Last Friday I started reading a book that’s been in my To Read stack for a few months: Speak, by Laurie Halse Anderson. I’d heard nothing but praise for this book, as well as admiration among other kidlit authors for …
SCBWI NY: Writing for Teens
On the first morning of the SCBWI 2010 Winter Conference, I attended Ben Schrank’s session entitled “Writing for Teens”. Schrank is the President and Publisher of Razorbill. He shared the following words of advice and caution to authors. Writing for …