Janae Marks’s books capture the essence of what it feels like to be 12 years old, and they’re great reads—brilliantly…
Echo Mountain is a fabulous new story from the award-winning Lauren Wolk, out in 2020 from Dutton/Penguin Young Readers.…
“To win the game is great, to play the game is greater, but to love the game is the greatest…
Barbara Kingsolver says, “[Writing is] a project of balancing the audacity to do this work, and the humility to keep trying until you’ve gotten it right.”
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…
Tapping into your own truth helps you write fully human, complex, and authentic characters.
This month, after devouring Dean Gloster‘s debut YA novel Dessert First, I just had to track down the author and…
I don’t remember exactly when I met Erin Teagan, but I know it was through SCBWI‘s Mid-Atlantic chapter—either the annual fall…
In this post by author Kathy Steffen, she talks about “giving your characters accountability.” I thought that was an odd…
This month I attended two writers’ conferences—James River Writers and the Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators Mid-Atlantic Regional—and…