Angela Hunt on Remembering Your Reader’s Senses

by | Sep 23, 2014 | Uncategorized

by Stephanie MorrillAs I read Angela Hunt’s Writing Historical Fiction, I was struck by her advice: “Don’t be so caught up in relating dialogue and action that you forget to make your reader’s senses tingle.”Um, guilty. My first drafts...

Worldbuilding For a Historical – Gathering What You Need

by | Sep 22, 2014 | Uncategorized

by Stephanie MorrillStephanie writes young adult contemporary novels and is the creator of GoTeenWriters.com. Her novels include The Reinvention of Skylar Hoyt series (Revell) and the Ellie Sweet books (Playlist). You can connect with her on Facebook, Twitter,...

The First Thirty, a guest post from Marion Jensen

by | Sep 18, 2014 | Uncategorized

Marion Jensen is a mild-mannered instructional designer at American Express by day, but at night, he puts on a cape and writes superhero books. Books that will make you laugh, cry (but only because you’re laughing so hard), and then hopefully laugh some more. In...

Stephen King on What He Has

by | Sep 16, 2014 | Uncategorized

by Stephanie Morrill”Why do you write for teens?”I get asked that question a decent amount in interviews. By now, I should have a good answer for it, but the truth is that I don’t know. I can theorize that it has something to do with marrying my high...