YA Romance

2+ hour, 28+ min ago   (978+ words) What Writing Taught Me About Living for Myself For the first time in a long time, something I do belongs to me. And I am learning what that means. Twenty-seven weeks ago, I sat down and started writing. Not because…...

1+ day, 21+ hour ago   (133+ words) The Japan Times Your favorite writer’s favorite writer is someone the world hasn’t discovered yet: Nao-Cola Yamazaki, a name cited in interviews with Japanese authors and literary translators as someone who deserves more international recognition.Ã…...

12+ hour, 55+ min ago   (549+ words) [Tweet url; see this for an explanation of the Greene reference; thanks to Kelly Loomis for alerting me to the tweet] What’s the appropriate response to this writing update from Rowling? The author of the Cormoran Strike mysteries sends out…...

14+ hour, 1+ min ago   (62+ words) How dare I condemn myself, With such scorn and distaste. My friends will comfort me with words yet, My rebuttal is found with haste. What chip on my shoulder do I carry t’ward, Merely the glance of recognition at my…...

18+ hour, 1+ min ago   (1012+ words) Avantika Naidu is a senior at the University of Florida majoring in Microbiology and Cell Science with a minor in Public Health on a pre-med track. Even though her career is so science-focused, her passion outside of academics/career has…...

18+ hour, 52+ min ago   (1217+ words) I want to remember this version of me. Not the polished one.Not the brave one people might imagine when they hear the story later. I want to remember the girl who was tired. The girl who woke up every…...

1+ day, 7+ hour ago   (1109+ words) By MARY LAWSON FOR YOU MAGAZINE The shock makes sense. The 80-year-old novelist spent her first 18 years in Blackwell, a farming village in southern Ontario, Canada (population then: a few hundred). Lake Huron – the fifth largest in the world – was,…...

22+ hour, 18+ min ago   (972+ words) Anyone who read Blake Crouch’s novel before pressing play on ‘Dark Matter’ probably expected to know every major beat. Then the series introduced a child nobody had mentioned, and the question of who Max is in ‘Dark Matter‘ became the…...

1+ day, 3+ hour ago   (224+ words) When I received the news that Nancy had died, I was saddened, because my US friend and I had shared something special… well, special to us. I am grateful to Santiago Motto, who made the comment on one of my…...

1+ day, 2+ hour ago   (279+ words) Author, publisher and literacy advocate Bhekinkosi Ngwenya has released his latest book, What If?, challenging readers to consider how different choices could change their lives. The inspiration came partly from a Courier article about Story Slam KZN, a local non-profit…...