I’m off my game, people! I normally try to predict the Printz winners and honors for the year, but the awards have been given and I haven’t posted! The Micahel L. Printz Award (< click for the complete list) is given annually to the best young adult book — like the Newbery Award, but forContinue reading “Off My Printz Game”
Tag Archives: YA authors
How To Plot A Novel
When I started writing young adult books, I found this information over at CJ Omololu’s blog, and put it into the form of a chart. It helps me visually see how elements in each box should connect. This is very basically how I plot a novel. And the only kind of outline I’ve ever used.Continue reading “How To Plot A Novel”
Book Review: An Off Year
It’s possible that I gave this a five star rating because it has one of the best covers I’ve ever seen. But, I think it’s more than that. Do you ever feel like you belong to a book instead of it belonging to you? That’s how I felt when I read this book. And thoughContinue reading “Book Review: An Off Year”
The Cardturner
I’m trying to make my blog more of a home base of operations, so I’m going to start including my “book reviews” here. I say that loosely because the way I talk about books is kind of lame. I know I should be reviewing them for literary merit, and I’ll try to do that more,Continue reading “The Cardturner”
Jody Sparks Mugele 