YES! I trailer, and love it. Trailers are fun, that’s why I like to make them. Some trailers are easier to put together than others. I’m excited about producing TRANSFER STUDENT’s trailer. TRANSFER STUDENT is a sci-fi romance about Ashley, a Beverly Hills High School surfer fahsionista, and Rhoe, a boy geek alien, swapping lives when …
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So sorry my post is late this week. I had the MOST AMAZING time talking about What Makes A Great Story with the kids of Mrs. Howell’s 6th grade class. What a fun class and an awesome group of writers! We talked about what we like about the stories we are reading now and what …
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Everything. Right now it’s teaching me about the WWI and WWII in Europe and Asia. I’m writing an historical novel that takes place over a few generations, based on the true life of members of my family. And while I’ve got loads of primary information from interviews and letters, I need to know specifics. Specifics …
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I don’t usually make Resolutions. Do you? A really great writer and friend of mine Dee White, author of Letters to Leonardo, wrote to me this week and told me that she’s given a title to her 2012, The Year of Possibilities. This inspired me. [go check out Dee’s blog to find out why that’s …
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Remember when you were in school and someone decorated your locker with wrapping paper and candy canes and big red bows? Today there’s a note taped to the outside of your locker. It reads: Enter the Secret Santa Giveaway from Dec. 16 to Dec. 22, 3PM Pacific and on Friday, Dec. 23, Noon Pacific you …
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Covers! Love ’em or hate ’em they have to be one of the major reasons readers get hooked on a book. CBS has some all-time greats to check out! It’s all about emotion. It’s why we read. We want to have an experience and the cover is a great window into what kind of experience we …
What’s plot? It’s what makes readers turn pages. Keeps them wanting more. And what’s a better way to learn about plot than the movies? I guess it’s because my friend is a screenwriter and that’s why I use the screenplay method to plot my novels. Also because the Screenwriters Expo happens every year, for only …
YA Indie Carnival : Fiction Pie! Recipes for Plot Read More »
This week at the YA Indie Carnival, our posts are about Thanksgiving. Some of us will post excerpts set at Thanksgiving, others might contain a pie or two, or turkeys. Some of us will post Thanksgiving memories or stories. Take a ride with us and share your favorite Thanksgiving stories. This Friday we givie thanks …
Why is there a rise in YA Fantasy? I guess there are three main reasons. Peter Jackson’s LOTR trilogy and the much-anticipated prequel, The Hobbit, due out soon. HP, of course. And today at the box office, part 1 of the last episode in The Twilight Saga, Breaking Dawn. These have all come around one …
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Happy 11-11-11! Here are the 11 ways SOCIAL media rocked my world this year 🙂 1. It hooked me up with the most incredible group of authors that became true friends and it all started at the YA Indie Carnival! 2. This lead to The Paranormal Plumes Society. 3. And lead to The Pacific Northwest …
