by Stephanie Morrill | Apr 17, 2013 | Uncategorized
A tale of deadlines, woe, and sleepless nights.by Gillian AdamsA couple of weeks ago, I put the final polish on my fantasy novel and sent it off to my agent. It marked the end of a crazy two weeks where I did nothing but wake up, write, eat, write, sleep, write, wake...
by Jill Williamson | Apr 16, 2013 | Writing
by Jill WilliamsonWe’ve got a new contest for you! And the grand prize is pretty cool. It’s the proof copy of the Go Teen Writers book. It came to me for approval back in March. It looks just like the final books. So I signed it, mailed it to Stephanie,...
by Stephanie Morrill | Apr 15, 2013 | Uncategorized
by Stephanie MorrillIn case you missed it, on Friday we hosted James Scott Bell on the blog. He has some wonderful words of encouragement for aspiring writers, and we’re giving away a copy of The Art of War for Writers, a book that Jill and I frequently...
by Jill Williamson | Apr 12, 2013 | Writing
by James Scott BellJill and James Scott Bell.Jill is not the author in this story, btw.Some years ago I was teaching at a writers conference in New Mexico. After lunch I noticed one of the conferees sitting at a back table, looking distressed. I went over and asked...
by Stephanie Morrill | Apr 11, 2013 | Uncategorized
by Laura KurkLaura Anderson Kurk is one of those lucky souls who gets to live in a college town. In fact, it’s her college town—College Station, Texas, where she drove in under cover of darkness when she was way too young and proceeded to set the place on fire....
by Jill Williamson | Apr 9, 2013 | Writing
by Jill WilliamsonRecently I’ve watched some popular movies with my kids. Annie was one of them. There was some bonus material on the DVD where Aileen Quinn talks about how she got the role of Annie over hundreds of other little girls. Casting directors are very...
by Stephanie Morrill | Apr 7, 2013 | Uncategorized
by Stephanie MorrillI’m just having the best time seeing where you all do your writing! Here are some more entries that we love:A super cute one from Alyson. And I spot Jill’s books on the shelf!This is Aidyl’s writing chair. She says, “I live...
by Stephanie Morrill | Apr 6, 2013 | Uncategorized
by Stephanie MorrillThis week has been so wonderfully crazy with launching the writing space contest, celebrating the release of Jill’s dystopian novel, Captives, and having Laura L. Smith as our guest, that we haven’t had time to share many of the...
by Jill Williamson | Apr 5, 2013 | Writing
by Jill WilliamsonWhile I’m not done writing all the books I’ve contracted, I have been thinking about what book I might want to write next. I figure it’s good for me to get an idea of what my next big project might be so that I can start thinking...
by Stephanie Morrill | Apr 4, 2013 | Uncategorized
Stephanie here. I’m so excited to have Laura L. Smith here today! Laura has judged Go Teen Writers contests before and she’s a fellow Playlist Young Adult Fiction author. Her new book, It’s Complicated, released on Monday, and it’s a steal on...
