The Power of Smart Girls in Fantasy by Annie Sullivan
I once had an older man tell me to my face that he “didn’t read books written by women.” I was a teenager at the time and had no idea…
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The Outsider is all of us by Julie Kibler
I was a shy kid—painfully so—who moved a lot and struggled to fit in wherever my family landed. We were almost, but not quite in poverty, lived at the wrong…
Twists: A Love Story Chock-full of Horror by Sara Faring
Some of us are born docile as lambs. We smile angelically at our parents and play sweetly in the sandbox with our many friends. We eat our vegetables and patiently…
How to cope with Imposter Syndrome
I just published my debut novel, Wicked Fox—a young adult fantasy novel based on the Korean myth of the nine-tailed fox set in modern-day Seoul. And while I went on…
Plot: No More Stalling. A Both Pedals Approach by Katie Bayerl
88 Cups of Tea presents Essay & Podcast Series: Intimate Stories from Writers in partnership with our friends at VCFA Plot. It’s not a lovely word on the tongue. And…
Digging Deep to Build an Emotional Arc by Daphne Kalmar
88 Cups of Tea presents Essay & Podcast Series: Intimate Stories from Writers in partnership with our friends at VCFA I was raised in New England surrounded by adults who rarely discussed or…
How Stories Save the World: Radical Point of View by Julie Berry
88 Cups of Tea presents Essay & Podcast Series: Intimate Stories from Writers in partnership with our friends at VCFA Here is how stories will save the world: Stories train humanity to see…
But What If You Are an Imposter? Imposter Syndrome and the Long Sales Drought by Lyn Miller-Lachmann
88 Cups of Tea presents Essay & Podcast Series: Intimate Stories from Writers in partnership with our friends at VCFA Signing the first book contract, and holding that debut in your hands, is…
