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Your Holiday Gift Shortlist: Books Worth Giving

Books are the gifts that keep on giving after the holiday season is over, and what better present can you give than to support indie authors (that’s a gift to them!) and introduce your friends and family to brand new writers? Plus, you can … Continue reading

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What Makes Good YA (Young Adult) Fiction?

Every genre has its own characteristics, and characters in novels each have their own personalities, accents, speech patterns, etc. It’s what distinguishes them from each other and makes each character unique, turning them into believable people. YA writing goes a … Continue reading

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In Defense of Genres

Have you ever met a genre snob? That’s a term that popped into my head as I was talking to someone at a dinner party recently. It was a very literary group of people, so I opened a conversation with … Continue reading

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