Well, it’s finally happened. My little YA Contemporary novel about a teenage girl who leads a double life as an escape artist, and the teenage boy she trades secrets with, is finally out in the world. Thank you thank you thank you to everyone who helped make that happen. I’m posting today to remind you […]
A Quick Update (before I duck back into revision hell)
I was going to do a new #YAMyLife post this week, but I’m currently drowning in a quagmire of revisions on a project that will go unnamed for now. Yes, this makes it sound much more dramatic than it actually is but, hell, this is the interwebs. The truth is that sometimes you write a […]
Interview with a writer: Joshua Winning
Only four more sleeps until All Hallows’ Eve! To mark the occasion, I’ve got an interview with cool British guy and dark fiction writer Josh Winning. Fun story: Just a few hours after he responded to my interview questions about the Unbound campaign for his noir-ish YA novel, KILLING RUMER, the book got fully funded! […]
How to not turn into a Raging Writer-Beast while editing…
Time for a Road to Publication update. I just turned in my first round of edits for THE ART OF ESCAPING. For most books, the first and possibly second and third rounds revolve around developmental edits (also sometimes called content edits). Developmental edits address global issues with the plot or characters. Even though you may have to […]
YA & The Great Pop Culture Reference Debate
I love the YA community on the interwebs. Truly, I do. Twitter, Goodreads, and the blogosphere are great places to read the thoughts and opinions of many smart, fascinating, righteous folks (writers, librarians, book bloggers, teachers, etc.) who deserve your attention. They are diligently trying to make the world better which is, really, what we […]
Erin Callahan 