Leigh Ann Kopans, YA Author

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...

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...

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 ...

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

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.  (...

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...

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...