I’ve heard numerous white authors use variations of that phrase when they decide to include characters from marginalized groups in their stories. Writers make things up all the time, they insist. They seldom appear capable of seeing any other reason for negative reaction to their work. Readers, critics, and reviewers who complain about their works […]
I’m a writer, I can just use my imagination Read More »
I can’t count the number of times I have heard that word used by agents and editors at a writers conference I attended in the fall. Prairie Writers and Illustrators day is a yearly one-day affair by the Illinois chapter of SCBWI. The conference is hosted at Harper College in Palatine, Illinois every fall. During
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When you’re a female writer who ignored her younger brother and never had a son and you want to write a book that will appeal to male readers, research takes on a whole new meaning. Or maybe that was an advantage. The teenage females and males had to be realistic and they had to be
Boys are not just girls continued Read More »
Because my debut novel is a first person coming of age and YA romance written entirely from the male\’s POV, I am sometimes asked what the differences are in writing with a male vs female protagonist. To me this goes farther. I wanted not just to write from the guy\’s point of view, but to
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