Once again, I realized that it’s been a while since I’ve updated my writing journey. I’d love to tell you that in that amount of time, I wrote two books, but alas – I’m not that prolific. However, I have been contemplating what it takes to be a writer, what I need to accomplish in order to justify taking time off working in order to write, and how I need to kick into gear. One of my decisions is that I need to kill the idea of writing my one little darling project and start working on multiple projects. My decision gets wrapped up in my obsession about the publishing world. I could write an entire blog post on the woes of publishing.…
Jenn Falls – My Writing Journey
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Spoiler Alert: If you haven’t read Harry Potter, Breaking Dawn or George R.R. Martin’s A Song of Ice and Fire/Game of Thrones, or not watched Downton Abbey (season 3) or any of Joss Whedon’s works, figure that the title has already done some spoiling and keep reading! The most recent uproar over a character’s death came with the end to Downton Abbey‘s season finale with the death of beloved character Matthew. It was not a secret that actor Dan Stevens wanted to pursue other acting possibilities, and no one should have been truly surprised when it happened. But that didn’t stop the uproar from fans when the season came to a close with Matthew’s death. Perhaps it was because it came so soon after…
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In some of my old posts, I talked about Race in YA literature. One of my favorite young adult literature authors, Malinda Lo, announced that an old site that she and author Cindy Pon created while they did a national book tour in 2011 has been revived. I reviewed Lo’s extensive blog before, and I’m happy to see that she helped bring back the website titled “Diversity in YA” on Tumblr. The site gives space to presentation of books, awards, and discussion. On their home page, they state their encompassing mission when they write, “We celebrate young adult books about all kinds of diversity, from race to sexual orientation to gender identity and disability. We hope you’ll enjoy celebrating them with us.” It would…
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