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Ten Things You Need to Know About: Writing Fantasy 1. Be authentic This might sound like a contradiction, but to make your readers believe in and appreciate all things fantastic, you need to first give them...
Ten Things You Need to Know About: Terry Pratchett If everything can be believed about the way Sir Terry lived his life (and I think most of it can be) then it was equally...
For the purposes of, uh, research? Fun? I went onto the chatbar one day and asked certain members what they were reading! Here are their thoughts and recommendations, in their own, exact and not...
Ten Things You Need to Know About: Reading and Reviewing Poetry There’s a common belief that only intellectuals and poets can review poetry, but the truth is anyone 1. Start by reading the poem...
Guess that Caption! This is a simple game where every other week, I’ll post a photo which has something to do with reading/ writing/ words and your job is to guess...
This post may contain The Hunger Games, Catching Fire, and/or Mockingjay spoilers. Dear Katniss, I get it, girl. You’re under a lot of pressure. Not every teenager is faced with being sent to an...
Ten Things You Need to Know About: Choosing a Title 1. It needs to reflect your writing If the book you are writing is serious, then the title shouldn’t be funny – that’s lying...
How to be a YA Heroine #1: Katniss Everdeen I’ve decided to become who I’ve always wanted to be: a fashion blogger. Kind of. Not really. Anyway, for the next little while I will...
I’m an English major, so I would love to know more about careers in publishing. One of the things I find people don’t know about publishing is exactly how many jobs you can do...
The query letter is what is used to submit a piece of work to an agent in the book industry, and is one of the most difficult things a writer encounters (after writing the...
