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I was the lucky recipient of this beautiful block print. The process of making the print is interesting. I thought creatives might enjoy the photos of the process (follow the link)—and perhaps even give it a try. I wanted to … Continued
Patriarchy and Cults: Prompts from Miriam Toews’ Writing. Toews considers authority and autonomy from many angles. Her work will inspire your own.
Inlandia: A Literary Journey is now open for submissions of fiction, nonfiction, poetry and images for its fall/winter issue.
Thursday evening, the Inlandia Institute celebrated the launch of this spring’s teen issue of Inlandia: A Literary Journey at “Literature on the Lawn,” part of Riverside’s monthly Art Walk. Several of our teen writers and artists spoke as their family, … Continued
I didn’t realize that AudioFiles summer Sync Program for teens has started this week! It’s a great program–free audiobooks for teens for ten weeks of the summer. Each week books are thematic pairs. Sometimes one is a classic and … Continued
Inlandia is celebrating its second all-teen journal issue! Come join us!
I gave a presentation a few days ago entitled ‘research hints for writers’ that includes many resources for those who want to do research to aid their writing projects. It was a lot of fun! I thought I’d post it … Continued
Last week I wrote about the three keynote addresses at the Ontario Teen Book Fest on March 9, 2019. (See that post here). The day continued with more advice from and fun with multiple YA authors in breakout sessions as … Continued
Get Published: Free Digital Class I just want to pass along this email message from Submittable about a new digital class “How to Get Published.” If you are writing short work (short stories, creative nonfiction, essays) and actively submitting, you’ve … Continued
Many cities now have teen book fests. If you haven’t been to one, you should try the nearest available. This is particularly true for anyone who is writing YA fiction, but, considering that authors speak about craft and their own … Continued