Normally to get Chris Lynch’s expert writing advice, you’d have to apply for the Creative Writing M.F.A. program in which he teaches—but we got Chris to share some of his best advice just for you! Dear Aspiring Writers: Blister me. Singe me. Tell me things that will burn off both of my ears and water my […]
Dear teenage atheist / agnostic / doubter, Hi. I’m David Seidman, and I wrote What If I’m an Atheist? The book has a lot in it – advice on how to tell your parents about your beliefs, tales by young atheists about how they moved away from religion, even a few laughs – but the main message […]
With each new book comes a new book boyfriend, are we right? But have you ever wondered who your favorite author’s book boyfriends are? Because we certainly have! To celebrate the paperback release of To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before (and, Valentines Day, because who doesn’t appreciate a good book boyfriend on Valentine’s Day?) Jenny Han is sharing with us 14 […]
In the land of the YouTube, there is one performer I have followed for years. That performer is none other than the hip hop, dancing violinist, Lindsey Stirling. I came across her during my early years of college when she released a medley for one of my favorite video games: Zelda: Ocarina of Time. It didn’t take too […]
Welcome to Riveted, the new YA community that has replaced what was previously Pulseit! Here are all the things you need to know about this new site: Riveted will have weekly free reads. Every Tuesday we’ll put up extended excerpts of new releases, and every Friday we’ll have new full books available to read for […]
Heading to shelves near you May 17, 2016, check out the cover reveal of Laurent Linn’s debut YA, Draw the Line! It’s a story about discovering your own superpowers, deciding how to use them, and where to draw the line. About the book: After a hate crime occurs in his small Texas town, Adrian Piper […]
Todd Hasak-Lowy dropped by to explain why he wrote a novel in lists… by writing a list. Read on to understand his novel-by-list reasoning! 1. I JUST DID Which might sound like a non-reason. But it’s true. The writing of this novel-in-lists was pretty much an established fact before I thought too much about why […]
Today we’re welcoming Tommy Wallach, debut author of We All Looked Up, on the site to answer some really great user generated questions. Take a look: Where did the inspiration for We All Looked Up come from? The most direct inspiration for We All Looked Up was Lars von Trier’s Melancholia, a beautiful film about […]
