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Virtual Reality Storytelling? YUP!
Posted on April 12, 2019 Leave a Comment
The future is NOW. This video discusses the developing Virtual Reality experience of “Whispers in the Night,” which is interactive storytelling at its finest. In this story, you share secrets with a girl named Lucy, in which she reacts to and remembers what you say. This is the perfect example of how the worlds of […]
Dennis-Yarmouth Literacy Night!
Posted on March 28, 2019 Leave a Comment
HEY! Bookish peeps! I’ll be at Dennis-Yarmouth High School tomorrow night, March 29, 2019 (5-7pm) with super cool writer weirdos Jim Hill, Mick Carlon, and Kathryn Knight talking books, plots, and characters. It’s all part of the Literacy Night at the high school and Titcombs will be there selling books! Ya gotta come!!!
Interview with Kristine Carlson Asselin
Posted on February 17, 2019 Leave a Comment
Kristine Asselin is the author of both works nonfiction and fiction. She writes both YA and children’s and is currently working on Falling for Wonder Boythat will be published through Wicked Whale Publishing. In this interview, she touches upon how she writes and the publishing industry. Falling for Wonder Boy seems like it […]
Young Writers Workshop
Posted on January 26, 2019 Leave a Comment
Heads up! I will be teaching at the Cape Cod Writers Center’s Young Writers Workshop this February. This free, five-day course is taught by me and Jeff Carter. Details below and the link to the sign up is here: http://capecodwriterscenter.org/young-writers-workshop-2019/
Holy Copyright, Batman!
Posted on January 23, 2019 Leave a Comment
Drawing the line between artistic use and copyright can sometimes be quite difficult to do. Albanese’s article in Publisher’s Weekly covers this when talking about how Chooseco is suing Netflix for trademark infringement. This can be used as both a warning on monitoring your own work to see if it oversteps on copyright as well […]
Lessons from Harry
Posted on January 20, 2019 Leave a Comment
J.K. Rowling provides her tips on how to write as well as the ups and downs of being a writer in this article. One topic she emphasizes is that you should write the way you want and to toss all the advice on writing what the market currently wants. This I found to be […]
A Trip into the Kingdom of Maas
Posted on January 16, 2019 Leave a Comment
Sarah J. Maas’s inspiring story of how Throne of Glass came to be is detailed in this interview on the UK’s Writers & Artists site. It’s an older piece, but Maas is a master, so it’s always timely. This article is a great read to know what her process of writing is like as well […]
Girl Power Evolution
Posted on January 14, 2019 Leave a Comment
This quick opinion piece I found on THE CONVERSATION looks at the progression of female protagonists in young adult fiction as well as how much further they need to change. This really made me think of the importance in having female protagonists that are not the majority and how they can help readers feel […]
Welcome our new Contributing Blogger!
Posted on January 13, 2019 Leave a Comment
It’s no secret that I juggle WAY too many things at once. I blame it on a type-A personality and a brain that runs in overdrive. Which is why my blog has suffered (BAD ME) and is also why I reached out to my key audience, young adults, and asked, “HEY! Wanna be a contributing […]
HELP WANTED
Posted on December 26, 2018 Leave a Comment
Yup. I finally caved and admitted I am juggling way too many things to keep up with my social media . . . which is where YOU come in. Details are below, but basically I need a mini-me. And because I get many kids asking me if they can volunteer to do XYZ for school […]
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