When I asked author Tina Athaide how she made her debut novel so suspenseful, she gave me a mini-course on…
After reading Adam P. Schmitt’s debut middle grade novel Speechless, I was… speechless. No, really. I was. Seriously. Toward the…
Last year I asked a friend if she’d collaborate with me on a novel, and she didn’t say YES right…
Is passion just an obsession with something you can’t seem to get better at, or is it the very thing…
“The first part of a book for me is hearing the character’s voice in my head. I don’t even take out a pen until I hear it strongly and consistently.”
I met Gwen Cole two years ago at a fun author event (thank you, Richmond Public Library, for supporting YAVA -Young…
This month I visited Alaska’s Denali National Park—not in person, but in prose—when I read Hannah Moderow‘s debut novel Lily’s…
I’m a girl who struggles to write girl characters, so what’s the deal, huh? I’ve asked this question for a…
This month I read a YA novel that defies literary convention. It’s a mystery, but not a mystery. There’s a…
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