Leigh Ann Kopans, YA Author

I'll just let Ryan do it for me. Isn't it amazing when you spend the whole weekend critiquing, and you don't even procrastinat...

Before we begin! Some housekeeping. First up, there's an amazing literary/writer's auction happening over at Write Dreams  to be...

If you've ever drafted a novel, you know that when you deliver it to your CPs' inboxes, it's like a card house - painstakingly p...

Before we get started: A request. I'm totally psyched that I get to guest post over at Zap's Lobster Tank next Friday for "F---...

I've heard, "Your CPs are too close to your books." a couple of times. I think that what people are really saying is that my ...

This past weekend was the most emotionally overwhelming of my entire writing life. (Which, fine, admittedly has only been a year long . But ...

I thought that the most terrifying emails to send would be queries. I was wrong. See, ONE is about ready to fly to my crit partners'...

I've written before about the split personality of a writer . We have to be simultaneously the most confident and the most humble peopl...

Are you worried about whether the critique partner you've just met is the right match for your needs? Relax. I've devised a simple e...

I knew my critique partners had the power to call me out on stupid mistakes and character disasters i n my writing. I knew they could be th...

So, we can be honest with each other, right? I think we can, because you're spending your free time on reading this sentence, so there m...

Now that THE TRAVELERS is querying (best of luck, my book baby!) , I've been spending my time almost exclusively on ONE. The day I hi...

Hi there! If you happen to be Mr. Michael Bourret, agent extraordinaire, please  click over here  to read all about how your incredible clie...

(Just in case you needed any clarification, I'm Voldemort.) I'm talking about me and the first page of the THE TRAVELERS , of cou...

cc Phil Gilbert PSA: I seriously THANK GOD for the day that Gina agreed to read my atrocious first draft. She has been my biggest cheerl...

A great crit partner is the cross between your best friend, a perfect grammarian, someone you've never met, a wonderful writer, and your...

I've always hated Belle. Belle is a tricky character. You think she's all, "ra-ra-Feminism, yay!" She is independent! Sh...