We’re so beyond excited to host our friend, the incomparable, Axie Oh for our Author Spotlight this week. Today marks the release of her newest contemporary YA novel, XOXO! MEG: Welcome Axie! Give us a quick pitch of XOXO for anyone who might not know what it’s about (but will very soon). AXIE: Hi~~~ Meg!!! XOXO is about a… Continue reading Author Spotlight: Axie Oh and XOXO
Writing takes a lot of perseverance. Sticking with a story until the end, juggling revisions on top of daily life, sending query letter after query letter, managing rejections…until finally the perseverance pays off. It’s always easier to give-up, to just say “I’ll get ‘em next time.” But we know of so many writers’ stories where… Continue reading Relaxing: Writer Edition
Today we are so excited to welcome the incredible Emily Skrutskie to Writer’s Block Party! We’re huge fans of Emily and THE ABYSS SURROUNDS US and we couldn’t be more excited for HULLMETAL GIRLS, out on July 17th! We hope you enjoy this interview and be sure to check out the pre-order giveaway below! … Continue reading Author Spotlight – Emily Skrutskie
Some writers listen to nothing as they work on their books, and others will go from one album to the next. Here at Writer’s Block Party we’ve got no music, sometimes music, and always music writers. For the end of May, we’ve got some of music recommendations based on what we’ve been listening to as… Continue reading What We’re Listening To: May Edition
Today we have the incredible Claribel Ortega joining us! Not only is Claribel the author of the upcoming, untitled GHOSTBOOK from Scholastic, but she is the powerhouse behind GifGrrl where she creates gifs and trailers for authors’ books. Adding to her impressive repertoire is her new podcast, WRITE OR DIE. What is WRITE OR DIE… Continue reading AUTHOR SPOTLIGHT: Claribel Ortega
We’re at the time in the year where if you’re in school you can taste summer in the air. It’s May and that means a lot of high school and college students are finished in a few weeks and free for the summer. As a former graduate student, I remember this time well. I had… Continue reading Writer Inspiration: Music
I’ve always been the type of media consumer who loved a romantic subplot. I adored it in TV shows and always craved more in books when I was a teenager. There was always something so magical about the tension between two characters—that push and pull before ah, yes! The long awaited kiss (and I would… Continue reading UST A Little More Tension
My favorite types of characters are the ones who stir the pot and make things interesting. Take for example, Blair Waldorf from GOSSIP GIRL: she always had a new scheme up her sleeve that’s either going to benefit herself, her friends, or take someone down. (Eat dust Little J.) I think a lot of us… Continue reading Acing Grey Characters
Oftentimes I feel like the writing advice is that we all need to write as fast as we can—write that crappy first draft in seven days or else what are you doing, don’t you want to be a real writer? Sure, there are a lot of times I’ve gotten angry at myself for not writing… Continue reading Letting Scenes Sit On The Back-Burner
Welcome everyone! It’s Traci Time where we interview Traci Chee author of THE READER and THE SPEAKER. I’m Traci’s arch nemesis, Meg. Your newest book THE SPEAKER came out November 7th, please give us a quick pitch for it! Hello Meg! (Alas that we should be enemies when we could have made such great friends.)… Continue reading Author Spotlight: The Deviously Clever Traci Chee
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