the Pen State Tournament at Ashland University. ![]() “Writing, itself, it's such a solitary endeavor most of the time,” Reynolds said, noting that Power of the Pen students are "with other kids who are as excited to be there as you are, and there’s this kind of camaraderie.” Reynolds also enjoyed competing in writing through Power of the Pen, Ohio’s longtime interscholastic program, while a middle school student in Elyria. While the path to becoming a professional writer wasn’t clear growing up, he said support from librarians and teachers helped foster his interest. His latest book, “House Party,” is due out in June. Reynolds now has several books on the shelves of local libraries and beyond as he’s found a niche writing for teens and pre-teens. ![]() “I kind of always wanted to pay back the magic that I felt from that place,” he said. ![]() The Cleveland author said he even remembers making a space for his name on the shelf. Reynolds dreamed of one day seeing his name on the spine of a book at the local library. ![]()
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