By Dana Nuenighoff With end of November last week, many people in the writing community struggled with finishing their 50K word goal for NaNoWriMo. If
Category: Writing – Middle Grade & Young Adult
Finding Your Views
By Dana Nuenighoff A few days ago, I watched an interview with Emma Watson and Lin-Manuel Miranda from back in March. If you are unfamiliar
From Picture Books to Young Adult: A Transition into Madness!
By Paul Czajak Okay I might be exaggerating a tiny bit with the title of this blog, but it is an intimidating transition nonetheless. I
Parodies, Spoofs, and Modern Retellings- What Makes Them So Fun and So Marketable?
I’m crazy excited to celebrate the release of The Sleepover today—a book I had a ridiculous amount of fun writing, and hopefully one that will
Mapping Character
By Almitra Clay I’ve been on a personal journey for the past few months, doing something that I’ve needed to do for a long time:
Fiction: A Safe Place to Feel
A couple of months back one of my writing groups had an email discussion that went something like this. Details have been changed to shield
