Posts Tagged ‘Young Adult Fiction’
It’s Almost Here: MISSING MOM’S Official Release
I admit it. It never gets old to welcome a new book I’ve spent long hours working on. Tuesday, January 14th, MISSING MOM’S official release day, is just three days away. Even though this is my sixth novel, the thought of holding a copy in my hands still makes all those hairs on the back…
Read MoreHow You Felt Versus How You Appeared
I’ve been doing lots of reading about writing young adult fiction in connection with a talk I’m giving next week to my local Sisters in Crime chapter. Not surprisingly, one of the biggest pieces of advice is to avoid writing stereotypical, flat characters—the nerdy geek, the shallow blonde cheerleader, the macho jock, etc. For one…
Read MoreParents Still Belong on Stage in YA Fiction
Several years ago, when I was first dipping my toes into fiction, I took a children’s writing course in which I wrote a proposal for a young adult novel. The protagonist was a teenager coping with lots of family drama on the home front. Her mother was obsessed with her other daughter’s burgeoning acting career…
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