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Cynsational News & Giveaways

Posted on November 16, 2012January 4, 2019


By Cynthia Leitich Smith

So You Want to Write for a Living from Marion Dane Bauer. Peek: “You want your writing to be your work, your primary work. What does it take to make that happen?”

KidLitopia: official site of writer/editor Shannon Barefield,

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Cynsational News & Giveaways

Posted on November 9, 2012January 4, 2019

By Cynthia Leitich Smith

Diversity and Difference in YA from Megan Crewe. Peek: “If you flesh out all your characters and avoid making one characteristic the entirety of that character’s ‘personality,’ you’re a lot less likely to end up with a stereotype.” See also Why We Need Diversity in YA Fiction from Cheryl Rainfield.

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