Inspiration

Origin Story: David Rogers
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First up in the new Origin Stories series is the lovely David Rogers, author of middle grade sci-fi adventure CHOMP! Charlie Carter and the Monster Pike. I did a developmental edit…

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Origin Story: Siobhán O’Brien Holmes
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Hello, folks! I’m really excited today because I’m starting a new series on the blog where I ask published middle grade and YA authors to share five books that made…

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Lessons from R. L. Stine’s Masterclass #2: Write for fun!
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I talked recently about my love for R.L. Stine and his fabulous masterclass for children’s authors and today I’m going to do that a bit more. For this post I’ve…

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Children’s book writing prompt lucky dip #1
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Over the course of my Novel Writing MA, I produced thousands of words of creative writing in response to weekly assignments, all of which were workshopped and critiqued by tutors…

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