Congratulations to Our Faculty 2020 ALA Youth Media Award Winners!January 28, 2020 | Black Voices, Community Good News, Jewish Voices, Latinx Voices, Native Creatives, Nonfiction, Novels, Novels in Verse, Picture BooksThis year, some of Boyds Mills Team were able to be there in person when the ALA Youth Media Awards announcements ...
Step Away From Your Manuscript & Shake Things Up With Writers’ BingoOctober 9, 2019 | Inspiration, Novels"I think that what I have been truly searching for as a person, as a writer, as a thinker, as a daughter, is ...By: Sarah Aronson
Lights, Camera, ACTION: The Importance of Starting in a SceneJuly 26, 2019 | NovelsWe'd like to thank Swoon Reads editor Kat Brzozowski for this blog post--it was originally posted on the Swoon ...By: Kat Brzozowski
Novel Writing Regrets? Avoid These Oops, Oh Nos, & Uh OhsJune 19, 2019 | NovelsFixing a Novel That's On Shaky Ground Describe one time when the foundation of your novel was on shaky ground. ...By: K.L. GoingClara Gillow Clark
Podcast: Jennifer Jacobson: Writing Retreats & Taking Your Creativity to the Next LevelJune 15, 2019 | Novels, PodcastsJennifer Jacobson talks about Unworkshopping at Highlights, the Whole Novel workshop, and taking your creativity ...By: Jennifer Jacobson
Podcast: Christine Heppermann & Deborah Kovacs: Writing the UnrealJune 11, 2019 | Novels, PodcastsChristine Heppermann and Deborah Kovacs discuss the Writing the Unreal workshop and their many roles in the ...
Using a Revision Grid to Break A Story Down Into ElementsMay 30, 2019 | Novels, Picture Books, RevisionThanks to Harold Underdown for this blog post! Harold is co-faculty with Eileen Robinson for our Revision Retreat ...By: Harold Underdown
8 Articles to Help You Write a #kidlit NovelMay 14, 2019 | Novels, Novels in VerseNovelists, here are some blogs that will help you begin, organize and revise your novel. Get Your Novel Off to a ...
Without a Great Villain, There are No Great HeroesApril 26, 2019 | NovelsSpecial thanks to agent DongWon Song for this blog post. DongWon was on the faculty for Anti-heroes and Villains: ...
Identity as Fairy DustJanuary 10, 2019 | Jewish Voices, NovelsIn the middle grade manuscript I’m currently writing, two friends sneak into the nearby woods and see something ...By: Linda Epstein
Look at Your Manuscript: How Well is the Form Serving the Story?September 10, 2018 | For Beginners, Novels, Novels in VerseWe'd like to thank Kathi Appelt (kathiappelt.com) for this blog post! When it comes down to a story, we know to ...
As Simple As Possible: Three Ways To Tighten Your ProseAugust 27, 2018 | LGBTQIA+ Voices, Novels, RevisionAs someone who writes a lot of middle grade material that is meant to be fast-reading and narratively compact, I ...By: Chris Tebbetts