Craft Articles
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Here you will find explorations of mentor texts – articles that dive into specific craft elements in published books, interviews with authors, and tips on growing and improving as a writer.
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Sydnie Suskind: Find Your People
“Find your people—the ones you trust as a sounding board, who will be constructive, supportive, and honest. Keep writing. Keep reading other people’s work. And most importantly, keep learning and challenging yourself.”
Gwen Lee: Stories are Life-Changing
“Stories are life-changing. If my books even make a difference in one person's life, then it would make all the hard work worthwhile.”
Grounding Fantasy in the Familiar: An Interview with Sam Subity
With contemporary fantasy, it doesn't take such a stretch of the imagination for the reader to follow along when you blend the familiar with the unfamiliar.