Unleashing the Chills: Writing Young Adult (YA) Horror Fiction That Haunts
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YA literature has a special place in the hearts of readers of all ages, providing an avenue for self-discovery, empowerment and...
Jen
- Aug 19, 2022
- 3 min
Show Recs, and General Thoughts About Twitter
Being back on Twitter for the first time in four years has been interesting so far. There's loads of great stuff, of course, like the...
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Jen
- Aug 12, 2022
- 1 min
Podcast Recs: Cast of Wonders and Welcome to Night Vale
Two more podcast recommendations: Cast of Wonders - The podcast version of Cast of Wonders, a young adult speculative fiction zine...
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Jen
- Aug 11, 2022
- 2 min
YA Short Fiction Recommendations (#2)
Continuing my short fiction recs, I have a few more I've enjoyed lately. These are all available to read online, at least as of this blog...
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Jen
- Aug 8, 2022
- 2 min
A Few Things I've Watched / Read Recently
Don’t you hate it when there’s an excellent scene in a movie, TV show or book and you’re really engaged with it, and then a character...
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Jen
- Aug 6, 2022
- 2 min
YA Short Fiction Recommendations (#1)
I have been immersing myself in the wonderful world of YA short fiction lately and wanted to recommend a few of my favourites. I’ll...
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Jen
- Aug 6, 2022
- 1 min
Twitter-Length Fiction
So I remembered some Twitter-length fiction I wrote way back and had to do some link digging to find them again. I think there might have...
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Jen
- Aug 6, 2022
- 1 min
Typo Troubles and Epic X-Files Re-Watch
Earlier I mistyped “blazing bullocks" as “blazing buttocks" on a friend’s blog. Oops. Thinking about it now though, it could've been...
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Jen
- Aug 6, 2022
- 2 min
Writer-y Thoughts From Stephen King That Still Resonate
There's an old interview with Stephen King from 2011 which I re-read recently, and I noticed that even though this was posted over a...
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Jen
- Aug 5, 2022
- 2 min
Overdosing on Writing Advice
Writing can be a lonely business. As the author you're the only person who can write the story that you want to write. Sure, you might...
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Jen
- Aug 4, 2022
- 1 min
[Flash Fiction] Ring-Ring | Speculative | 156 Words
This is a short speculative flash piece called Ring-Ring I wrote a few years ago. I still quite like this one. Title: Ring-Ring Genre:...
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Jen
- Aug 4, 2022
- 2 min
Young Adult Markets and Blogs
Young Adult fiction has exploded in popularity in the last decade, spawning a number of huge movie franchises, TV shows, games and...
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Jen
- Aug 4, 2022
- 2 min
The N+7 Machine
I’ve been having silly fun with The N+7 Machine today. If you haven’t tried it yet, I highly recommend playing with this tool, as it will...
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Jen
- Aug 4, 2022
- 2 min
Useful Writer Links and Blog Posts
A few of these useful writer links and blog posts are old now but the info and advice is timeless. 20 Common Grammar Mistakes That...
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Jen
- Aug 4, 2022
- 2 min
Weird Stuff You Learn Through Research
It’s amazing what weird stuff you can learn while researching. While looking something up for a short story, me and a friend discovered...
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Jen
- Aug 4, 2022
- 2 min
Podcast Recommendation: The HP Lovecraft Literary Podcast
Lovecraft’s stories are very hit-or-miss. A few years ago I went through a whirling reading fest and over the course of about two weeks I...
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Jen
- Aug 4, 2022
- 2 min
A Sizeable Cool Link Roundup
Top 10 Gadgets From Iain M. Banks’ Culture Universe – I’m a massive Iain M. Banks fan, particularly his Culture sci-fi novels. This list...
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Jen
- Aug 4, 2022
- 2 min
Podcast Recommendation: We're Alive
Trawling through the iTunes podcast library, I stumbled upon an audio drama called We’re Alive – A Story of Survival, by Wayland...
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Jen
- Aug 4, 2022
- 2 min
Keeping it Real With Snippets
Sometimes you find yourself with an image or a line of prose (or an entire story concept) and you just don’t know what to do with it. You...
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Jen
- Aug 4, 2022
- 2 min
Finding Your Author Voice
In the beginning, there were words. Lots and lots of words. The key to those words was figuring out how best to construct them into...
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