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#5OnFri: Most Impactful DIY MFA Articles of 2014

…published in numerous literary magazines. Check out her website right here. Are You Writing the Right Story? By Janice Hardy We were so excited to host author Janice Hardy, who…

Diving into Graphic Novels without Drowning

…Pierre Curie: A Tale of Love and Fallout by Lauren Redniss, National Book Award finalist, reads like an illuminated painting. Tenements, Towers & Trash by Julia Wertz, a visual personal…

Defining the Romance Genre

…on one couple (like Beach Read by Emily Henry) or multiple couples (like Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen). Though, there’s typically one main couple, whose fate you’re supposed to…

Crafting the Parents in Your YA Novel

…first young adult novels came out in the 1960s, Julie Just from the New York Times said the parent narrative “fit in neatly with the classic narratives: its strongest stories…

The Book Nook — September Edition

…the thing with genre fiction—you know certain things are going to happen and the fun part of the journey is in seeing how they unfold. This was the book I…