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Every generation of writers faces a defining question: What makes my work mine? For centuries, authors built their names on...
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Caryn Lee has authored twenty-three picture books and counting, each bursting with color, humor, and heart. Her stories champion joy,...
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Before she was a bestselling force in crime fiction, Saundra was a 12-year-old writing sitcom-style scripts for fun. Today her...
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The Allure and the Trap of YA Fiction Young Adult fiction is one of the most emotionally charged, commercially vibrant,...
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The Magic and the Mission Writing for children is not easy work, but it is sacred work. You are not...
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Writers love to talk about the muse. That mystical force that visits in a rush of brilliance, whispering perfect lines...
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The Scent of a Story Smell is the most evocative sense we have. A single whiff can collapse time, transporting...
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Every story has a rhythm. Some novels feel like jazz: improvisational, loose, alive. Others pound like heavy metal, relentless and...
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Stories in the Smallest Things Most people overlook flick of the wrist, a sigh caught halfway, the cloud that drifts...
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There is a stubborn myth in the realm of writing that productivity equals progress and progress equals worth. We celebrate...
