On Teaching Premise to Tech School Students
Hello friends, Four years ago a reading teacher named Beth Sloan got in touch with me about coming to the Oliver Wolcott Technical School in Torrington, CT to do an author visit. The school [...]
Screenwriting Tricks For Novelists
Whoa! I've had a very exciting couple of months: Handed in the second draft of Ransacker. Took on a new project for the mobile-fiction app Hooked. Hired Royal Digital Studio to build a new [...]
Get Positive
Got writer's block? Get positive. We’ve all heard about affirmations and the power of positive thinking, but I bet you didn’t know that using "Yes" words can help with your writing! It’s true. If you’re [...]
The Secret Sauce…
I wanted to share with you a tool that almost every author I know uses. This tool is mentioned time and time again when I talk with other novelists at panels and festivals, yet, [...]
Want What You Have (Am I Ever Thankful!)
Am I ever thankful! Launching a new book is always an adventure and Berserker has not let me down! In the last month I've crossed the country several times, hitting big book festivals in Las Vegas, [...]
Summer Fun With Color
Nope, I'm not here to tell you about the brightest new nail polish or trends in summer dresses—I want to tell you about how using paint-chips has helped me with my writing this summer. [...]
Screen Poisoning. Is That a Thing?
"Screen poisoning" is what I call an illness that sets in when I've been spending too much time in front of my computer and engaged with my phone. Symptoms include physical complaints such as:Dry [...]
Fight back by… reading?
Since the election, I have seen fellow YA authors coming together in new ways. I've witnessed the beginnings of some programs and social media publicity drives that could really engage young voters. But I [...]
Jeff Zentner: We Book People Must Stick Together
Greetings, friends. I've been going around and around on what to say to you all. These are such strange and troubling times. I have written and deleted and re-written this article a half-dozen times [...]
Hachette UK | Emmy Laybourne Author Spotlight with Graham Marks (Press)
This article originally appeared on Hachette UK. Emmy Laybourne Author Spotlight with Graham Marks Emmy Laybourne is, in her own words, ‘a writer, teacher and a recovering character actress’ who lives in upstate New York [...]