Hello, WriteOnCon participants! My name is Clara Kensie, and I write dark fiction for young adults, including the super-romantic YA psychic thriller Run to You series, Deception So Deadly and Deception So Dark, and the dark, ripped-from-the-headlines YA psychological thriller Aftermath. Run to You Book One: Deception So Deadly won...
Hey WriteOnCon-ers! Today I’m going to talk about something that doesn’t get brought up a lot — author photos. Now, I’ve talked about this on the internet before, but I’m glad I get the chance to update what I’ve said before and hopefully help some of you that are about...
I write a lot of different things. Novels, poems, short stories... But the hardest of all are picture books. A picture book text is like writing a poem — every word must multitask, every phrase must sing aloud not just on the page — but unlike a poem, a picture book text...
Let’s say I’m writing a YA thriller, full of twists and reveals. In my next scene, the protagonist will discover a terrible secret about her past. What’s the most exciting way for this to happen? Dialogue with another character. Discovery of a physical object. Exploration of a creepy place. Mental...
Let’s both start and finish with a Marya Hornbacher quote: There is never a sudden revelation, a complete and tidy explanation for why it happened, or why it ends, or why or who you are. You want one and I want one, but there isn't one… True, that. The world’s...
Everyone knows it can be hard for new writers to find an agent. I think it’s for this reason that many authors get so caught up in the desire to achieve that “I have an agent” goal that they forget to really think about what they themselves need from an...
Today’s the day! It’s finally here! WRITEONCON 2017!! The forums are alive, the posts are scheduled, the coffee is brewed, and we hope you’re just as excited as we are to dive into this conference! We've got so many amazing events lined up for these three days, it's gonna be...
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