Writing the Story You Can’t Tell
When I entered my MFA program in 2014, I had no idea what a cathartic process writing is to most people who […]
Category: Books
Tips to Keep You Motivated with Writing and Reading
Our celebrations of January 1 as our New Year has a somewhat murky history. According to the History Channel, we have Julius […]
Five Young Adult Books for the Mom in Your Life
It’s almost Mother’s Day, so here is my list of YA novels you may want to consider if you are looking for […]
Marketing a Novel for the Introvert
As authors, we eagerly seek the validation of publishers, sending out our polished manuscripts into a world stacked against them on the […]
A Novel Competition for Unpublished Women Writers of Young Adult Fiction
Whenever I find a competition that includes a YA category, I feel really good that YA is getting some of the recognition […]
PiBoIdMo for the UnPiBoIdMo-able
I am always fascinated by the flurry of activity surrounding the writing challenges of NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month), NaPoWriMo (National Poetry […]
Dyslexia Support
It’s difficult to offer concrete help for children with dyslexia in a forum such as this because Dyslexia itself is a broad […]
2013 in Books
It’s time once again for a quick wrap up of my favorite books of 2013. Because I was working on a young […]
Why YA is so Hot
I’ve been thinking a lot recently about the Young Adult market and why it is so strong when most of publishing is […]