by Stephanie Morrill | Jun 22, 2012 | Uncategorized
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...
by Stephanie Morrill | Jun 21, 2012 | Uncategorized
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...
by Jill Williamson | Jun 19, 2012 | Author Life, Book Proposals, Getting Published, Writing
By Jill Williamson Today we’re going to daydream. Pretend you have an agent and you two have worked hard to get your book and book proposal perfected. Now she’s ready to submit your proposal to an editor. She will likely send a quick email to tell...
by Stephanie Morrill | Jun 18, 2012 | Uncategorized
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...
by Jill Williamson | Jun 15, 2012 | Writing
By Jill WilliamsonThis from Dictionary.com: et·y·mol·o·gy [et-uh-mol-uh-jee] Show...
by Stephanie Morrill | Jun 14, 2012 | Uncategorized
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...
by Stephanie Morrill | Jun 13, 2012 | Uncategorized
by Stephanie MorrillOn Friday (the 15th) registration opens for the NextGen Writers conference! This is a free on-line conference for writers 19 and under. I am SO excited. Shellie Neumeier puts it all together and she does such a wonderful job of hosting...
by Jill Williamson | Jun 12, 2012 | Writing
By Jill WilliamsonHow hard is it to get into the market for science fiction/fantasy books?The market for science fiction and fantasy is huge! And it’s very popular. Lots of publishers are looking for books that fit these genres. Plus, there are so many subgenres that...
by Stephanie Morrill | Jun 11, 2012 | Uncategorized
I’m super excited to have Maureen McQuerry as our guest today! She’s the author of The Peculiars, a young adult steampunk novel.Is that cover gorgeous or what?Maureen has generously offered to giveaway a copy of The Peculiars to one lucky commenter....
by Jill Williamson | Jun 8, 2012 | Fantasy, Genres, Speculative Fiction
By Jill Williamson Since I talked about genres on Tuesday, I thought I’d share this post with you. I got really excited when I learned that speculative fiction encompassed pretty much everything I wrote. Because speculative fiction encompasses a lot! Speculative...
