Want to know a secret? (This is me speaking softly.) Plot doesn’t have to be hard. Not when Martha Alderson, a/k/a The Plot Whisperer, makes it so simple. I first heard about Martha and her book, Blockbuster Plots Pure & Simple (Illusion Press 2004) shortly after...
Two weeks ago, I was part of panel discussion at Children’s Book World in Haverford, PA with three other authors of young adult fiction—Jeri Smith-Ready, Kelly Fiore and Justina Ireland. We were there because Jeri was gracious enough to let us “ride her coattails” (as...