Writers! Are you working on a YA or middle-grade novel and want some feedback and assistance polishing it up to submit to agencies and publishers? Well, maybe I can help. I wanted to post quickly here to say that my eight-week online YA Novel Writing: Master Class with Mediabistro starts next week! I don’t want … Continue reading »
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Teaching a Spring Session of My YA Novel Writing Class
I’ve been teaching an online YA Novel Writing: Master Class with Mediabistro this winter, and I can’t even tell you how much I’ve been enjoying it. I love being a part of helping other writers polish their novels and write ahead to complete their drafts—and reading the pages every week, sometimes as they write, has … Continue reading »
Teaching Another Online YA Novel Writing Class
I taught my first online class with Mediabistro.com this spring/summer—a twelve-week YA novel writing class with some truly amazing students. I loved working with them—and I can’t wait until their novels are finished and polished and their future book deals come to be so I can cheer and tell everyone to read their books. Just … Continue reading »
Nova, Are You Home Yet?
Tomorrow! I am home tomorrow! And here are four things I want to tell you now that I’m back to real life: My new novel 17 & Gone is moving along and I can’t wait to update you and tell you all about it! All I can say for the moment is that the season … Continue reading »
I’m Teaching an Online YA Novel Writing Class
A little interlude for an announcement: I’ll be teaching a twelve-week *online* Young Adult Novel Writing class with MediaBistro.com! Here’s information about the class (though my syllabus will be different; what’s up there is a sample). The course starts April 19, and the goal is to come away with the first draft of a YA … Continue reading »