Coauthoring A Novel: Part One
By Sarah J. Maas (and Susan Dennard!) ~~~ Seven months ago, if you had asked me about whether or not I’d ever coauthor a book, I probably would have just scratched my head. It was something that...
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by Susan Dennard (and Sarah J. Maas!) ~~ As Sarah said Monday, the casual idea of coauthoring a book didn’t become a REAL idea for months. And then the actual world-building and novel-writing happened...
View ArticleOne Book To Rule Them All
by Susan Dennard ~~ One book to rule them in all, and in the greatness bind them! So, I got this idea from Molly O’Neill’s blog, and it’s such a COOL thing to think about, I wanted to share it here....
View ArticleDifferents Types of Romance, or My Love For You Can’t Be Labeled
by Susan Dennard ~~ When it comes to romance in YA (or really any novel), how the romantically-involved characters first meet is dictated very much by the type of romance you want to create. For...
View ArticleGiveaway! Win a copy of THE FAERIE RING!
To prepare for an upcoming interview with author Kiki Hamilton, we’re giving away a copy of her debut YA fantasy, THE FAERIE RING! Debut novelist Kiki Hamilton takes readers from the gritty slums and...
View ArticleInterview with Kiki Hamilton, author of THE FAERIE RING
by Susan Dennard Guys, I am SO incredibly excited to be able to share this interview with you. Kiki gives some fantastic, thought-provoking answers, and…well…I haven’t exactly hidden the fact that I’m...
View ArticleStory Threads and Resonance
by Susan Dennard ~~ Note: This post has been UPDATED and re-posted on Pub(lishing) Crawl! ~~ Susan Dennard is a writer, reader, lover of animals, and eater of cookies. Her debut novel, SOMETHING...
View ArticleThe Art of REwriting
by Susan Dennard ~~ It’s NaNoWriMo month. In other words, it is currently hell-on-earth for many writers around the globe. A self-induced hell that anyone who isn’t participating in just CAN’T...
View ArticleQOTW: 2012 Debut Author Challenge!
Hi, everyone! (And Happy 11/11/11!) In case you haven’t seen it yet, The Story Siren just launched her 2012 Debut Author Challenge! A few of us have participated in previous years, but we are...
View ArticleBIG NEWS ANNOUNCEMENT!
By All The Ladies At LTWF ~~~ So, for a while now, the ladies of LTWF have wanted to find a way to take this site to the next level. Since LTWF started in fall 2009, we’ve grown and grown and grown,...
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