by Jill Williamson | Apr 23, 2013 | 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 on Facebook,...
by Jill Williamson | Apr 19, 2013 | Writing
It’s time for another installment of Punctuation 101 with your host Jill Williamson.*raging applause*Today we’re going to talk about quotation marks. I’ve critiqued many a manuscript in which the author used quotation marks incorrectly. In fact, I...
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 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 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 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...
