The Penguin Random House Creative Writing Awards are now open for submissions! U.S. public high school seniors are invited to apply in one of five categories: the Michelle Obama Award for Memoir, the Amanda Gorman Award for Poetry, the Maya Angelou Award for Spoken Word, fiction / drama, and the NYC … [Read more...] about Writing Resources for the Penguin Random House Creative Writing Awards
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Spilling the Tea: Author Suma Subramaniam on Maximizing Your Time
Welcome to Spilling the Tea, a feature where we ask authors all about craft, industry ins and outs, and more! This week we have Suma Subramaniam on the WNDB blog to discuss time management, writing habits, and avoiding burnout. * What's your advice for people balancing writing with a day job … [Read more...] about Spilling the Tea: Author Suma Subramaniam on Maximizing Your Time
Spilling the Tea: Author Meredith Ireland on Querying
Welcome to Spilling the Tea, a new feature where we ask authors all about craft, industry ins and outs, and more! This week we have Meredith Ireland on the WNDB blog to discuss the (often dreaded but necessary) practice of querying, which involves pitching not only your manuscript but yourself to … [Read more...] about Spilling the Tea: Author Meredith Ireland on Querying
Q&A With Alechia Dow, The Kindred
By Anushi Mehta Today we're pleased to welcome Alechia Dow to the WNDB blog to discuss The Kindred, out January 4, 2022! To save a galactic kingdom from revolution, Kindred mind-pairings were created to ensure each and every person would be seen and heard, no matter how rich or poor… Joy … [Read more...] about Q&A With Alechia Dow, The Kindred
You Do Not Have to Explain Your Magic
By Raquel Vasquez Gilliland When I write stories, I include magic. I was raised with magic, so this is natural to me. It’s also natural to not explain the origins of magic in my work. In my newest YA novel, How Moon Fuentez Fell in Love with the Universe, I establish a similar world. Though there … [Read more...] about You Do Not Have to Explain Your Magic
Writing Advice from WNDB Anthology Contributors
Over time, we've gathered bits of writing wisdom from the awesome writers who've contributed to our anthologies. We now present them in conjunction with Penguin Random House's Creative Writing Awards program in the hopes that they provide inspiration and guidance! High school seniors may apply … [Read more...] about Writing Advice from WNDB Anthology Contributors
Rewriting as Discovery
Read a profile of Mark Oshiro on the WNDB blog here! By Mark Oshiro In the writing community, we often seem to be split right down the middle when it comes to editing. About half of us prefer drafting, while others prefer editing. I remain one of the few people I know who likes a dreaded third … [Read more...] about Rewriting as Discovery
How to Write Consistent Characters and Build Realistic Worlds
This piece is the first stop in the Spring 2020 #DVpit Blog Hop! #DVpit is a Twitter pitch event for marginalized authors and/or illustrators. The next event is scheduled for April 22-23. For more information, please visit dvpit.com. by Sarah Guan When readers describe books they love—those … [Read more...] about How to Write Consistent Characters and Build Realistic Worlds
3 YA Authors Share Their Best Writing Advice
To motivate all the young writers out there, we checked in with three YA authors: Melissa de la Cruz (author of the Blue Bloods series, The Queen's Assassin, and more), Ashley Woodfolk (author of The Beauty That Remains and When You Were Everything), and Jenny Torres Sanchez (author of We Are Not … [Read more...] about 3 YA Authors Share Their Best Writing Advice
