Leigh Ann Kopans, YA Author

If you're a regular reader, you witnessed my epic whining-about-whining-about-querying post from last week. (And if you're not ...

I've been doing a lot of whining lately. It all  boils down to reading/thinking about, and obsessing too much over, How to Get Publish...

So, as I have more than sufficiently whined on this blog, I'm having a tough time getting into the voice of the third WiP . Because...

I was one of those kids. You know the ones - who sit in the shade with their noses buried in books, when they're "supposed to be...

Let's take a moment to put it all on the table. We're so busy. So, so busy. We all have so much stuff every day that we have to ...

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...

 I understand that the Internet is striking against bad people that want to censor the Internet today, so I'm supposed to be blacked ou...

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...

It happened with my first manuscript, and it's starting to creep up on me again. The itchy query finger . (Oh, July me. You were so...

I'm just gonna say it right now: 2012 is going to be My Year. How do I know? Because I'm going to make it My Year. Just like I d...

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 ...

Sometimes the week flies by so fast that I swear I won't have anything I've been obsessing over to share with you on Friday. And the...

So, I got to read the sequel to THE NOCTURNIAN, the YA Sci-Fi novel Francesca's querying right now, over the past couple of weeks.  (...

My dear friend and writing-life coach, Jean, asked me an important question last week. I was in the midst of one of my work/life/family/w...

One year ago today, I woke up with an idea in my head and frantically typed 5,000 words of a story that would become THE TRAVELERS. That d...

A couple of housekeeping notes AWESOME ANNOUNCEMENTS before we start with the obsessing: 1. I'm doing my first guest vlog ever about ...

Whereas: - My CP Maggie's Monday Anti-Procrastination Live Blog was pretty much the best thing ever - I'm not going to work until ...

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...

You are learning the most important lesson you need to be a published author right now. Right this moment. Whether you're just beginni...