Ten Things You Need to Know About: Writing as a Career
Ten Things You Need to Know About: Writing as a Career 1. Find the balance between writing what you love and what will sell. Sometimes you have to face the reality that the kind...
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Ten Things You Need to Know About: Terry Pratchett
Ten Things You Need to Know About: Terry Pratchett If everything can be believed about the way Sir Terry lived his life (and I think most of it can be) then it was equally...
Getting an Agent: Three Vital Steps
I’d love to know about like…the usual process you have to go through to get a manuscript in order for sending off to an agent? One of the coolest things about young writers is...
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?...
Tahereh Mafi, Coffee Girl
One day, I asked myself, who authors really are. They are writers, yes. They produce entertaining pieces of literature, yes. They make lives, create fantasies, remix histories, yes. But I believe that there are...
Margaret Stohl: Writer, Caster, Video Game Worder
I hate to say it but I am sure that until now, there are hundreds, if not thousands, of twi-hard fans out there, and at this moment they’re shouting “But the last movie’s done!...
Rick Riordan and the Olympians
A few years ago, Greek, Roman and Egyptian mythologies were only subject areas to be studied by scholars of such interests, but recently, if you’ve noticed, even youths eight to twelve years old know...
Publishing Strategies: Small Press/Independent
Out of the publishing platforms we’ve taken a look at thus far, small presses – often referred to as independent presses or publishers – are the closest to what we think of traditional publishing....
