Creative Writing Prompt #9 Cancel It Out Write a series of lines such that every other line "cancels" the line that comes before it. For example: "I come before you/to stand behind you." Can you use these lines to create one entire poem? Or are they better as individual lines that can be inserted into... Continue Reading →
We kicked off the first full week of our National Poetry Month celebration by featuring poet T.S. Eliot. In case you missed any of our posts, we've collected them all here: Featured Poet: T.S. Eliot Featured Book: Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats Featured Poem: "The Hollow Men" Featured Creative Writing Prompt: Make Your Own... Continue Reading →
Last week, we announced our Novel Novice Poetry Contest in honor of National Poetry Month. In case you missed it, click here to read the contest rules and learn about the outstanding prizes you can win. Entering is easy, but we know that inspiration doesn't always come quite as easily. View all of our National... Continue Reading →
To wrap up this week's National Poetry Month feature on T.S. Eliot, we've got a desktop wallpaper for you. To download: click to view full-size, then right-click to save to your computer.
If you've fallen in love with verse novels after reading any of the YA books by our April Book of the Month author Lisa Schroeder -- or are interested in exploring the genre further -- then you're in luck. Today, we're featuring a selection of recommended verse novels from Lisa herself: Reaching for Sun by... Continue Reading →
This week, we are bringing you the winning entries from our Lonely Hearts Club Writing Contest. Our final entry comes from Misty, who responded to the prompt, "Would you ever swear off dating for the rest of high school/college? How do you think it would play out?" Here is Misty's entry: Yes, swear off dating,... Continue Reading →
This past weekend, I got the chance to sit down with The Body Finder author Kimberly Derting (and meet some other awesome NW writers). Today, I'm excited to present our exclusive video interview with Kim -- in which she talks about writing The Body Finder, finding inspiration from Stephen King and the Pacific Northwest, and... Continue Reading →
This past weekend, I got the chance to sit down with The Body Finder author Kimberly Derting (and meet some other awesome NW writers). Today, I'm excited to present our exclusive video interview with Kim -- in which she talks about writing The Body Finder, finding inspiration from Stephen King and the Pacific Northwest, and... Continue Reading →
Creative Writing Prompt #8 Saying the Unsaid Write a poem consisting entirely of things that you would like to say to someone, but would never dare say out loud. Write one poem addressing multiple people (without actually using their names), or write several poems addressing one person per poem. It can be a parent, sibling,... Continue Reading →
We have gotten our hands on an advanced, hardback copy of Burned (A House of Night Novel) by P.C. & Kristin Cast. The book comes out April 27th, but you could get it before then by entering our contest! That's right, we're giving the book away. And we've got a couple ways for you to... Continue Reading →
Novel Novice 