Who doesn’t love watching book trailers? These multimedia book previews whet our appetite for more, and, when created by the authors themselves, they also give a valuable peek into the author’s inner world and understanding or his or her work. Enjoy the following suspenseful book trailers for Kelsey Ketch’s YA novel Death’s Island and Kate …
Do you write children’s books or graphic novels or need some inspiration or a writing challenge for the new year? Check out agent Bree Ogden’s “wish list” of manuscripts she would like to see in the coming months: Bree’s Wish List A serious middle grade/YA zombie manuscript A Dexter-ish type YA black comedy A manuscript …
New Writing Habits This past week I’ve really enjoyed reading about how other people are thinking about, experimenting with, and finding solutions to the social media balancing act. This is from Christi Craig in her excellent blog, Writing Under Pressure: “Blogging, while providing a great outlet to hone my writing skills, sometimes serves as a …
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“The place of stillness that you have to go to to write, but also to read seriously, is the point where you can actually make responsible decisions, where you can actually engage productively with an otherwise scary and unmanageable world.” ~ Jonathan Franzen