When people think you’re wasting your time

Yesterday my handsome little man, Connor, turned 2. Which means I have a totally legit excuse to post a picture of him, right?Thank you all for indulging me! Onto writing stuff…In the last couple weeks, I’ve had a decent number of emails from teen writers...

How to Pick the Right Setting

by Stephanie MorrillIn my early days of writing, I gave zero thought to setting. And it shows. Many of my early stories seem to take place with green screens behind my characters. At the time, I liked to think I wrote universal stories and that they would have more...

How do you handle rejection as a writer?

by Stephanie Morrill (with some help!)I am really excited to continue our 1 question interview series on Go Teen Writers! We debuted it in June with a question about the difficulties of the writing life and heard from some amazing authors. This month’s question...

How do I make time to write?

by Stephanie MorrillThis is a question that’s being discussed in the Go Teen Writers Facebook group, and it’s something that I have regularly asked myself for the last 12 years. In this busy life, how can I find time to write?Don’t trick yourself...

A Bit More on Advances

By Jill WilliamsonSome of you had such great questions in regards to advances that I had to go ask my agent friends to be able to answer you. Here is what I learned.1. I have a limited experience! Keep in mind, I (Jill) have been published in the Christian Booksellers...