Wars, refugees and the twilight of the spirit Wars seem to come naturally to our species. Too naturally. I once read that we and a handful of species of ants…Continue readingRefugees of war
We have a guest today. My friend Joshua Palmatier has a new book out – more than that, it’s the culminating book of a series, and one which completes a…Continue readingThe Big Idea
Why can’t a woman save the world? I watched the first episode of a new disaster TV series, ‘Salvation’, and while I was entertained enough to keep watching, there was…Continue readingWhere are the women?
… get your ideas/write a book?’ One of the perennial questions posed to authors in many many many interviews is the fabled “Where do you get your ideas?” I too…Continue readingHow do you…
The Were Chronicles: “Random”, “Wolf”, “Shifter” At a certain level, the line between YA and adult literature becomes so fine as to be totally irrelevant. Yes, there are always some…Continue readingYA and the ‘Real World’
The epistolary novel in the digital age The story-in-correspondence found in epistolary novels is by no means a new thing. It’s been going on for centuries. Letter writing to people…Continue readingLetters tell the story
Children’s Book Week – June 12-16 When books were just books When I was growing up, there was no such thing as “young adult” as a marketing niche. In my…Continue readingJust what is YA?
Part 1: The Five W’s and a H Before reporting became a dying craft, every newbie was taught that a news story had to answer five fundamental questions: Who, What,…Continue readingHow do you build a world?
Writing tips I began storytelling when I was a toddler. I wrote my first poem when I was five, my first ‘novel’ as an adolescent, and my first decent novel…Continue readingDo you want to write?