Pitch Wars Blog Hop: Why I Wrote Among the Red Stars
UPDATE: Among the Red Stars is now represented by the fabulous Thao Le of Sandra Dijkstra Literary Agency! UPDATE 2: Among the Red Stars has been acquired by Emilia Rhodes of […]
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Women, Weakness, and Warfare
[Trigger warning for discussion of rape and sexual violence. Spoiler warning for Garth Ennis’ Battlefields Vol. 1.] One key decision I made while writing Among the Red Stars was the […]
In Defense of YA Literature
Critics are used to being able to state nearly any media-related opinion with some degree of immunity, but there is one pitfall that they fall into with surprising regularity: Making […]
Dr. Seuss
Dr. Seuss is unique. The mid-20th century was a great time for picture books in general, especially rhyming books and those with minimal words; in addition to Seuss, we had […]
Review: Northanger Abbey
Ah, Jane Austen. We know her, we love her, and we totally misrepresent her. It seems like the popular perception of Jane Austen is “That girl who wrote Pride and […]