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Unlikable Main Characters: “The Hidden Oracle”

I was rather displeased when the main characters in The Hidden Oracle were terribly unlikable. What would possess an author to write that?

Let’s look at An Illustrated Treasury of Scottish Folk and Fairy Tales by Theresa Breslin and illustrated by Kate Leiper.

As November and the 2020 NaNoWriMo challenge loom, I’d like to introduce my main character, Catriona Scott, and her family’s faerie feud.

My library friends recommended City of Ghosts by Victoria Schwab. Here’s what I learned about spooks and specters in juvenile fiction.

Since this may be one of my last work-free days for awhile, I’m finally going to start outlining my NaNoWriMo novel!

Combining two very different and unrelated books, The Firebird taught me some interesting techniques for building a sequel.

When the book weaves two parallel stories together, I’m hooked. Let’s get into what The Winter Sea taught me about crafting dual story arcs.

A couple weeks ago, we met Ryan Ransley, the main character of my first middle grade novel. Today, we’re meeting his sister, Rebecca!

I finally completed the How to Train Your Dragon series. Here are three lessons I learned, starting with “things can always get worse.”

Rick Riordan continued to teach me a great deal about writing in The Heroes of Olympus. Here are 3 things I learned from the last two books.