Writing Tip: The Myth of The “Great Idea”

The other day I was talking to someone about my book…

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Friday Things

Happy Friday!

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Learning from the Masters: Kissing Scenes

I wrote about this before, but I recently read the BEST kissing scene I had to add to my list…

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MK’s Book Reviews: All The Bright Places

Apologies for the longer-than-expected hiatus! It’s been quite the busy week and a half. Changes are coming my way. Which is terrifying, but good. I hope. More on that later. Today I want to talk about the reason I bawled myself to sleep last night. Unsurprisingly, it was because of a book. You may have heard […]

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Friday Things

Happy Friday!

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Learning from the Masters: The (Sort-of) Meet-Cute

As I explained last week, I’m looking for examples of meet-cutes in which the two parties concerned already know each other. There actually aren’t a ton of those out there in YA, or so I’ve found. Yet I do have one for today, an example from the trilogy I’m currently obsessed with…

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Wanderlusty Wednesday: What To Do When You Get Pickpocketed

So! Since I’m not going anywhere anytime soon, I thought I’d use my Wanderlusty Wednesdays to talk about some of the things I’ve learned on my travels over the years. First up: what to do when you get pickpocketed.

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Writing Tip: “Three Great Scenes, No Bad Ones”

So as I’m slogging through my current work-in-progress, there are a lot of problems I’m encountering. One of them is this:

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Friday Things

Hello Friday, it’s wonderful to see you.

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Learning from the Masters: The Meet-Cute (sort of)

In my current manuscript, there are many things I’m struggling with. (More on some of those other things here.) One of them is when my protagonist first meets the boy who will eventually become a love interest. In movies, known as the “meet-cute.”

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