Conflicting Advice and Fear
How does a writer deal with conflicting advice about the process or content of a work-in-progress? Mine had to do with fear.
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My Workshop for the VCFA Young Writers Network, Part 1
The first part of my report on presenting at New Voices School in Brooklyn as part of the new VCFA Young Writers Network.
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Work-in-Progress Character Blog Hop, or Made Up People Can Jump Too
As part of a character blog hop, I introduce Tina Aguilar, the protagonist of my forthcoming YA novel, Surviving Santiago.
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Complicating the Minifig: Layered Narrative
In contrast to linear, chronological narrative, a layered narrative plays with time sequence to reveal character bit by bit and to build curiosity and suspense.
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