*blows the dust off this sad, neglected blog*
So I’m here blogging when really I should be working on my short story for Muse in Pocket, Pen in Hand (pop over and check it out if you haven’t already!) DUE FRIDAY. Well done, Joyce. Such a champ at procrastinating. If I deliver a crappy story this month, you can blame this blog —
Okay, no. Just blame it on my procrastinating self because I have no idea what to write for this month’s prompt and I’m afraid it will suck so badly our readers will be disappointed so all I can do is ramble here because anything is easier than staring at that pile of steaming crap I just dumped on the page.
Anyway, on a brighter note, I spoke at two sessions during the All In! Young Writers Festival, about short story writing and commercial writing respectively, and that was a whole! lotta! fun!
It’s always such a joy speaking with readers and writers at events like this. I especially love hearing what young adult readers have to say. As a YA writer, I have tremendous love and respect for my target audience (why else would I be writing for them?) because they are so passionate and wide-eyed and optimistic, but also incredibly smart and discerning.
A lot of them are just starting out as writers themselves, and they ask questions like, “How do you get past writer’s block?” and “Do you go into your story with a detailed plan or do you figure it out as you go along?” and “What advice would you give to writers who wish to cross genres?”
Plus, it was interesting to hear what the other writers had to say to these questions. Marla herself is a huge fan of writing endings – you can read her beautiful writing at her blog.
Shout-out to the National Book Development Council – thanks for inviting me as a speaker! I had a wonderful time ❤
(Also, my book, LAMBS FOR DINNER, was sold out at the festival bookstore, so yay!)
Now, back to the story I’m clearly not writing!
the writes of passage 
Yay! Sounds like you had a fabulous time 😀 And I can’t wait to read your next story! I’m sure it will be amazing, like all of your writing ❤
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I had a ball at the writers festival! 😀 And I hope the short story didn’t disappoint – I was working on a tight deadline 😦
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