First lines are powerful. It’s the author’s best chance to hook the reader. A great first line will pull you in, introduce you to the narrator, and set the tone for the entire book. Depending on what you’re reading, a great first line can be funny or meaningful or sad or somehow all of the above. […]
Today in “posts structured to screw with your head a little bit,” I may be the “author” of this one, but since I’m also the author of a book releasing this week—a contemporary Hollywood YA called Under the Lights—I asked a different author to take the reins of this interview. And who better to ask than […]
Some books benefit from being read in installments, whether you’re wrestling with ginormous page count, complex themes, or intricacies of plot or syntax. Others, however, require being gulped down in as close to one sitting as possible, with brief breaks for brewing more coffee and canceling all your plans. These books are the latter kind.
September 23 marks Bi Visibility Day, aka Bisexual Pride Day, and in its honor, we’re talking about our favorite “bi-proud” YAs. These are books with bisexual main characters and/or love interests, some of which actively use the word on the page, others of which show characters having feelings for or relationships with both guys and […]
Two years ago, I first accepted that I had to come out. That might sound odd to many people—obviously being gay is tethered to telling people you’re gay. There isn’t much of a question there. But at the time, the two couldn’t have felt further apart. I spent so much of my life trying to […]