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Author Archives: Donna Maloy, Author
Monday Advice from Editors and Agents: Focus on the First Page
Capture the Reader in 250 Words Regina Brooks founded Serendipity Literary Agency in 2000. She and her team represent brand new authors as well as award-winning veterans. In an interview with the blog YA INTERROBANG, Brooks talked about the contest … Continue reading
Posted in Contest, First page, First Page - YA Novel Discovery, Uncategorized
Tagged agent contest, First page
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Monday Advice from Editors and Agents: A different way to approach setting a scene
This month’s tip comes from Julia Wells, editor of The Things We Did for Love by Natasha Farrant. The Remedy for Too Much Description Julia’s advice reflects the position of most industry professionals: Use action and dialogue, not description, to … Continue reading
Posted in Description, Description, Setting, Uncategorized
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YA Books into Movies
The good news: Hollywood producers have decided YA books make great movies. The bad news: Some YA movies don’t do justice to great YA books. But extra good news is that Hollywood is going to keep on trying. That means … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized, YA Books into Movies
Tagged books into movies, coming soon, Movies
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Summer Writing Camps for Teens (Part One)
Writing camps for teens can be found all across the country. Some are free, some are expensive, and some actually pay teens to attend. Here are a few… more to come! Duke University Young Writers’ Camp (Durham, N.C.) This summer … Continue reading
Posted in Duke University, Grub Street YAWP Summer Teen Fellowship, Summer Writing Camps for Teens, Uncategorized, Young Writers Camp at Los Angeles
Tagged Boston writers, Duke University, Grub Street, Lost Angeles, Summer writing camp, teen fellowship, teen writing camp, YAWP, young writers
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Conquering the Great Wall
There’s a reason I haven’t been around the site lately. I’ve been traveling in China, South Korea and Japan. And here’s the proof! This is really me on top of the Great Wall, with outposts running up the rim of … Continue reading
Posted in China, Personal, South Korea and Japan, Traveling
Tagged China, cruise, Japan, South Korea, travel, vacation
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Tangled Words 