by Adventures in YA Publishing | Sep 25, 2013 | Imported from AYAP
Today on WOW Wednesday, we are incredibly excited to have the author of the brand, spanking (and really amazing) new release Not A Drop To Drink. Please welcome Mindy McGinnis! Hanging Out with the Right POV Ironically, I think I learned the best lesson about writing...
by Jan Lewis | Jun 5, 2013 | Imported from AYAP
I started my writing life as a copywriter. I wrote film synopsis copy, trailer scripts, press releases, behind-the-scenes video scripts and a boatload of other marketing elements as an in-house writer in the home video division of the Walt Disney Company in beautiful...
by Martina Boone | May 22, 2013 | Imported from AYAP
The Tao of Ghostwriting or Lying Naked on the Table In these days of reality TV competitions, we hear the word attitude repeated endlessly. Attitude, loosely translated as “forcing everyone to recognize how special you are,” is apparently prized by TV judges, but...
by Martina Boone | May 8, 2013 | Imported from AYAP
I guess you know you’re a writer when you get punched in the face hard enough to lose some teeth and the first thought that enters your head is, ‘I can use this in a story.’ Well, maybe not the first thought. I think the first thought was, ‘Oh Jesus I’m gonna die...
by Martina Boone | Apr 24, 2013 | Imported from AYAP
Good writing advice inspires me to sit down and fit words on paper. Bad advice makes me nervous that I’m doing something wrong. Good advice sings, makes me want to hum its tune like Jerome Stern’s MAKING SHAPELY FICTION, Stephen King’s ON WRITING, and Anne Lamott’s...
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