Industry Week Guest Blog: Erin Daly
Being a teen is painful. You’re no longer a kid, you’re not yet an adult, and no matter who you are, you’re not quite sure it’s okay to be yourself. In library school we learned [...]
Industry Week Guest Blog: Amy Stern
One of my favorite ways to discuss diverse literature is with the concept of "mirrors and windows"- which is to say, some books will reflect one's experience, while others will open the reader to a [...]
Guest Blog by E.M. Kokie
By the time this post goes up we will know who won the Lambda Literary Award in all twenty-three categories in which it is given, including the winner for Children’s/YA LGBT Fiction. In announcing the [...]
Guest Blog: James from Book Chic Club
I was absolutely thrilled when Gay YA asked me to write a guest blog for their fantastic site (though baffled as to why they asked me- I’m just a regular blogger), and then even more [...]
Marriage Equality is Only One Step
Author Guest Blog: Catherine Ryan Hyde I’m not sure how many people are aware of the fact that I just published an ebook sequel to my 2006 LGBT YA novel Becoming Chloe. It’s called Always [...]
Author Guest Blog: Zoe Marriott
In summer 2010 I had the best idea. It was one of those times when it feels as if the universe has just lobbed a gift directly into your brain, and within minutes I was [...]
The Grey of Gender: Intersex and Gender Variant/Non-Binary Characters in YA
Author Guest Blog: Laura Lam Caveat: What I reveal about characters in Pantomime does somewhat “spoil” a “twist” that is revealed 20% into Pantomime. Some people have enjoyed being surprised, but if you’d prefer to [...]
AWAKE: A YA Anthology for the Trevor Project
When I approached Mark Probst, owner of Cheyenne Publishing, about releasing a young adult book for charity, I did so with no clear idea of what to expect—only a vision of the end result as [...]
Guest Blog: Shaun Hutchinson
I was having a conversation with an author whose first book comes out next year, and he was worried that his book, written from a female point of view, wouldn't be well received because he's [...]
When Everything Goes Wrong… It’s Actually Pretty Funny
Guest Post by Foxglove Lee I want to tell you about a certain birthday dinner prepared by a certain special girl, which went on to become a certain YA comedy short called Happy Birthday, Klutzface! [...]