So all week this week on the blog I’m doing something completely crazy; I’m taking my own advice and sharing some of my fiction. This is a short story I wrote in my 20s. Please leave me some nice comments if you like it. Please keep your trap shut if you don’t … 😉 Just kidding.…
Writers often answer the question “Why do you write?” with “Because I have to.” I get that. If I go too many days without writing, I become cranky and snappish and uncomfortable with myself. No one wants to live with me in that state, not even me. Best if I sequester myself in a quiet warm…
If you haven’t read Part 1 of this series yet, go do that here: How to Become a Better Writer When Writing Makes You Want to Die, Part 1. That’s a big deal. And it’s hard. And people don’t talk about how much difference it makes when you can do that. Today’s way to become…
Digital Book World reported in October 2014 that young adult and children’s books are the biggest factor driving the growth of trade publishing. Hollywood’s been snatching up YA and middle grade titles at an unprecedented rate. So what gives? How come the whole world is suddenly paying attention to books written for teenagers? Because they…
I never used to like graphic novels. I’m a word girl. Most of the time the pictures were distracting and confusing. I couldn’t interpret them properly; I would end up feeling lost, missing half the story. The style of the art often felt dark and impenetrable and I wouldn’t get far before giving up. But…
Haters, prepare to kiss my sexy white booty. I have seen it go down time and time again: Some windy-wallets (read: Victorian slang for pompous windbag) poops all over the Twilight series with whine whine whine about how dumb it all is, and then when I ask which of the books they’ve read, the answer…