by Jill Williamson | May 6, 2015 | Writing
Jill Williamson is a chocolate loving, daydreaming, creator of kingdoms. She writes weird books for teens in lots of weird genres like, fantasy (Blood of Kings trilogy), science fiction (Replication), and dystopian (The Safe Lands trilogy). Find Jill...
by Stephanie Morrill | May 5, 2015 | Uncategorized
Stephanie here. I’ve lost track of how many times I’ve read Stephen King’s On Writing since my parents gave it to me for Christmas my senior year of high school, but I’m currently reading it again. When I learned that Stephen King reads the...
by Stephanie Morrill | May 4, 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,...
by Shannon Dittemore | May 1, 2015 | Writing
Happy Friday, writers! Shannon here.We’ve been slaving away to narrow down the gigantic pool of entries in the SHOW ME EXHAUSTION contest. There were SO MANY great entries. If you do not find your name on the list below, please do not be discouraged. We have...
by Jill Williamson | Apr 30, 2015 | Writing
Jill here.Thinking today about ideas, and how when I get one I like in my head, I really, really want to work on it. And even though sometimes I can’t work on it, because I’m under contract, the idea just won’t go away.This is how it is for me. I...
by Stephanie Morrill | Apr 28, 2015 | Uncategorized
Stephanie here. I listened to a podcast on Writing Excuses (The Four Principles of Puppetry with Mary Robinette Kowal) that was so good, I actually listened to it several times in a row to absorb it all. The whole thing is brilliant, but this quote really jumped out...
by Stephanie Morrill | Apr 27, 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,...
by Shannon Dittemore | Apr 17, 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...
by Jill Williamson | Apr 16, 2015 | Writing
Jill here.As I mentioned in yesterday’s post, I had the privilege of spending last Saturday at the Teen Author Boot Camp writer’s conference. It was phenomenal. I even met some of you there!You all know that I love Brandon Sanderson’s books and...
by Stephanie Morrill | Apr 14, 2015 | Uncategorized
Stephanie here.Many of you either write or have dreams of writing a sweeping, epic story. Something with a big scope and lots of point of view characters that will take hundreds of thousands of words.Or maybe you’re writing about a big topic, like Margaret...
