Guest Blog: Mike Mullin
Mike Mullin’s debut novel, Ashfall, will be released by Tanglewood Press in October 2011. Visit www.mikemullinauthor.com to learn more about Mike, Ashfall, or what termites taste like. When I began writing Ashfall in 2008, I [...]
Skin Deep
Caitlin Kittredge writes the Iron Codex trilogy for young adults. The first book, The Iron Thorn, has been called "the next Hunger Games" and was released in February 2011. She also writes urban fantasy for [...]
Review of “I am J” by Cris Beam
Jay is a teenage boy, going through the typical teenage identity crisis: His parents don't understand him, his old friends are becoming distant, and he's awkward around the opposite sex. But there's something different about [...]
Blogathon: Week 3
We've had so many excellent bloggers thus far, I hope you have all enjoyed them! If you had favorite contributors or a certain topic you'd like to hear more of, please leave them in the [...]
April 15th, Day of Silence
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Review: Darkest Mercy by Melissa Marr
Sandy writes at her blog http://scribing-shadows.blogspot.com/ She can be found on Twitter under Silversparrow04 My Thoughts Can I say that I feel a little lost now that this series is finally over? And when I say lost [...]
Unexpected Gifts: Julie Anne Peters
Julie Anne Peters is author of several YA, middle grade, and children's novels including Keeping You a Secret, Define "Normal" and Rage: A Love Story. She can be found online at julieannepeters.com We asked her [...]
Holding Out For A Gay (Super)Hero!
LGBTQ Characters in Mainstream Superhero Comics By Karen Mahoney "I heard the whistle of a train as it approached the crossing. I reached my arm around Goran, pulled him in, and our lips met. It [...]
The Kids May Be All Right, But What About the Parents?
Nora Coon is a YA author with three nonfiction books published, a novel in progress, and a caffeine addiction. You can find her via her blog or Twitter. Parents in YA literature tend to fall [...]
We Want More Gay YA
By Maggie Hira I’d like to think I wasn’t quite eavesdropping on them. But I was. I totally was. And what I heard was extremely enlightening. It happened a few weeks ago at my local [...]