Word of the Week #18
Audrey whelved Peter’s love-letters in her sock drawer and promised herself she would never look at them again. whelve (verb) [WELV] 1. To bury something deep; to hide.
Writing Gooder A Group Blog From The Young Writers Society
Featured Poem 6/17 – “Tourists”
Tourists by Yehuda Amichai Visits of condolence is all we get from them. They squat at the Holocaust Memorial, They put on grave faces at the Wailing Wall And they laugh behind heavy curtains...
Publishing Strategies: Traditional Publishing
It’s been a while, but it’s time we take a moment to talk about what is probably the most popular method of publishing: traditional publishing. Traditional publishing is that which has brought us all...
Fiction Focus- The Love Triangle
Ah, the humble love triangle. The mainstay of young adult writers, the bane of many a plain, boring teenage girl as she contemplates the two hilariously good-looking boys staring down at her. It’s...
Bad Cover Art…Redesigned: After The End
Welcome to Bad Cover Art…Redesigned! Where I bring you the most horrible of all cover art I can find on the world wide web and try to come up with an alternative (that I...
Challenge Corner #14 – The Road
Who here likes The Lord of the Rings? Or The Hobbit? The film of The Hobbit came out on DVD in the UK recently, and I caught myself listening to a whole lot of the...
Word of the Week #17
Larissa’s black gown made her look rather eldritch. eldritch (adj.) /ˈɛldrɪtʃ/ 1. unearthly, alien, supernatural, weird, spooky, eerie
Quote of the Week #17
“I like being weird. Weird’s all I’ve got; that and my sweet style.” -Moss, The IT Crowd
The Cassandra Clare Instruments
Up and coming into the movie scene is yet another YA novel-based film. “C’mon, we’re already tired of all those Twilight riff-offs!” Oh, no, no, NO! Believe me, you will like this one. Why?...
