Mockingjay: Good End to a Great Series
This blog is filled with spoilers, from one end to the other, so stop now if you care about that kind of thing. SPOILERS! SPOILERS! Well, now that those people are gone, we can talk about things...
View ArticleWriting YA Dystopia: Two different opinions
In a couple months I have to teach a class about writing dystopian fiction, so I’m reading as much as I can on the subject. The question that everyone seems to be asking is: why do teenagers love it...
View ArticleWhat I’ve Been Up To
The last several weeks have been intense crunch time to finish the first draft of Feedback (sequel to Variant). I have until the end of next Wednesday to meet my self-imposed deadline, and I’m...
View ArticleMissing The Point
When the Wall Street Journal/YA Lit brouhaha erupted Saturday, I read the article and posted a link with the following tweet: Wow. Broad brushes, cherry-picked examples, misinterpretations and...
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