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Good Enough Book Review
age 9+ Compelling, emotional look at tween's anorexia recovery. Parents need to know that Jen Petro-Roy's Good Enough is about a 12-year-old girl, Riley, who's in treatment for anorexia. Because the book is written as her journal entries, readers get a look at how the mind of an eating-disorder patient works. The story covers Riley's 53 days of in-patient treatment and the difficult emotional work she does while she's there.
What Type of Online Presence Do You Need? — Good Story Company
What’s the right way to have an online presence? Both before getting a book deal and after, this is a common question for writers. After all, we often hear that it is essential to get your name, your face, your everything out there in order to make potential readers aware of you. Only when they’re aware of you, after all, will they buy your books. But what’s the right kind of online presence to have? What’s too much? What isn’t enough?
How to Cure Writer's Block — Good Story Company
Regardless of who I’m talking to—an audience of kid readers, a group of teachers at a workshop, or even peers curious about my writing career, the most common question I receive is: how to cure writer’s block. The problem with this question, however, is that it is often too broad. “Writer’s block” can mean many different things, and one writer asking how to cure writer’s block can mean something dramatically different than another writer asking the same thing. So what does writer’s block mean?
Has COVID-19 Changed the Nature of Realistic Fiction? — Good Story Company
Scanning the New York Times bestseller list, you’ll see a multitude of realistic fiction books. Otherwise known as “contemporary fiction,” realistic fiction deals with life as it is now. It’s real life, set in this world—books that confront the modern problems that its protagonists may face. Traditionally, realistic fiction books might be family stories that discuss the intricacies and complications of those relationships.
Using the Alternating Point of View — Good Story Company
Both when I edit and when I beta read for fellow authors, I often encounter novels that use an alternating point of view. Depending on how an alternating POV novel is handled, this choice can prove to be either a boon for the novel—a way to distinguish it from other similar ideas in the marketplace—or a confusing exercise in frustration for the reader, as the different points of view eventually blend into one voice.
Writing a Novel Synopsis — Good Story Company
One of the most difficult parts of submitting a manuscript or query to an agent or publisher (for me, at least!) is figuring out how to write a novel synopsis. Because for me, that task is different every time and for every book. Just like the task of writing each book is different and calls upon different skills, crafting a synopsis for each manuscript is different, as well.
The Problem With Boy Books and Girl Books — Good Story Company
“I’m looking for boy books.” When I worked as a librarian, I heard this statement often. A parent came into the children’s room, with or without their child in tow, and eagerly asked me for a “boy book.” They said it like I’d automatically know what they were talking about, like of course books about burping robots and trucks and alien invasions from outer space were for male readers alone.
Writing an Issue Book — Good Story Company
When writers talk about trends, one that often comes up is that of the “issue book.” Lately, issue books have become fairly synonymous with contemporary novels in general, especially since the massive success of both John Green’s The Fault in Our Stars and Angie Thomas’s The Hate U Give. Many writers, in their quest to write an issue book, may cast about for an “issue” and then structure their novel around that. “I’ll write a book about a teenager with cancer,” they may say.
Changing Literary Agents — Good Story Company
One of the most difficult experiences for an author is changing literary agents. Sometimes, as much as many hate to admit it, seeking out new representation becomes necessary. This can often be a frustrating experience, as it is hard to leave the person who can help get your work in front of editors. They are an essential part of your writing community. However, if a relationship between an author and their agent isn’t productive or helpful, it can often be worse than having no agent at all.
Tweens deal with eating disorders, too: Why I write "tough" books for young kids
“Mommy, I don’t like my body.” I live in fear of the day that I hear those words spilling from the lips of one of my young daughters. When they begin to realize that society often cares more about what they look like instead of what they do, how they appear rather than who they are. That day may come sooner than I anticipate, too, because research shows that kids — not just teens, not just the stereotypical college students or middle-aged women — are developing eating disorders at rising rates.
Rockstar Book Tours Blog Tour, Excerpt & Giveaway: P.S. I Miss You (Jen Petro-Roy)
Hello! Today YABC is hosting the blog tour stop for Jen Petro-Roy's Read on for more about Jen, an excerpt, and a tour-wide giveaway! Jen Petro- Roy was born, raised, and still lives in Massachusetts, even though she rejects the idea that snow and cold are ever a good thing. She started writing in third grade, when her classroom performed a play she had written. It was about a witch and a kidnapped girl and a brave crew of adventurers who set out to save the day.
P.S. I Miss You | Jen Petro-Roy | 9781250123480 | NetGalley
A heartbreaking—yet ultimately uplifting—epistolary novel about family, religion, and having the courage to be yourself. "P.S. I Miss You is so moving! Evie's quiet strength and fierce determination are an inspiration. " —Ann M.
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