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Read Jessica Day George’s NaNoWriMo pep talk in full here!
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Read all of John Sciezska’s #StoriesForAll post here, and then check out the rest of the #StoriesForAll initiative!
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Lauren DeStefano has some great advice for NaNoers–and all writers–in her pep talk!
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Have a book recommendation! And for more like there, check out THE PLEASURE OF READING, ed. by Antonia Fraser!
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The Signs as YA Tropes
Aries: Has the exact power for this exact moment to save the plot
Taurus: The innocent who deserves to live forever (but fate won’t allow it)
Gemini: Grayest of the grays since they themselves don’t quite know what side they’re on
Cancer: The grouch who somehow finds love interests to fawn over them
Leo: The chosen one who likes to point out the burden on their shoulders
Virgo: Thousand-year-old faerie who still looks hot and seventeen
Libra: Elusive, grey-bearded wise magic man who disappears at crucial plot points
Scorpio: Secondary, but cuter and cooler, love interest who probably ends up with someone better post-series anyway
Sagittarius: Accidental leader of the revolution against the dystopian totalitarian world
Capricorn: Super genius who thinks pointing out flaws is cute
Aquarius: Secret royal who, despite having no normal human contact for years, is a perfect ruler
Pisces: Brown haired, brown eyed, journal-writer who hides behind their hair
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YES, stop gendering stories!!!! Read this guys :)
Shannon Hale on #StoriesForAll
Shannon Hale, author of Princess Academy, shares her thoughts on #StoriesForAll!
A school librarian introduces me before I give an assembly. “Girls, you’re in for a real treat. You will love Shannon Hale’s books. Boys, I expect you to behave anyway.”
I’m being interviewed for a newspaper article/blog post/pod cast, etc. They ask, “I’m sure you’ve heard about the crisis in boys’ reading. Boys just aren’t reading as much as girls are. So why don’t you write books for boys?”
Or, “Why do you write strong female characters?” (and never asked “Why do you write strong male characters?”)
At book signings, a mother or grandmother says, “I would buy your books for my kids but I only have boys.”
Or, “My son reads your books too—and he actually likes them!”
Or, a dad says, “No, James, let’s get something else for you. Those are girl books.”
Keep reading
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Me, When I Start a New Series
My friends: no
My parents: no
My significant other: no
Tumblr: yes
Me: yes
Tumblr: yeeeeeeeees!!!
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Netflix Genres for Books
witty fairy tale re-tellings with a feminist twist
dystopians with lots of death
fantasy novels featuring wolves-in-snow
loners-becoming-friends-until-tragedy-strikes books
quirky contemporary romances starring anti-manic-pixie-dream-girls
understated love stories where characters discover themselves
Kirkus-acclaimed tear-jerkers about boys and their dads
paranormal stories with truly emotional monsters
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I’m such a “Look at the moon!” person.
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You silly little girl, you think you’ve survived so long that survival shouldn’t hurt anymore. You keep trying to turn your body bullet proof. You keep trying to turn your heart bomb shelter. You silly thing. You are soft and alive. You bruise and heal.
Clementine von Radics (via pacewrites)
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FYI if you want to follow me on Twitter
you can! My handle is eshaniii
I usually follow back.
You’ll find out whenever my writing is posted + see me horrible use of hashtags
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Seeing faces of all colors on book covers is one important facet of diversity in literature, but appearance is not the be-all, end-all of any given character.
Kekla Magoon, on her diversity, being a writer of color, and her new middle grade novel Shadows of Sherwood (via behindthebloom)
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I finished a book I didn’t even LIKE but I just feel lonely because I don’t know what I’ll read next
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why the FUCK would you fancast a POC with a white actor
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