SPRING! WRITING TIPS and MORE!

Three quick ideas for spring cleaning���for your writing.
Experiment with point of view.Ideas:1) change
up a first person story to a third person2) write
a story from a minor character���s point view3) look at a picture sideways (see above) and describe what you see.  
 Two wise quotes on the current state of young adult fiction from the April 10, 2015 New York Times article with tastemaker editor Julie Strauss-Gabel :

1) ���You go through vampires, you go through dystopian, you go
through contemporary, you go through fantasy,��� Ms. Strauss-Gabel said. ���The
last thing you want is an author saying, ���That���s what���s selling right now, so
that���s what I���m going to write.��� That���s the point at which a trend gets icky.��� 

2) ���We���re in an era where the
definition of a young adult book is completely up for grabs, and people are
willing to reinvent it,��� she said. ���There���s no one saying, ���You can���t do this
in a book for children.��� ���
Last, singular thought: if you haven't read BEFORE MY EYES, my new young adult novel, it's out now as a trade paperback!

-- Caroline