The Editorial Letter

by | Apr 1, 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...

Revise That Thing

by | Mar 27, 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...

Carl Sandburg on Advice

by | Mar 26, 2015 | Writing

by Jill WilliamsonThere’s a lot of writing advice out there. It can be confusing, and sometimes contradicting. How can you know what is good advice and what is bad?When I first started writing, I drank advice like water. Any feedback I received, I obeyed. I was...

How You Say It

by | Mar 20, 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...

Mark Twain on the Right Word

by | Mar 19, 2015 | Writing

by Jill WilliamsonI love this quote. It reminds me to slow down in my edits and, as I read, really question my word choice.Random moment: This quote also reminds me of how people often misspell lightning as lightening. Those are two very different words. They do not...