Some good links for the week:
- Fellow 2014 debut author and delightful agent-mate Emery Lord on why it’s okay if not everyone loves your book.
- I think I’m still too easily scared for Goosebumps.
- Definitely too easily scared for the scariest books of all time.
- I know it seems like all the great books are banned or challenged, but it sucks when it actually happens to you.
- “If you allow [characters] to do what they’re going to do, think and feel what they’re going to think and feel, things start to happen on their own. It’s a beautiful and exciting alchemy.” I love this feeling.
- On the other hand, Susan Dennard argues that we all plot/plan/outline to some extent. (She’s got me pegged on the playlists.)
- I’m surprised Moby-Dick or Little Women didn’t take it for MA in this list of famous books set in every state.
- Great post on friendship in YA, something I’d love to see come to the forefront in more YA titles.
- And speaking of best friends, every author needs a good (furry) one.
- If you’re in the Boston area, make sure to check out the Boston Book Festival this weekend! Not convinced? Here’s a list of reasons why.
- Keep the Boston book love going by bidding on amazing art by kidlit illustrators and helping to raise money for the Emergency and Trauma Fund at Boston Children’s Hospital.