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I'm an aspiring YA writer and I am always working some kind of writing project. Always. But right now, there's not much I can share about any of them.

So, here's a few helpful websites I frequent daily and couldn't live without:


Nathan Bransford, Literary Agent.
Kiersten White's Kiersten Writes.
Daisy Whitney, author of The Mockingbirds.
Natalie Whipple's Between Fact or Fiction.
Stephanie Perkins's Natural/Artifical.
Timothy Hallinan's Finish Your Novel.

And here are a few books on writing that I love:


First Draft in 30 days by Karen Wiesner.
Plot and Structure  by James Scott Bell.
Make a Scene by Jordan Rosenfeld.
Your First Novel by Ann Rittenberg & Laura Whitcomb.







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      • You know what today is!
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{Authors & Agents}

  • A journey through life and writerdom...
    Another signing, another giveaway!
    2 hours ago
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    My So-Called
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  • Gayle Forman
    before and after
    6 hours ago
  • Lorraine Zago Rosenthal
    6 hours ago
  • Tales from the Real OC (Really!)
    This time it's a RILEY BLOOM Giveaway!!
    8 hours ago
  • Evil Editor
    The Brenda Novak Auction...
    9 hours ago
  • Kiersten Writes
    ENDLESSLY Catalog Copy and Contest
    9 hours ago
  • Nathan Bransford, Author
    Are Publishers Plagued By a Public Perception Problem?
    12 hours ago
  • LAUREN OLIVER: News, Thoughts, and Miscellany
    Let's Meet Up...
    13 hours ago
  • Talli Roland
    Good Eats
    13 hours ago
  • QueryTracker.net
    The Writing Process
    15 hours ago
  • Literary Rambles
    Ruby, Not Just on Tuesday
    16 hours ago
  • Words on Words by Maggie Stiefvater
    Heckling Office Supplies
    1 day ago
  • Natural/Artifical — Stephanie Perkins
    Please Consider Signing This Bully Petition
    1 day ago
  • The League of Extraordinary Writers
    But - what happens next?
    1 day ago
  • DaisyWhitney.com
    How to Buy EBooks from Indies on Your iPad
    2 days ago
  • YA Author Elana Johnson
    Idea Envy
    2 days ago
  • Me, My Muse and I
    Party Pics
    2 days ago
  • Beth Revis
    Upcoming Event with 9 Authors!
    3 days ago
  • Apparently !
    Contest Winners Redux
    3 days ago
  • Query Shark
    #221
    3 days ago
  • What Gwen said
    Goodreads Q&A plus giveaway!
    5 days ago
  • Victoria E. Schwab
    A Vlog! On New Hair, the Dowager Countess, Line Edits, and Drug-Like Highs.
    5 days ago
  • Jackson Pearce
    The PURITY audiobook
    5 days ago
  • Kody's Blog
    And the winner is....
    6 days ago
  • The Road to Publication
    Gretchen McNeil's TEN Cover Reveal Scavenger Hunt!
    6 days ago
  • Lisa and Laura Write
    Bookanistas: THE NIGHT CIRCUS
    6 days ago
  • StephenieMeyer.com
    Rumor Control
    1 week ago
  • Lisa Schroeder, Author
    Good news/Bad news
    1 week ago
  • Writing Angels
    See you tomorrow, Texas
    1 week ago
  • Beautiful Creatures
    Beautiful Creatures Book 4 – Title Reveal
    2 weeks ago
  • Becca Fitzpatrick
    V-DAY
    2 weeks ago
  • Tara Hudson Writes
    Happy birthday to me, Happy ARC day to you!!
    3 weeks ago
  • Suzanne Young
    YALSA's Readers' Choice List--YAY!!!
    4 weeks ago
  • The Official SCBWI Conference Blog
    My Experience At The Conference: Helaine Becker
    4 weeks ago
  • The Michelle Show
    Maybe it's time to change, redux
    5 weeks ago
  • Invincible Summer
    An Open Letter to Those Who Review on Goodreads
    1 month ago
  • Carrie's Procrastinatory Outlet
    Writing Workshop in Charlotte
    2 months ago
  • The McVeigh Agency Blog
    themcveighagency
    3 months ago
  • Deb Caletti
    4 months ago
  • Editorial Ass
    Mystery/Crime/Thriller Must-Reads--help me make a list, please!
    6 months ago
  • Alexandra Monir
    My first bloggity!
    1 year ago
  • Maureen's Blog
    ROBERT LANGDON: A LOVE STORY
    2 years ago
  • Miss Snark, the literary agent
    4 years ago
  • Guts of a Writer
    Here in the sunrise
    8 years ago
  • Write On Con
  • Amy Holder ♥ Author of Teen Fiction
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{The Blogs}

  • Anne Riley
    Blog-Destroying Owls, Snarling At Goodreads, And Too Much Sick
    45 minutes ago
  • Chasing Empty Pavements
    Forbidden Minds by Kimberly Kinrade Review
    2 hours ago
  • Forever Young Adult
    She can control her pack, but not her hormones…
    6 hours ago
  • That Amy Saia
    And you?
    6 hours ago
  • Missed Periods and Other Grammar Scares
    Happy Hump Day
    6 hours ago
  • I Am A Reader, Not A Writer
    Author Interview & Book Giveaway: Illuminate by Aimee Agresti
    7 hours ago
  • Books Complete Me
    Waiting on Wednesday: Spencer Hill Press Style
    9 hours ago
  • Once Upon a Twilight!
    Book Review: Starters by Lissa Price
    9 hours ago
  • Book Dreaming
    Leap Into Books Giveaway Hop
    12 hours ago
  • The Writing Bug
    Book Promotion
    12 hours ago
  • Jon's Life. Or Other Odd People Doing Odd Things.
    Creative Non-Fiction
    13 hours ago
  • Chick Lit Teens
    Cover Judge
    13 hours ago
  • The Unread Reader
    Reading Rewind: February 2012
    13 hours ago
  • Not Enough Bookshelves
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    13 hours ago
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    Wednesday Weird
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    When Your Backstory Becomes Your Story
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  • Kelly Polark
    Kelly Polark-ing
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  • Whole Latte Life
    Tossed
    14 hours ago
  • Christine's Journey
    Do you know your MC?
    15 hours ago
  • Unedited
    Twisted Classics
    15 hours ago
  • My Literary Jam & Toast
    Guest Post: Judging a Book By Its Cover
    15 hours ago
  • Seeing Creative
    Say What?
    15 hours ago
  • Shannon Whitney Messenger
    Best job in the world
    16 hours ago
  • Cruising Altitude
    WRiTE CLUB - The Quarter-Finals - Bout 2
    16 hours ago
  • Oh My Books!
    Waiting on Wednesday # 88 - The Crown of Embers by Rae Carson
    16 hours ago
  • Kim Kasch Blogsite - A Writer's Blog
    Word for Wednesday
    19 hours ago
  • Passions on Paper ~ by Gina Leigh Maxwell ~
    A Writer's Guide to Avoiding Salesman Molestation: Part I
    21 hours ago
  • Book Chick City
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  • Little Ms. J
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    22 hours ago
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    1 day ago
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    1 day ago
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    1 day ago
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    1 day ago
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    It's Time To Catch Fire!
    1 day ago
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    1 day ago
  • Footsteps of a Writer
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  • BOSSY BETTY
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    1 day ago
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    1 day ago
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    2 days ago
  • Shooting Stars
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    2 days ago
  • Marsha's Musings
    Titles-Titles-Titles
    2 days ago
  • Jenn Johansson
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    2 days ago
  • Babbling Flow
    10 MORE ways in which a casual observer might know I'm deep in drafting mode . . .
    2 days ago
  • Janet Sumner Johnson
    Getting Vested - The Long Answer
    2 days ago
  • Write Now
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    2 days ago
  • Cindy R. Wilson
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  • Frankie Writes
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    2 days ago
  • As a Matter of Opinion
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    3 days ago
  • a woman's write
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    4 days ago
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    5 days ago
  • Market My Words
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  • AuthorCulture
    "Ground Control to Major Tom ..."
    5 days ago
  • The Blogger Girlz
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    5 days ago
  • W.M.Morrell's Musings From Down Under.
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    6 days ago
  • /- LA FEMME READERS -/
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    6 days ago
  • Young Adult Literature Lover
    Crossed by Ally Condie
    6 days ago
  • Carolina Valdez Miller
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    6 days ago
  • Write On Target
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    1 week ago
  • Confessions of the Un-Published!
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    1 week ago
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    1 week ago
  • Plotting and Scheming
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  • This Is Not My Day Job
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    1 week ago
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    1 week ago
  • Written In Lipstick
    Heart Day
    2 weeks ago
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    2 weeks ago
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    2 weeks ago
  • from the desk of a writer
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    2 weeks ago
  • Grab a Pen
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    2 weeks ago
  • Angela Corbett
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    2 weeks ago
  • Sharp Pen/Dull Sword
    My Method Writing
    2 weeks ago
  • Abby Annis
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    2 weeks ago
  • A Walk In My Shoes
    I'm Hanging Up My Shoes
    3 weeks ago
  • Twilight Continues
    Twilight Continues
    3 weeks ago
  • Constant Revision
    Christine Fonseca Blog Tour: Dies Irae
    3 weeks ago
  • The Write Words
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    3 weeks ago
  • Constantly Risking Absurdity
    Well Look Who It Is
    3 weeks ago
  • WHY I YA
    AUTHOR SPOTLIGHT: Jennifer Bosworth
    4 weeks ago
  • Good Golly Miss Holly
    January // Wrap-Up Post
    4 weeks ago
  • YOUR DAILY DOSE
    Oh Yeah, I Chose It.
    4 weeks ago
  • Chasing the Dream
    Things That Make Me Smile
    4 weeks ago
  • Adventures In Writing
    Updated Covers for Possession & Surrender
    4 weeks ago
  • Throuthehaze Reads
    A Winter's Respite Read-a-Thon 2012
    5 weeks ago
  • Natalie Bahm
    How Do You Choose What To Read? (and MAY B Winner!)
    1 month ago
  • Words, etc.
    Blogging Resolutions
    1 month ago
  • jennie englund
    This Revision and Me...
    1 month ago
  • Chick with Books
    The Sunday Salon... Reading Resolutions 2012
    1 month ago
  • Girl about Books
    2011 End Of Year Book Survey
    1 month ago
  • A.L. Bawden~ Author
    Love this song! Trying Not To Love You, by Nickelback
    2 months ago
  • A Journey in Reading
    Bloodstone Saga Tour & Contest
    2 months ago
  • BooKrushed: For the love of books!
    2012 Multi-Cultural YA Book Challenge!!
    2 months ago
  • Head In The Clouds
    The Holidays
    3 months ago
  • Renae Mercado
    String Bridge by Jessica Bell
    3 months ago
  • Words from the Tampa BookWorm
    Cat Thursday
    3 months ago
  • Under the Umbrella
    Colors!
    3 months ago
  • T.J. Carson's Dorm
    8 Question Marketing Survey about Coke: Incentive for Participants
    3 months ago
  • Book Crazy
    Sadened
    4 months ago
  • Cleverly Inked
    White Witch Pond; Jody Kihara Blog Tour
    4 months ago
  • Hilary Heskett Shapiro, Writer
    Vote for ME!
    5 months ago
  • Dangerous With a Pen
    A Flair for the Dramatic
    5 months ago
  • My Reverie...
    My New Blog
    6 months ago
  • Bookaholics Oye!!
    A tribute to my childhood hero ENID BLYTON on her birthday
    6 months ago
  • On the Writers' Road Less Traveled...
    Weblog of Alyssa Goodnight
    Cover Art! Don't Miss it!
    7 months ago
  • Screaming Whispers - BLOG
    for you
    9 months ago
  • penny lane designs | the blog
    the PLD shop is temporarily open!
    10 months ago
  • Jennifer Earp
    DARA Agent Panel - What Are They Looking For? (And What Not to Submit!)
    10 months ago
  • I am The LenaR.
    03/14/2011
    11 months ago
  • TIFFANY NEAL
    Annnd Done
    1 year ago
  • Writing in the Wilderness
    TGIF!
    1 year ago
  • Hooked On YA Books
    Blog Tour: Siren by Tricia Rayburn
    1 year ago
  • Geisha Cafe Fiction
    August 1st, 2010 Daily Blend: Cravings (Part XVIII of Upgrade)
    1 year ago
  • Victoria.S.
    New blog!
    1 year ago
  • Victoria's Secrets - The Journey of a YA Author
    I feel like the pied piper...
    1 year ago
  • All write with coffee...
    I'm leaving the blogosphere
    1 year ago
  • Writer's Block
    Update
    1 year ago
  • Write On Con
  • Coldwater High eZine - Fallenarchangel News Blog
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