Remember when they said kids weren’t reading?
From Publishing Perspectives: In 2014, children and teenagers are reading in record numbers and are often driving the buying of books by influencing their parents and peers. The children’s book market has grown 44% in the last 10 years, while…
Me trying to finish this chapter of my dissertation and then mark a bunch of essays:
Doesn’t help that I think it probably sucks. Heeelp D:
Titles Titles Titles TITLES
So I’m busy trying to think up a title for my new Middle Grade wip, which is, actually, HARDER THAN WRITING THE NOVEL ITSELF. How does that even work? I mean surely it should be the other way around? But…
Writing Inspirations: Marrisa Meyer’s Gatlon Trilogy
Everyone and their mother should know how much I love The Lunar Chronicles. I’ve been following Marissa Meyer back when she wrote Sailor Moon fanfiction 🙂 As a fellow moonie I was thrilled to see her get published. Now I…
How to Keep Going: a Somewhat Rambly, but Hopefully Encouraging Nanowrimo Post
So Nanowrimo’s just around the corner! Unfortunately, I’ll be using most of my nano writing time working on my academic stuff that I desperately need to get finished, but good luck to all those who are properly doing Nano from…
Monday Wishlist Roundup: The Rebirth of Dead Dreams Edition
I’m out of my cave! I had around 50-60 English essays to mark (I lost count), an article to write, and a thesis chapter to finish. A couple of weeks and lots of coffee later I’m back and ready to…
Monday Wishlist: We All Looked Up
I just spent the last night having the worst heartburn of my life. Thankfully, I survived long enough to make this post and tell the world about YA Literature’s answer to the age-old question: what happens when you take a…
Yesterday in #WeNeedDiverseBooks: Lee and Low Talks Diversity Behind the Scenes
If you’ve been following the #WeNeedDiverseBooks and the #DiversityinYA campaign, then you’d know (and let’s be honest, it’s pretty obvious anyway) that there’s a definite lack of books being published that aren’t starring predominantly white (cis, straight) characters. Different people…
Monday Wishlist: The Girl at Midnight
First off: SLEEPY HOLLOW IS TONIGHT YESSSS!!!! And to a lesser extent, Gotham. Okay, okay. I’m kind of excited for Gotham too. Maybe. I mean… I’m interested in seeing where it goes. To be honest, the idea of a Batman…
How to Survive the Wait: Free Advice
The wait. Sigh. Yep. The wait truly is the hardest part. The hardest part of being a writer. Uh, okay, one of them. [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uMyCa35_mOg?rel=0&w=420&h=315] If you’re a writer, you probably know. Waiting is involved at every stage of the…