Happy New Year: Thoughts on crawling out of the T-hole and doing good in 2017
Happy 2017, guys. So I've been doing some thinking. That's been hard lately, because I've been struggling like hell with election-related depression…
Why You Don’t Need Rhino Skin to Be a Writer
Way back when you started writing your first For Serious stories, when you first started thinking maybe you weren't half bad at chucking…
In Defense of 6 Maligned YA Fiction Tropes: When They’re Annoying, When They’re Maybe Not
Forgive me, readers, for I have feared the trope. I have ostracized some of them unfairly. I've let reviews of other books…
WHAT IF: 4 hypothetical young women get rid of all those nasty verbal tics that hold them back
In which I imagine what might happen if hypothetical young women took the advice of Naomi Wolf, Ellen Petry Leanse, Sloane Crosley, Lake…
Against “Against YA”
In light of yesterday’s ludicrous, clickbaity Slate article on why adults should be embarrassed to read YA fiction. . . Here’s how to…
Yep, You’re a Real Writer (No Blue Fairy Needed)
Hey readerfriends, The other week, I read a post by Kristen Strassel over at Deadly Ever After called "I'm a Hack." I read it…
The Cave of Eternal Revision (and Writing Your Way Out)
So I haven't blogged in a while. It's because I've been stuck in here: It's a tricky little cave, this one.…