TWFT recently had the opportunity to reconnect with Kat Zhang, who swapped manuscripts with Linda two years ago. Linda found her again–on a 2012 Goodreads Debutante Writers page, and knew an interview must be done. WHAT’S LEFT OF ME, a YA dystopian, will be released in Autumn 2012, and you can pre-order a copy here. [...]
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Here is a post of short fiction by YA writer Shannon McCray. We hope you enjoy it as much as TWFT did!
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I’ve been through all the Scarborough women’s emotions. I was there when Eleanor eloped at the age of seventeen to a Mr. Wilson of Maryland in 1899. I was there when Mary married under [...]
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I used to be the type of writer who would sit at her desk, agonizing for hours over the syntax and the proper words to use, while her plot burned down in flames around her. During this novel-writing sabbatical I’ve taken, though, I’ve had time to do plenty of research on structuring a story properly—and [...]
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Recently, TWFT had the opportunity to speak with Jamie Blair, whose debut, LEAP OF FAITH, is forthcoming from Simon and Schuster’s Books for Young Readers in 2013. Read on below to find out what she thinks about publishing and literature today.
TWFT: What can you attribute to the lasting success of such YA series like [...]
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The surest way to failure is adopting an “all-or-nothing” approach (this doesn’t just pertain to writing–it pertains to life as well).
“Oh, I didn’t get an agent this year because nobody appreciates my work–well, I’ll stop writing! That’ll show them!” the stubborn rookie writer says. And with that, he or she descends into a sullen drought [...]
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A new year arrives, and with it new hopes and aspirations. Looking back on my 2011 resolutions, I’ve realized how ambitious they all were. And I’ve realized how life does throw us all curveballs as we struggle on and try to make plans of our own.
Listen, I’m going to give y’all a challenge: stop trying [...]
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As teenage writers, we have to deal with another obligation other writers don’t have to deal with as much: college. And our futures. How can one possibly find time to write when there are other issues like having a life, getting straight A’s, and completing activities that boost one’s impressiveness to admissions counselors?
Hey, don’t give [...]
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Scenario: You have begun writing Chapter Eight of your latest creation, and you’re going fairly well. However, as you near the middle of the Chapter, your muse has grown tired and you’re suddenly stuck.
I definitely can’t count the times when I had faced a similar situation. And I am going to be brutally honest [...]
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So often they are non-existent, as characters go, in young adult fiction. They are distant figures that you know have to be there – how could the MC be alive without them, after all? – but who never really make an appearance. And if they do? If they do they are typically presented as annoyances [...]
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I recently had the opportunity to interview Jessica Souders for my personal blog, and while this interview will be posted there in full I felt some TWFT readers should get a taste of it here and start salivating for Jessica’s upcoming novel Renegade. The full interview includes information about her recent conference experiences as well [...]
