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Getting it Right
I just watched Easy A again the other night. It’s one of my favorite current teen movies. I adore Emma Stone. She would’ve been the type of girl I would’ve loved to have as a friend in high school....
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Book Trailers – Do They Work?
I recently had a book trailer made for my book STATIC. I really like it, it’s fast, fierce, and fun. But it got me wondering how effective these really are. Are teens really watching them and...
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“A Suicide Cluster”
I just finished reading an article from the February 16 issue of Rolling Stone magazine. An article about a school district in Minnesota in which nine students have committed suicide over the past...
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What Do Boys Read?
I was thinking about this, especially after the post here a couple weeks ago on writing with a male voice. And then I read a post on a website that said something along the lines of, “Boys won’t read...
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This Needs to Change
Over the weekend, I saw something on Facebook that really got me thinking. It was a picture of a teenage girl holding up a sign that read (I’m paraphrasing slightly): “I need feminism because society...
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And More on Character Voice
August is over, which means our month o’excerpts has come to an end. Sort of. At least, I’m not posting an excerpt this week… I’ve done a few posts here about writing with a teen voice. I can’t believe...
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