When her father begins having conversations with dead relatives, photographer Amina Eapen returns to her parents’ home in Albequerque, and a past she has been running from.
April Fool!
April Fool!
If you want to write a Young Adult novel, try this:
YA Novel Writing: Captivating the Teen Reader
The Young Adult book market is in a state of rapid growth,
Four Types of Teen Writer + New Spring Classes for Teens AND Adults!
Teen writers are a diverse bunch. Not all of them even know they are writers. I’ve met all of the following writers in my programs,
Serious Literary Discussions
Last night, while the Advanced Fiction Writers were engrossed in serious literary discussion in a fine eating establishment, we noticed that one of the waiters was spending a lot of time in our section of the dining room.
Plotting and Healing
Six weeks ago I made the wildly improbable promise to give twenty hours a week to my verse-novel. Between writing classes,
Apply for TEENWrite: Advanced Fiction Writing by Sept 26
True confession: When I was a teen, I was known as “the writer.” When I showed my writing to people (which I did as often as I could) they said,
Writing the Hidden Story
I love those “aha!” moments when a character sneaks up on me–and I suddenly realize I’m not writing the book I thought I was writing.
An Interview with Author Lois Brandt + teen writing with Lois at Bellevue College
One of the cool things about taking teen writing at Bellevue College, is working with a published author.
Character Mashup–“Maybe Dats Your Pwoblem, Too”
This poem, by Jim Hall, is one of my favorite mashups, and I often read it in Talking to Your Characters and in Teen Poets at Bellevue College.
Talking to Your Characters–Give Them a “Dear Character” Column
Dear Character,
Twelve and a half weeks ago I loaned my best friend a set of “Cooking with Salt”