Words On Paper

BY JULIE DE WAROQUIER I wish I had something as moving and powerful to say today as Sara Larson does. But I don ’ t, so go read her b...

To the so-called work in progress taking up space on my hard drive and laughing at me with one annoyingly raised eyebrow and the words ch...

On Friday night I almost died. I’m not trying to be all dramatic about it. Okay, maybe I’m trying to be a little ...

I love reading everyone’s end-of-year wrap-ups and seeing how far people have come in 365 days. (Like, say, Erin Bowman , who’s ...

Road Trip Wednesday is a blog carnival, where YA Highway ’s contributors and readers post a weekly writing- or reading-related questio...

There is nothing I fear more Starting a novel The hardest part I may speed through most of my first drafts, but the part that stall...

Ah, fear. How useful it seems when some creep starts following you in the dark on a lonely street. Or when there’s a mouse in the house. B...

The hardest part of starting a novel for me was letting go of my perfectionism and being OK with my utter suckiness. At the start—back...

Yesterday I mentioned that the first step to writing my novel was to procrastinate. If you’re my mom (and, let’s be honest here, with the nu...