I love reading and hearing other writers talk about writing. I think it’s fascinating. One of my writer friends, Neesha Meminger, is having just this type of series on her blog.
This is what Neesha says about the series:
“I will feature writers who’ve inspired me–writers of color, lgbtq writers, working class writers, women writers and other [...]

While I was eating my lunch, I saw a post by writer friend Paula Chase Hyman over at the Brown Bookshelf blog about Twitter Book Parties.
I’m not on Twitter, but things like this just make me want to join if for nothing else to just follow what’s going on. Peer pressure—all the other kids are [...]

I’m SO excited. One of my writer friends, Rachel Renee Russell, is now a New York Times Bestselling author!
Her debut novel, Dork Diaries: Tales from a Not-So-Fabulous Life, was just released and in its second week, it has hit No. 8 on the NYT Chapter Books List.
Ah, middle-school girl angst. You have to love [...]

Anyone who watched the MTV Movie Awards knows the effect of the Twilight movie. Now with the new New Moon trailer out and its pending release this year, the Twilight Saga surges on.
Stephenie Meyer is now a household name. And with JK Rowling chilling low-key in her castle, Meyer is now the “IT” writer.
And of [...]

Yesterday, I was reading a post from Laure Halse Anderson’s blog, one of my favorites. She had mentioned that her latest book, Wintergirls, had been reviewed in the NY Times.
Now it seems it has created a conversation about if this book, which is about anorexia, will trigger eating disorders in young girls.
I read Wintergirls [...]