by S.P. Sipal | Sep 2, 2016 | Imported from AYAP
For today’s Craft of Writing post, I thought we’d try something a bit different. I’ve started a video series on YouTube geared to writers with tips from my newly updated A Writer’s Guide to Harry Potter. Here is one of my new videos along with...
by S.P. Sipal | Jul 1, 2016 | Imported from AYAP
This past weekend, I had the extreme pleasure of attending my first American Library Association Annual Conference. I went with my publisher, Deep River Press, to promote the upcoming release of the new edition of A Writer’s Guide to Harry Potter. I had a blast,...
by S.P. Sipal | Nov 13, 2015 | Imported from AYAP
Happy Friday the 13th! But we usually don’t think of this date as a happy one, do we? No, we associate Friday the 13th with dark places and scary events. And that darkness and fear is a very necessary part of being human…and telling a story. Years ago,...
by S.P. Sipal | Oct 9, 2015 | Imported from AYAP
NaNoWriMo is quickly approaching, and as writers everywhere start gearing up for this month-long writing extravaganza, I thought it might be nice to focus in advance on one of the most important and difficult to handle craft elements — POV. In storytelling,...
by S.P. Sipal | Mar 25, 2015 | Imported from AYAP
Gabi & her crows Did you hear the news story that was going the rounds a couple of weeks ago about the young girl in Seattle who has been feeding the crows in her backyard for years and they repay her kindness with gifts? From buttons to broken beer glass to...
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