Keep It Moving: Movement and Writing PracticeMay 7, 2022 | Minds & Bodies, NovelsIntegrating Movement Into Writing Practice As I prep for the retreat/workshop hybrid I’m facilitating with Padma ...By: Chris Tebbetts
5 Reasons You Should Be Writing Short StoriesMarch 17, 2022 | NovelsShort stories have long been my favorite thing to write. There’s something about the brevity of the form that ...By: Rob Costello
5 Top Resources for Researching Historical FictionMarch 9, 2022 | NovelsWhen did the shag haircut first appear? How much did a can of beans cost in 1930? What about a crate of ...By: Alisa Alering
Top 5 Reasons to Make a Style Guide for Your NovelJanuary 20, 2022 | NovelsAt my first newspaper job, I was handed the AP Stylebook and told to study it. It was amazing to realize that ...By: Jennifer Gennari
Beginnings: The Opening of Your Novel Has a Lot of Work to DoJanuary 3, 2022 | NovelsBeginnings are important. The opening of a story is what hooks the reader into the world you’ve built, and gets ...By: Erin Dionne
Beginning a Novel: The Secret Is, There Is No SecretDecember 22, 2021 | NovelsI saw a quote the other day, attributed to Kabir, which said: “Wherever you are, that’s the entry point.” I love ...By: Chris Tebbetts
#HFGather: A Monday Meditation for NaNoWriMo +November 3, 2021 | HFGather, NovelsLaurie Calkhoven helped us kick off NaNoWriMo (or any creative project!) with a Monday Meditation #HFGather. She ...By: Laurie Calkhoven
Three’s Company: Writing a Love Triangle in a Young Adult NovelAugust 11, 2021 | NovelsThink back to the last five young adult novels you’ve read. Now think about the romance component to these novels. ...By: Kat Brzozowski
Imagining an Image System for Your Novel in VerseAugust 4, 2021 | Novels, Novels in Verse, Poetry“An image that is not repeated and/or loaded is mere incidental description. But in great writing, there is very ...By: Cordelia Jensen
Learning to Love Line EditingJuly 30, 2021 | NovelsYour book's first editor is YOU You’ve finished a manuscript! Celebrate your accomplishment, and get ready to ...By: Jennifer Gennari
Writing About Mental Health in Youth LiteratureMarch 31, 2021 | Essential Conversations, LGBTQIA+ Voices, Minds & Bodies, NovelsWriting about mental health is about both the impact for our readers and the experience of our writers. How do we ...
Celebrating Our Faculty on 2020’s Best ListsDecember 31, 2020 | Asian American Voices, Black Voices, Community Good News, Highlights Foundation News, Latinx Voices, LGBTQIA+ Voices, Nonfiction, Novels, Picture BooksWe thought that a great way to close out our 2020 blog would be to celebrate some of our faculty whose books have ...