6 Tips for Using Pinterest as a Writing Tool

by | May 20, 2015 | Uncategorized

Roseanna M. White pens her novels beneath her Betsy Ross flag, with her Jane Austen action figure watching over her. When not writing fiction, she’s homeschooling her two children, editing and designing, and pretending her house will clean itself. Her novels range...

Judging a day’s success

by | May 19, 2015 | Writing

Stephanie here.There’s no way around it—writing a novel requires a huge amount of up-front investment. I just spent the last fourteen months brainstorming, researching, writing, editing, re-researching, rewriting, polishing, and agonizing over a young adult...

The Wait

by | May 15, 2015 | Writing

Shannon Dittemore is the author of the Angel Eyes trilogy. She has an overactive imagination and a passion for truth. Her lifelong journey to combine the two is responsible for a stint at Portland Bible College, performances with local theater companies, and a focus...

Terry Pratchett on the Imagination

by | May 14, 2015 | Writing

Jill here.There are all kinds of readers out there. And there are all kinds of books. This is good. But sometimes, a reader stumbles onto the wrong kind of book, and for whatever reason, they read it anyway. This sometimes results in a surprise. It’s good for...

How Should A Book Start? (And an Ellie Sweet giveaway!)

by | May 11, 2015 | 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 (Birch House Press). You can connect with her on Facebook,...

The Voice of a Storyteller

by | May 8, 2015 | Writing

Shannon Dittemore is the author of the Angel Eyes trilogy. She has an overactive imagination and a passion for truth. Her lifelong journey to combine the two is responsible for a stint at Portland Bible College, performances with local theater companies, and a focus...

Sting on Learning the Ropes

by | May 7, 2015 | Writing

Jill here.I have a second Sting quote that I picked up from watching 20 Feet From Stardom, which won the Oscar for Best Documentary in 2014. The show tells the story of several backup singers who sang on hundreds of famous songs. I wrote this quote down while watching...