Stuff for Writers
Do you write Young adult fantasy? Looking for some tips, tools, advice or guidance? Here are resources and articles that will help you in your quest to write better or simply to get published.
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Read what the writers have to say!
Every Month we interview a different writer (Some months we even interview two). You might want to read these interviews because we always ask them for any advice they can offer to aspiring writers. Their advice is literally gold! Where else to get good advice but from someone who has done it. Some of these authors are NY Times bestsellers. The YA Fantasy Guide Author Interviews
Articles for Writers of YA Fantasy
- How to get Bloggers to review YOUR Book - By Stacey O'Neale
- The One book that every fantasy writer should have - By Will
- What to AVOID While Writing Dialogue - Stacey gives us some great advice on dialogue writing
- How to twitter-chat like a boss - Brianne gives us some great tools and tips on how to leverage some amazing twitter chat tools.
- How to land a literary agent - Stacey gives us some great advice on this very important step in your writing.
- The Best writing advice we have received - We have interviewed many NY Times bestselling authors and we always ask for writing advice. Get that advice here!
- Reimagining is still Imaginitive - by Maria Goodson
- The Simplification of Facebook for Authors and Newbies by Brianne Villano
- My Beef with High Fantasy Novels - Stacey Gives us her take on how the High Fantasy Market has declined
- Identifying Your Fantasy Novel's Genre - by Stacey Before you can submit a query letter to an agent, you need to know what kind of fantasy you've written. Most literary agents. . .
- How to put together a Media Kit for your novel - by Will
- The Responsibility of Young Adult Writers - by Guest Writer Maria Goodson
- Creative ways to market your book both traditionally and online - Get the word out about your writing!
- Creating Great Story Lines - They can come from anywhere. Stacey takes a look at how she comes up with great story lines for her writing
- Writing Believable Characters - Your novel will live or die by the believability of your characters.
- Reflections from my writing career - Stacey looks back on the past year and the ups and downs of trying to get a fantasy novel written and published
- Writing for Trends or Writing for Passion - A popular topic among writers is whether you should write about what you like or what's popular?
- Advice for Self Publishers - What you really need to spend money on
- What does a rejection letter say about my novel? - A rejecton letter can be a difficult thing; here is some advice for you
- Look at an old genre in a fresh new way - This is what Stephenie Meyer has done in her twilight series and you should do it too!
- Blurring the lines between good and evil - In fantasy it is too easy to make it all either good or bad but there is some wonderful and exciting fantasy to be had when the two are not so clear
- I Want Perfection! What It Takes to be Sexy in Fiction. Stacey takes a look at some of the sexiest leading men in YA Fantasy.
- How and why to write a press release for the publication of your novel. This is a great way to get some free publicity about your novel.
- An Introduction to Social Media for Authors by Brianne Villano You can harness the power of social media to market yourself and your writing more effectively
- Develop Your Writing into an Enterprise! There are lots of things you can do other than write that still promote your book and your writing.
- Give Me More - What's Missing in Popular YA Fantasy - Stacey tells us what themes and ideas we could see more of in YA fantasy.
- Writing for your Young Adult audience. What do Young Adults really want in their reading?
- Sex in Young Adult Fantasy novels - Stacey gives us some food for thought when it comes to sex and writing for young adults.
- The Worst Writing Advice I've ever Received - Stacey polls her Twitter followers and comes up with some interesting answers to this question.
- Don't Fall For it: Scams Against Writers: Stacey gives us some solid advice on how to avoid scams and what to look for.
- How to paint pictures in your readers minds. Writing is about story telling yet more than just the story. You should be creating a vivid world that offers your readers more than just a story.
- How do I start my novel? The first few pages of your novel are critical. It can make or break the whole work. Here is advice on how to make these pages the best you can.
- Do you write fantasy? So are you a Dragon or a Troll? - Your characters face the challenges in their lives with vigor. Do you do the same with the task of writing and marketing?
- How to handle writers block - Help Im stuck in a writers block and I can't get out!
- New -Interview with an Editor: Stacey interviews Cassandra Marshall who is an editor and writer of YA Fantasy. She gives us some insight into how the world of editing works.
- Why you should not edit your own novel. Practical reasons why you should overcome the fear and have somebody help you with the editing
- Don't be afraid of somebody stealing your writing! It can prevent you from getting your work out there and even worse it can prevent you from writing!
- How to write a Query Letter - Some great advice on what to put in yoru query letter.
- Creating Your Writing Platform - You can create a built-in audience for your novel before it is even published! Here are some tips and guidelines.
- Thinking about self publishing your novel? It is a viable option. Here is some advice on what it's about and how to do it.
- Honing in on Your Writing Skills - Stacey gives us some great advice on how to get published and some of her top recommendations on what books will help.
- How to create interesting creatures for your fantasy writing. Some imaginitive help when it comes to populating the world you are writing.
- Query Letter Advice from Literary Agent, Simon Lipskar of Writer's House Are you writing query letters? Or thinking about writing them? Here is some solid advice from a literary agent who gets them all the time.
- How to find an agent for your writing - If you have already written something the next logical step is to find a credible agent. We have a solid list of contacts for you here.
- How to write young adult fantasy - Some solid advice on how to write.
Our Special Series on Social Media for Authors
- How to twitter-chat like a boss - Brianne gives us some great tools and tips on how to leverage some amazing twitter chat tools.
- The Simplification of Facebook for Authors and Newbies by Brianne Villano
- An Introduction to Social Media for Authors by Brianne Villano You can harness the power of social media to market yourself and your writing more effectively
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