After my last post about YA characters and their ability to be related to, I did a lot of thinking about Gwen, as I went back through my work and edited yesterday. As I try to cut the unnecessary and expand on the drama/tension within the first few chapters of the book, I find myself… Continue reading Gwen Hoffman: Protagonist
I feel like there’s this specific challenge in Young Adult literature when it comes to designing characters. There’s a sort of expectation that they be very strong, everymen teenagers. In adult literature, I encounter protagonists who are radically different than me when it comes to their emotional make-up and philosophical grounding, but in YA I… Continue reading Why I Hated YA and How I Converted
Editing is going slow, I’m not going to lie. It’s hard to move, it’s hard to end relationships, and none of what I’ve gone through in the past few weeks is conducive to a peaceful, imaginative, motivated, creative headspace. I feel like editing wouldn’t be so hard if I were editing to CUT things out… Continue reading The More I Write, The Harder It Gets
So I have to do a quick blog to figure out if any of my followers/readers are also going to be at this event on Saturday the 28th. I’ll probably book a Bolt Bus and find a couch to crash on with a friend for the weekend…as is my M.O. with professional conferences at the… Continue reading Press Publish in Portland: I’m Going!
So I’ve been talking a lot about my novel “The Neverland Wars,” but it’s been a while since I straight up explained it, and I woke up excited about my project so lemme tell you… The Neverland Wars is a modern-day continuation of the Peter Pan story, it holds to J.M. Barrie’s story as tightly… Continue reading The Neverland Wars
It’s official, I’m a Seattle-based author again. My birthday was last Thursday, and since I already had a little celebration planned, I rolled a going-away-party into it and then took off the next morning with my Dad, who graciously offered to come pick me up from Stanford and help me move. He’d been meaning to… Continue reading Break-Ups, Seattle, and Revisions
I went to the SFWC and it was wonderful. Worth every penny. When I originally found out about it years ago, it would have been such a foolish thing to try to show up. I’m really glad that I knew myself well enough to gauge when I would be ready to head to a professional… Continue reading Literary Agents: A Short Saga
So yesterday was the 6th anniversary of the day that I became a novelist. I don’t know if most writers make a note of the day they finish their first book, or if they continue to observe it once they’ve managed more impressive feats (like, you know, getting someone to actually read it) but I certainly… Continue reading A Very Giddy Novel-versary
I’m absolutely thrilled about the SFWC, but of course that goes without saying. It’s my first professional conference. When I was in high school I used to go to the International Career Development Conference to compete with other teenagers (and whoop their butts, I might add) in sales and marketing presentation DECA competitions, but this… Continue reading 21 and Freaking Out for the SF Writing Conference
Most people I know shower in the morning before they go out. Some people shower at night before they go to bed. Very few people share my sentiment for showering in the middle of the day, and there’s a reason for that. Most people have things to do in the middle of the day. They… Continue reading The Height of Luxury: Midday Showers
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