Five Tips for Taming Your Muse One question frequently asked of authors is “Where do you get your inspiration?” For me, that spark of “what if?” can come at any time and from anywhere: an overheard conversation in a café, a news headline, an image on a billboard, a line in a book. Getting inspirationContinueContinue reading “Guest Post: Five Tips for Taming Your Muse by Kat Colmer”
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Guest Post: Jus Accardo, YA Author
There’s a saying…write what you know. Obviously I don’t have much experience with demons, extraordinary abilities, or multiverse travel, but I do know a thing or two about being a person. Specifically, a…less than graceful person. Have you ever wiped out so spectacularly that people have considered erecting a monument in honor of your…uniqueness? IContinueContinue reading “Guest Post: Jus Accardo, YA Author”
Interview: Tonya Kuper, author of the YA New Release, ENIGMA
How long have you been teaching the Writing Young Adult Literature Writer’s Workshop? I’ve taught WYAWW since spring of 2016 at a local university, so it is still relatively “new.” What is your approach to teaching writing? How are your classes structured? My writer’s workshop class is a little different than most offered on ourContinueContinue reading “Interview: Tonya Kuper, author of the YA New Release, ENIGMA”
Guest Post by Katie McElhenney
The Loneliness of the Long-Distance Writer Three of my favorite activities are running, reading, and writing. Besides being alliterative, those activities have another thing in common—they’re all solitary endeavors. And while exercising and spending time with a book can be great solo ventures, the same isn’t necessarily true for writing. Unless you’re writing professionally, mostContinueContinue reading “Guest Post by Katie McElhenney”
Character Interview with Alyssa Kaplan from Kendra C. Highley’s SWINGING AT LOVE
Q: How would you describe yourself? AK: That’s a bit…personal, don’t you think? Q: It’s an interview. Inquiring minds and all. AK: Um, okay. I’m middle height, athletic build, with crazy curly hair that will not stay in a ballerina bun no matter how hard I try, and green eyes. Nothing special. Q: I hearContinueContinue reading “Character Interview with Alyssa Kaplan from Kendra C. Highley’s SWINGING AT LOVE”
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