Hope and Healing Take Center Stage in Sparrow
Read more from author Mary Cecilia Jackson about how she came to write her devastating but hopeful YA novel, Sparrow.
Category: Author Features
Ghosts Stories & Secrets: Finding Inspiration for Echoes Between Us
Echoes Between Us is bestselling author Katie McGarry’s breakout teen contemporary novel about a girl with everything to lose and the boy who will do anything to save her. Read more about the inspiration behind the story in the letter Katie wrote to independent booksellers.
5 Signs You Are Living in a Simulation
Parker Peevyhouse’s latest YA thriller, Strange Exit tackles the complex theme of reality versus simulation. In the novel, a group of passengers finds themselves trapped in a shared virtual reality aboard a ship orbiting the earth after a nuclear event. When the sim they’re living in begins to breakdown, their only hope for survival is…
Battle of the Critiques
Stormrise author Jillian Boehme shares tips on how to use critiques to better your writing.
Mirror Mirror On the Wall: Tips to Writing a Modern Fairytale
Sisters of Shadow and Light author Sara B. Larson shares how her writing was influenced by fairytales for #NaNoWriMo!
How to Write Believable Liars
Happily and Madly author Alexis Bass shares tips on how to write a believable liar.
Reclaiming the Old West in The Good Luck Girls
The Good Luck Girls author Charlotte Nicole Davis shares a letter to her readers.
What to Do When a Monster Is Stalking You
It’s officially spooky season but never fear! Lupe Dávila from Five Midnights has some pro-tips to help you survive!
Pushing Through the First Draft
Stormrise author Jillian Boehme shares tips on how to get through the first draft.
Sass, Vengeance, and a Dash of Heart: What Makes a Teen Sleuth?
Dare You to Lie author Amber Lynn Natusch talks about her love for TV teen sleuth Veronica Mars