Tag: young adult
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Books! Books!
(links are affiliate links – if you buy through them, it supports this blog a little bit) The print version of the anthology is now available! Eleven stories about young folks having adventures, ranging from epic fantasy settings to space opera. The pivotal point of their lives is changing, but they have family, and that’s…
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New Release: Adventure Stories for Young Readers
I’m proud to announce a Sanderley Studios publication today! Adventure Stories for Young Readers is an anthology of eleven stories by stellar authors. Tales of action, derring-do, science fiction and fantasy. All of it backed up by solid family values. You’ll find this book is suitable for ages ten and up, with a high reading…
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Odd Prompts: Dead Grass
This week’s prompt has a character in common with the story last week. This story takes place before that one. **** “There!” Shelley pointed. Her brother saw it. The first firefly of the year. They were both sitting on the steps behind their house, looking down toward the woods at the end of their backyard.…
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Saturday Book Promo
A roundup of books recently released by fellow authors. I mean, if you want one of mine, I have a story in Cracked, which is still free today! But I suggest that you may find something you’d like in the diverse offerings below. If you purchase through these links, I earn a few pennies.…
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Vulcan’s Kittens
It’s shameless self-promotion day here on my blog! Wanna read a book? If you have already read it, maybe share this post with a friend who’d enjoy it? Or go leave a review if you haven’t already? And if you have already read it, I’d like to say Thank You! and celebrate the fact that…
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Home Executive: The Foundation
I promised that I would talk about why I have been writing this series, and the principles behind why I do what I do… But it’s not an easy thing for me to write about. For all that I probably look like I splay my life out here, for all to see, there’s a lot…
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Review: Company Daughter
I picked up Company Daughter, in spite of the cover, because I like to cook. Since you don’t see a lot of emphasis on cooking in science fiction, I was curious how this book would incorporate that element into the tale. It languished in my TBR pile for a long time, and I finally picked…
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Design and a Promo
Free book, and an educational article on design. I’m up at Mad Genius Club today with an article on facets of design that can be useful to those who are creating or purchasing book covers, ads, and promotional materials, among other uses. Understanding design can be helpful for many applications, I’ve just picked some highlights…
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Blast from the Past: Sheer Twaddle
Originally posted in July 2013 When I first started writing stories for my children, my ex-husband looked at them and said “you’re using too many big words, you know.” Well, since I was told in highschool by my English teacher to stop using so many big words, this stung, and I started looking into how…
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The God’s Wolfling: Snippet 3
You can find snippet one here, and snippet two here, and I really need to make a sticky post for these, hadn’t I? As always, this is a work in progress. Let me know what you think! Oh, and this is a long snippet today, almost 2000 words, but I think you will be familiar…
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How to Write Realist YA: Part 1
I am joined today by a guest blogger, a friend who was good enough to allow me to publish some of his musings on Young Adult Lit, and what the deep problems are in the genre, and why. He has asked me to withhold his name as he is concerned, perhaps rightly, about backlash from his views…