I don’t mean to brag, but I am absolutely fantastic at second-guessing every decision I’ve ever made. No, really. I have a knack for...

“Everyone attack!” “Retreat!” “Attack!” “Retreat!” “What are you doing, Lee? Get back on your feet!” -Stay Alive, Hamilton I’ve always...

In my ongoing struggle to sit down and be productive as a writer who works from home, I fully admit to being one of those people who...

Hello there! We are middle grade authors Kit Rosewater and Ash Van Otterloo, and together we make up the MG Pitch Wars mentor duo,...

Three years ago, I was just starting my journey as a Pitch Wars mentee. For those unfamiliar, Pitch Wars is a mentoring program where...

A few weeks ago, my friend forwarded me this tweet. It was posted by authors Brendan Reichs and Daniel José Older and was making the...

Confession time: I’m one of those writers who sees an article title like “My Ups and Downs of Writing” or “My Long, Long, Loooooooooong...

Being a writer is a difficult thing. Any job can be difficult, of course. When I was a teacher, a stage director, a textbook translator,...

This story starts with a wedding. In mid-March, I was returning from a friend’s nuptials in Brooklyn, NY. I had watched a couple stare...

(The following content was originally presented at the SCBWI New Mexico April Shop Talk on 4.09.19) When I started querying in 2011, I...

In early February I read Mariko and Jillian Tamaki’s middle grade graphic novel This One Summer and I wasn’t sure how to feel about it. I...

In the fall of 2018, I started to write a book about ants. Wait. No. That’s not true. In the summer of 2017, I started to draft this book...

In the fifth inning of Game 3 in the 1932 World Series, Babe Ruth was up at bat. After two strikes, he held his hand high and pointed...

If you’re a writer or an avid reader, you may know of the classic hero’s journey as outlined by literary academic, Joseph Campbell. In...