As if writing protagonists weren't hard enough, some types are innately more difficult to write than others (at least in my opinion)....

Almost everyone who consumes YA ravenously knows that, more often than not, teen characters are given awful parents. They're alcoholics...

There are always bits and pieces of ideas for books floating around my mind. Sometimes it's a name, a place, an atmosphere, or something...

Hello. It's been a while since I've updated you on my writing. Actually, a long while. October was the last time I went somewhat in-depth...

It doesn't matter if you're a novice or a pro. There will always be some pertinent questions to consider whenever our brain sparks with...

Whether we like it or not, all art is influenced by something we've already seen before. Sometimes writers make conscious choices to...

I've been a reading fiend lately, particularly when it comes to darker YA fiction that's been published in the last five or six years....

I'm almost certain it was Wednesday night. Yes, it must have been, because Thursday ended in a deluge of tears that I slipped on as I...

I'm typically the type of person who finishes a book no matter what. I'll slug through the slow ones and cringe at the poorly-written...

I went way off the reserve with this one. YA Horror is at the top of my to-read list, but when I found this dark fantasy in the library...

Stephen King is one of the most popular--if not the most popular--writer of our time. In addition to his impressive catalog of horror...

Sometimes, we're zapped with ideas out of nowhere. We're in the car or the shower. We're staring out the window at work or sweating it...

Hey. It's been a while Or rather, it's been a long while. I have neither reason nor excuse for taking an (accidental) six-month hiatus...