I promised to review Fill-in-the-Blank Plotting more than once, but never got around to it for some reason. My apologies for that. Fill-in-the-Blank Plotting by Linda George is the easiest book on writing ever. She explains how to combine The Hero’s Journey and the Three Act Structure into a tighter, more cohesive plot. If you’re not familiar with either of
Read It Again, Sam
The day job is breathing down my neck, so I can’t get truly dive into today’s Friday Fives topic. However, I put together five of the books I couldn’t get enough of as Single Digit Alicia. Just looking at these is totally making me want to go read them. Right. Now. What were some of your favorites as a kid?
About Co-Starring with a Co-Star*
Every Wednesday, YA Highway asks their readership a simple question to answer on your blog. Once you answer, you link your blog in the comments for other readers to hop on board. This is Road Trip Wednesday. Today’s topic: What supporting character from a YA book would you most like to see star in their own novel? Blame it on
Challenge, Schmallenge: Favorite Banned Books
Fact: Tons of books have been banned or challenged.Further fact: None of them should, something I talked about on Tuesday. In preparing for today’s post, I went through the ALA site to see what books have been challenged in the last seven years. The amount of stupid is staggering* and has me again asking, “WTF is wrong with you people?”
Best Book of September
Every Wednesday, YA Highway asks their readership a simple question to answer on your blog. Once you answer, you link your blog in the comments for other readers to hop on board. This is Road Trip Wednesday. Today’s topic: What’s the best book you read in September? Unlike last month where I couldn’t up my book count because of Camp