Gimmicks vs. Originality – cont.

It is now the YA that I finished the other day, and there’s not any element of scrapbook in it. It’s just a straight-forward narrative. I don’t think I was really going for a gimmick or trying to be original. I had always wanted to write something...

Gimmicks vs. Originality

Four years ago, I began to write a YA that I intended to be something like Griffin & Sabine. In other words, tangible, colorful, unique, with letters you could physically remove from envelopes. I had an idea of putting together a scrapbook of a girl’s senior...

You, Maybe by Rachel Vail

I will say right off that I’m a huge Rachel Vail fan because her books are so good. I can’t tell you why I like this one so much because I don’t want to spoil anything, but it is definitely one for your reading list. If you’ve read it and want...