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YA Research: Interview with an Urban, Public-School Teacher

by Rebecca | May 3, 2012 | blog me MAYbe, IRL, overly long posts, sartorial, setting, talking about writing, trends, verisimilitude, WIPspiration

Back in the day, I went to a large public high school in a small city. I’ve realized that most of the YA and MG books I (personally) read are set in suburbs or small towns. It made me wonder: what’s it like to be a teen in a larger city these days? I...

Where we buy our books

by Rebecca | Dec 6, 2011 | a little rant, heaven aka bookstores, oooh snap, opinioninny, preaching to the choir, trends, watch out I'm getting all verklempt

I don’t care where people buy their books–indies or B&N or Half Price or online or Urban Outfitters or Target or the airport or your neighbor’s stoop–I just like it when people buy books. Yay, books! With one exception: buy it where you...

Pinterest for Writers

by Rebecca | Jun 6, 2011 | in which I embarrass myself, Lyleish, talking about writing, treat this post as evidence of procrastination, trends, WIPspiration

I stumbled into joining Pinterest lately–my friend invited me and I signed up, but had no idea what I was making an account for. Then other friends started “following” me on Pinterest and I still didn’t have a clue what it was, but figured it...

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