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
In A World… is a series of posts about world building, where our contributors share strategies and tips for creating well-rounded worlds. In my opinion, world-building in a fantasy book is broken into two main categories: 1) the setting, and 2) the magic system. For as much as we love magic, it’s not a topic… Continue reading In A World: A Pondering of Magic Systems
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
Before you know it (in 51 days), summer will officially be here and we’ll be entering the half-way mark for all of our reading goals for the year! Now’s a good time to check your status and decide what books you want to read to get/stay on track! Here are some suggestions for us in… Continue reading What We’re Reading This Spring
Welcome to Writer’s Block Party, author spotlight edition! We are so excited to have Lily Anderson with us, talking about her upcoming release, Undead Girl Gang, out in the world on May 8. Thanks for joining us, Lily! We’re so happy to have you featured on the blog today, Lily! To start off, could you give us a quick… Continue reading Author Spotlight: Lily Anderson
In our “Reading Recs for…” series we’ll recommend reads for certain topics that we run into often. Here at Writer’s Block Party, we love a good series! Why read one book when you can write two or three or four all set in the same world with the same characters? But there’s nothing… Continue reading Reading Recs for Sequels
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
