What teen writers should know about pitching their book

by Stephanie MorrillLast week I had the joy of hanging out at the One Year Adventure Novel conference in Olathe, Kansas. (If you’re a homeschool student or parent, this curriculum is amazing. Definitely check it out.)I got to do some fun/scary things like talk...

Winning entries from last round

Congratulations to all our winner’s from last round!Not sure when the next contest will be since the NextGen contest is currently open. Stay tuned to the blog, and I’ll look for a spot in the schedule that we can squeeze another one in. I so love getting...

How do you know if your writing is good enough?

by Rachel Coker There is something that I have realized lately from the number of emails and conversations I have had with teenage writers. And that is that a large majority of teens interested in writing don’t think that they are good writers.They have doubts. They...

Writing Killer Backcover Copy

by Stephanie MorrillThe back cover copy is one of the most important things you’ll write.Why?It’s a tool for selling your book – to agents and editors, sure, but also to readers. When people are at Barnes & Noble, they flip the book over to read what your book is...

The Writing Life

by Stephanie Morrill (but only kind of!)I’m really excited about today because we’re doing our first in a series of many 1 question interviews. We’ll be doing this about once a month on Go Teen Writers where we ask a group of authors the same...