by MK England | Mar 3, 2015 | Reading, Recs
Superheroes are being found outside the pages of comic books more and more often lately. From what I hear, literary agents are being swamped by superhero manuscripts, thanks to the success of the Marvel Comics movie universe and the DC comics TV universe. It’s...
by MK England | Feb 24, 2015 | Reading, Writing Process
As a reader, writer, and peddler of YA fiction, I’m the last person in the world to get judgy about tense and point-of-view. YA has some of everything, even the POVs and tenses that are rare or looked down upon in other age categories. That said, I’ve always preferred...
by MK England | Feb 3, 2015 | Goals, Short Stories, Writing Process
YA author Maggie Stiefvater (my goddess) once posted some great words about writing short stories that really captured my feelings on the topic: “I actually find writing short stories to be a completely different animal than novel writing. […] A good short story...
by MK England | Jan 28, 2015 | Writer Friend Features
I have some truly awesome writer friends. For serious. I don’t know where I’d be without them, and I think it would be terribly selfish of me to keep them all to myself. So, here we are at the start of a new series on this blog: Writer Friend Features. My dear writer...
by MK England | Jan 20, 2015 | Gaming, Personal, Recs
I’m terrible at making ranked lists of any kind. Really, truly terrible. I will agonize over list position, over whether my list really captures ALL THE THINGS, over every tiny decision. So, I’ve decided to save myself the agony and simply make a list of...
