Today, I have the pleasure of interviewing Gillian McDunn. We’ll be talking about Honestly Elliott, a middle grade novel about a big-hearted boy trying to find the way to his best self. Have you signed up to be a DIY MFA Radio Insider yet? This is an exciting new monthly newsletter especially for our podcast… Read more »
Today, I have the pleasure of interviewing JK Ellem. We’ll be talking about Ravenwood, a serial killer domestic thriller, and the sequel to Mill Point Road, the Amazon US & UK #1 Bestselling Thriller. Have you signed up to be a DIY MFA Radio Insider yet? This is an exciting new monthly newsletter, especially for… Read more »
If you read my last post, you’re probably wondering why I’m talking about Maus today. The answer is simple. Shortly after I shared my last post, in which I listed twelve books that I’ve owned for a long time and vowed to read in 2022, a school board in Tennessee banned Maus, the graphic novel… Read more »
Hey, y’all. I come before you today, standing at the precipice of possibility. The place where inertia becomes action. The moment where I engage in the act of sitting down and actually writing. This winter, I invested in a masterclass program that walked me through the process of taking an idea, creating a high-level outline,… Read more »
Today, I have the pleasure of interviewing Isaac Fellman. We’ll be talking about his latest novel, Dead Collections, a heartwarming romantic fantasy that will be out on Feb 22, 2022. Have you signed up to be a DIY MFA Radio Insider yet? This is an exciting new monthly newsletter, especially for our podcast listeners. Every… Read more »
Hello fellow Kid Lit Writers! This week, I have the pleasure of introducing author Anna Staniszewski. Anna has been writing children’s books for 10 years now; her first book came out in 2011, and her most recent book, Double Clique: A Wish Novel, came out in December of 2021. She was born in Poland and… Read more »
Today, I have the pleasure of interviewing Ryan Dalton. We’ll be discussing his latest novel, This Last Adventure, a middle-grade story about the bond between a teenage boy and his grandfather, how that boy copes with his grandfather’s memory loss, and what it means to live a life worth remembering. Have you signed up to… Read more »
Today, I have the pleasure of interviewing Alana Quintana Albertson. We’ll be talking about her latest book, Ramón and Julieta, which happens to combine three of my favorite things: rom-coms, tacos (and other great food), and of course, Shakespeare references. Have you signed up to be a DIY MFA Radio Insider yet? This is an… Read more »
How much did the world read in 2021? That’s what Global English Editing set out to answer in their great new infographic, World Reading Habits in 2021. They dig into all sorts of metrics to put the world’s reading habits into perspective. Did you know that Europeans are the world’s biggest bookworms and many spend… Read more »
Today, I have the pleasure of interviewing Sue Campbell. We’ll be talking about mindset, in particular the harmful stories we creative folks tell ourselves, so we can carve out the creative life we’ve always known we were meant to have. Have you signed up to be a DIY MFA Radio Insider yet? This is an… Read more »
