Children Shouldn’t Be Lost
carriejonesbooks I am currently involved with this quote and I’m trying to think about how Zara (the main character in my NEED series) would react to it. “It is not the…
Wednesday Writing Wisdom
Look. Lying is Bad for Your Health and Authors Stink At It, No Matter What “Experts” Say
Seriously. I know people lie all the time. I know these people get powerful, get fame, get money, get whatever… I know that their lies are there to shelter them,…
My Writing Goal is to be on a Doctor Who Episode. That makes total sense, right?
Writer Sara Zarr once gave a brilliant speech about how it is the process of writing that should give you the love feeling, not if you make it on a…
My Nana’s Funeral Was Awful – Seriously Awful
Because my family is a bit – um – all over the place, I ended up having multiple grandmothers when I was growing up. I had a Nana, a Grammy,…
How To Write Sucky YA Novels
So, you want to write a young adult novel and you want it to be bad? I hear you. You’re tired of trying to write good novels for kids. Writing…