Learning from the Masters: on Writing Dual Timelines

Do you ever decide to write a book, then at some point during the revisions, look at it and say, wow, I made this really hard on myself?

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The Best YA (For People Who “Don’t Like YA”)

I’ve decided Fridays are good days for book posts. So that is where they shall be from now unto eternity (or at least, until I change my mind again.)

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MK’s Book Reviews: I’ll Give You The Sun

Today I’m going to be talking about Jandy Nelson’s I’ll Give You The Sun. You have to read this book. Why?

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Learning from the Masters: Kissing Scenes

So in my contemporary YA work in progress, I’m finally finally at the point where the people I want to kiss, do. Yay! I wrote a draft of that scene. And then reread it. And it was … meh. I wanted the literary equivalent to fireworks, only less clichéd. I did not produce that. And though I know […]

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Friday Things

I’m a bit behind on the blogging due to a last-minute re-vacation to St. John (pictured above), where I devoured these novels. But I am back now, in full-on getting-ready-for-spring mode. In NYC the snow is melting and I am back to writing and attempting to move my life to where I want it to be, one […]

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