THIS WEEK IN WRITING- For your romantic partners: "Things You Should Know Before You Date a Writer" (including explanation of why we like gossip so much. Its not our fault! Gossip = stories!)...
Book Expo America (BEA) is next week, and authors and bloggers alike are flooding into NYC for the event. A lot of people have talked about what happens when you attend BEA. Getting books, goin...
Welcome to our 132nd Road Trip Wednesday! Road Trip Wednesday is a ‘Blog Carnival,’ where YA Highways contributors post a weekly writing- or reading-related question that begs to be answered. In...
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Welcome to YA Highways Bookmobile celebration for INSURGENT by Veronica Roth. What did you think about Tris and Fours adventures and battles this time around? Spoiler warnings are in effect! Don...
Geeking it up outside PhilCon 2011Wiscon. Readercon. Capclave. These speculative fiction conventions--and the hundreds of others held all over the world--welcome writers and fans of all stripes into ...
Conferences are insane. Insanely awesome! But also insanely overwhelming, especially if youre a first-time attendee. At YA Highway, weve been to tons of conferences, both writing conferences (SCBWI, ...
Every so often, everyone I follow on Twitter starts using the same acronym: BEA, ALA, ABA, RT, etc. etc. If you dont know what these acronyms mean, Twitter can become a confusing place-- and you may ...
Were trying something new here at the YA Highway: Theme Weeks. These are weeks where we will bring you fresh content every day on a specific topic.Starting tomorrow, we are going to be blogging about...
THE BIG NEWS THIS WEEK%&@$&$%:A researcher at Brigham Young University says theres lots of cussing in YA books so we need a rating system. The ALA says "ha ha ha ha no." Kiersten...
Heading to ALA Anaheim this June? So are we! (A couple of us, at least.) And just like last year at ALA New Orleans, were co-hosting The Great YA Blogger Meetup with Stacked Books.graphic by the bril...
In our Query Series, writers share with us the query letter that helped them land an agent--and why the letter worked, from the agents point of view. Today we are pleased to feature debut author Apri...
Welcome to our 131st Road Trip Wednesday! Road Trip Wednesday is a ‘Blog Carnival,’ where YA Highways contributors post a weekly writing- or reading-related question that begs to be answered. In...
You know those old people who stand on their porch, shaking their fists, yelling, "You kids get off my lawn!" Yeah, well, Ive become one of them. Only my beef is with words.In my younger days...
So theres this book that I learned about months ago from a fellow YAHer about a boy who announces that he will be eating himself to death live on the internet, for all his bullies to watch. CHA-CHING...
THIS WEEK IN WRITING- Mitali Perkins highlights a teen writers tips for writing race.- How do moms, or anyone, manage their time when working from home with a thousand other responsibilities and dist...
YA Highway is happy to present the US cover for Jay Kristoffs upcoming release, Stormdancer! Check out the synopsis:A DYING LANDThe Shima Imperium verges on the brink of environmental collapse; ...
(source)(Note: because this is YA Highway, this list will pertain only to YA books, not all books involved in the best-seller list.) The New York Times Bestseller List: while you might think you know...
Welcome to our 130th Road Trip Wednesday! Art by ASummerTimeSadnessRoad Trip Wednesday is a ‘Blog Carnival,’ where YA Highways contributors post a weekly writing- or reading-related question tha...
I blogged a couple weeks ago about using animals as part of your setting, and today I’m going to talk about something else: their behavior.Whether your character has a pet cat or visits a dairy farm ...
I mean, theyre asking for it, arent they?1. Denial. You’re not angry with your novel. You never get angry with your novel. I mean, sure, you’d rather go smash garden gnomes than write one sentence of...
So back when I first started writing, I was on the lookout for some good contemporary books. Good friend and fellow YAHer Kody Keplinger told me that I *needed* to get my hands on this book CRACKED U...
So Kate couldnt join us on this weeks field trip, which is why yall will have to settle for my much more inferior roundup. But I just used "yall", so maybe Kate would be proud. :PTHIS WEEK IN...
If youve been playing the writing game for any amount of time you know how difficult it can be to come up with unique metaphors and similes. You go in with the best intentions but end up comparing yo...
Welcome to our 129th Road Trip Wednesday! From Book of Art Road Trip Wednesday is a ‘Blog Carnival,’ where YA Highways contributors post a weekly writing- or reading-related question that b...
How to Make a Series BibleA guest post by the fabulous Michelle Schusterman, author of the upcoming middle grade series I Heart Band (Penguin 2014).Organization fanatics, ready your labeled folders a...
Please join us as we read our May BOOKMOBILE selection and, at the end of the month, participate in a thoughtful discussion and live chat with Veronica Roth, the author of this months BOOKMOBILE sele...
Tomorrow, Andrew Fukudas dystopian thriller, THE HUNT, will hit the shelves. To celebrate his novels debut, Andrew was kind enough to answer some questions about the book, his writing process, and dr...
You know that Adele song, "Someone Like You," and how it has the uncanny ability to bring people to tears? Well, I want your characters to do that.Let me explain.I was reading this NPR articl...
When it comes to young adult novels, an authentic, captivating voice is incredibly important. Voice needs to feel real and consistant. It needs to feel true to the character. Voice can do a lot to pu...
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