Leigh Ann Kopans, YA Author

Thanks to the goodness and brilliance of my CP, Marieke , (and the subsequent input of a handful of other CPs, love you ladies) I have a...

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...

Happy Friday, sweet readers! It's been another week of lows sprinkled with a couple of sparkly little highs in the query trenches. As I ...

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...

So, you know how I have three kids, a part time job, a husband, a household, and a fetus to manage? And how I can still write a book in l...

Well, friends, it's been a tough week in the querying trenches. (Which, as my CPs know, is a serious understatement.)  So, I'm jus...

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 ...

The internet is an amazing place for writers. It's where we can find incredible critique partners, more writing forums than we have t...

Okay, everyone . I've learned my lesson: I should never, ever, EVER stop writing. This week: the story of how I got started again. (It...

I've written about the inital-query freefall  before. What happens when you've been querying for nine days, and the form rejections...

So.... ONE has been querying for a week! Yaaaay! Just wanted to do a little post on how I query, since I know a good portion of my critiqu...

Well, friends? It's been a bang-up writing week over here.  The first official queries for ONE went out on Monday and I've been del...

Well, you guys? This is my second tour through the query trenches. I know better than to make stupid mistakes. (Here are some examples...

(before I start - You all HAVE seen the new covers for Elana Johnson's POSSESSION and SURRENDER , right? Because they are awesome. Just ...

You guys, it's been one of those weird weeks where I have felt very busy, but when I look back on it, I haven't gotten too terribl...

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...

Hi, writing loves! I have just the one obsession this week. And it's not cute or funny or fun. I've hit a revision wall. A prett...