Writing a second novel is a bit like adopting a second pet (or having a second child, but I’ll stick to my realm of experience). It’s exciting to think about all the possibilities, and just a little nerve-wracking. What if you don’t love it as much as your first? What if things don’t work out [...]
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Posted in Publication, Uncategorized, Writing Tools on July 17, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
The Great Divide
Posted in Creatures, Themes, and Places, Publication, Uncategorized on March 8, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
I noticed something strange in the young adult section of my local bookstore a few weeks ago. It took me a while to realize what had changed. The YA section had grown steadily for years – from half a shelf by the children’s books to two long rows filled front and back – and suddenly, [...]
An Original Creation?
Posted in Publication, Uncategorized on January 25, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, or so it has been said. There is a time in every writer or passionate reader’s young life when they become so enamored with a fictional world that they harness another author’s characters for their own literary ends. When I was a tyke (way back in the early [...]
[Censored]
Posted in Publication, Uncategorized on September 28, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Controversy around books for teens is hardly new. From Harry Potter to The Giver to Catcher in the Rye, almost every celebrated young adult novel has been challenged at one time or another. Most of us would agree that banning a book because it contains magic or swear words is, well, silly. But what about [...]
Why I Write
Posted in Publication, Uncategorized on September 28, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Last week someone asked me why, out of all the extracurricular activities and alluring distractions available to me as a teenager in the United States, I choose to write. At first I wasn’t sure how to answer their question. Like many of you, I’ve been writing for a long time – I started my first [...]
The Wild World of Publishing
Posted in Publication on September 28, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The publishing industry is the business equivalent of a hydra: as soon as you think you have one facet of it figured out, two new questions appear to fill the void. But if you are a writer with dreams of one day sharing your work with the public, it’s important to learn as much about [...]
Frankengenres
Posted in Creatures, Themes, and Places, Publication, Reviews and Previews on September 27, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Greetings, intrepid adventures! Today we are going to venture deep into the forests of literature, to the home of strange and mysterious science-fiction and fantasy hybrids the likes of which have never been glimpsed by human eyes. Legends thrive here in the boiling primordial wilds, where new genres are born from the scraps of the [...]
