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TEDTalk: Elizabeth Gilbert: Your Elusive Creative Genius

<>I love Elizabeth Gilbert‘s TEDTalk on ‘Your Elusive Creative Genius.’ If you need some creative inspiration, take the time to watch this …

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Beth Kephart, A Treasure Hunt, and You Are My Only

As many of you know, I’m a huge fan of Beth Kephart. If you haven’t had a chance to visit Beth’s blog yet, …

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James Scott Bell on Writing Through Frustration

This pretty much sums up where I am right now. PB is kicking me in the butt right now and I’m fighting …

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2011 Summer Blog Blast Tour (SBBT) Schedule

  It’s time for the 2011 Summer Blog Blast Tour! We have twenty great interviews scheduled throughout the week. Check out the …

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SBBT Interview: The Power of Change with Olugbemisola Rhuday-Perkovich

I am so pleased to welcome Olugbemisola Rhuday-Perkovich to my blog. Olugbemisola, known to her friends as Gbemi, wrote a wonderful middle …

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WBBT Interview: Chemistry, Persistence and Julie Kagawa

When I heard the buzz about Julie Kagawa’s debut YA novel, THE IRON KING, I had to check it out. Not only …

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WBBT Interview: Finding Time to be Good Enough with Paula Yoo

I first heard about Paula Yoo when her book, GOOD ENOUGH, was the featured title for readergirlz in September 2008. I’ve read …

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WBBT Interview: Humor, Writing, and the Emotional Truth with Allen Zadoff

I am so pleased to welcome Allen Zadoff to my blog. Allen is the author of FOOD, GIRLS, and OTHER THINGS I …

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WBBT Interview: Opening up New Worlds with R.J. Anderson

R.J. Anderson, known to her friends and family as Rebecca, wrote a wonderful, imaginative series which will engage MG readers. Rebecca takes …

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On My Mind…

  • Making a Difference, the Malcolm London Way
  • Chris Crutcher: Ask a Wise Man: On Dropping Out of School
  • Tavi Gevinson: Still Figuring it Out
  • TEDTalk: Elizabeth Gilbert: Your Elusive Creative Genius
  • The Perfect Quote for Today…

Favorite Quotes

"You must be the change you wish to see in the world." -Mohandas Gandhi

"Disobedience, in the eyes of any one who has read history, is man's original virtue. It is through disobedience that progress has been made, through disobedience and through rebellion" -Oscar Wilde

So You Want to be a Writer

  • Alan Rinzler
  • Brooklyn Arden
  • Darcy Pattison
  • Guide to Literary Agents
  • James Scott Bell
  • Literary Rambles
  • Nathan Bransford
  • Plot Whisperer
  • readergirlz
  • Scrivener
  • Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators
  • The Bookshelf Muse
  • There are No Rules by Jane Friedman
  • Writer Unboxed

Writers in the Know

  • Adventures in Children's Publishing
  • Amy Butler Greenfield
  • Barry Eisler
  • Becky Levine
  • Beth Kephart
  • Christine Marciniak
  • Chuck Wendig
  • Cynsations
  • David Elzey
  • Ellen Oh
  • Holly Cupala
  • Jeannine Atkins
  • Joe Konrath
  • Kelly Fineman
  • Kill Zone
  • Kristen Lamb
  • Lisha Cauthen
  • Marci Dunn
  • Mike Jung
  • Murderati
  • P.J. Hoover
  • Patty Palmer
  • Robin Brande
  • Sherrie Petersen
  • Tabitha Olson

Writing Awards and Contests

  • Delacorte Press Contest for First Young Adult Novel
  • Highlights Fiction Contest
  • Hunger Mountain's Katherine Paterson Prize for Young Adult and Children’s Writing
  • Lee and Low New Voices Award
  • Milkweed Prize for Children’s Literature
  • National Endowment for the Arts Literature Fellowship
  • SCBWI Awards and Grants
  • Writer Beware: Helpful Information to Read on Writing Contests

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