I Like My Men in 19th Century-Wear

Lisa Brown (Picture the Dead, Vampire Boy’s Good Night) recently posted a link on Facebook to My Daguerreotype Boyfriend on Tumblir, and I...

Verse is Not a Verb

On our way to Field Day last Friday, one of my students asked me, “Are we going to verse the orange house classes, or just purple house?” (Y...

Back to the Classics

I know most (if not all) of you have read the article in The Wall Street Journal highlighting the dark and disturbing nature of today’s YA ...

First Impressions #12

Our final First Impression critique for the month of June is the first page of Foreshadow , a YA paranormal romance by Brea Essex . The flat...

Top 10 Reasons to Love Lenny

Yes, this is my 2nd post of the day! Please look below for First Impressions. This post is part of the Lenny-Lee-Fest, a shout out to a f...

First Impressions #11

Our second submission for First Impressions is Transforming Silence , a paranormal YA by Em Salgado. Chapter 1: Jackson I am no bird; and no...

First Impressions #10

Hello, June! Happy to see you! I’m also happy to introduce Brandy Hoskins of The Pen is My Sword and the first page of her fantasy work, So...