THE SHIFTER: an interview with Janice Hardy

THE SHIFTER: an interview with Janice Hardy
I got a chance to interview debut YA fantasy author Janice Hardy for The Enchanted Inkpot blog this week, and I was so thrilled with her thoughts on the writing process and the genesis of THE SHIFTER that I thought I'd link to it here, for those of you who didn't know about it."One of the most original books I've read in a while is THE SHIFTER, by debut novelist Janice Hardy, so I was delighted

Scribblerati is born!
I've often wished I could have one place to chat with all my writers friends instead of having to trawl around Twitter, Facebook and MySpace to keep up with the different factions. Then there's also the danger of boring family and friends to death with writer talk. And making too much personal information public to writers who are only acquaintances.On top of that, National Novel Writing Month

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We are crippling one of teenagers' most powerful conduits to growth by pulling intellectual punches as writers. Don't do it. Ignore the naysayers. Laugh at those who don't recognize the words you've chosen. Be prepared to fight for the right word in the right place at the right time. Inform through context and clarity of expression. Tell a story so powerful, that tells the truth and packs such an

STAND AND DELIVER!
Oh, how I love the subversive energy of Adam Ant's early work! He exploded onto the music scene in a way that reminds me of a passage from James Joyce's Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man:“Away! Away!The spell of arms and voices: the white arms of roads, their promise of close embraces and the black arms of tall ships that stand against the moon, their tale of distant nations. They are held