Another Wednesday, another Road Trip! To answer this week’s, respond to this post or answer on your own blog and leave the link in comments at our post. Then you can see how everyone else answered!
This week we want to know: Conference season is here! We are getting all excited for BEA and ALA (check out the get-together we have planned with Stacked for ALA!), and we want to know: What authors would be on your dream author panel?
Who among hasn’t wished we could call out of work “curled up with a good book” or celebrate the day of our favorite author’s latest release as a holiday? When we find out a writer we love has a new book coming out, we put a big red circle around the date on our calendars, and we count the days…
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Emilia Plater says it seems like there’s a general consensus that almost anything goes in YA, but wants to know: Is there anything that you still feel you shouldn’t write about, considering your audience?
Stephanie Kuehn on how fear of success and fear of failure are just two sides of the same coin.
“If there’s one thing I wish I’d learned at 18, it’s that it’s okay if a crazy person hates you. Everyone else will understand in time. Meanwhile, let them expend that energy. Go work on your novel or whatever.”
^^^^^^ dear writers: RELEVANT.
No. No it’s not. Nobody can make fun of me on their Tumblr.(Some Advice for Young People | The Awl)
Mark Coatney is a stupidface poo poo head.
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Emilia Plater says it’s important to keep both in mind in today’s YA Highway post.
Field Trip Friday: February 10, 2012
Turning points; creative thinking; why YA is great; dealing with jealousy, depression, time breaks and advice; marketing; genre snobbery and more.
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