Back in May, I made a post about my least favourite tropes in YA. I thought it was only right to balance the scales by also making a list of my favourite, most ridiculously indulgent tropes too. These aren’t the ones which never happen, which I would love to see more of….. these are the ones IContinue reading “My guilty pleasure YA tropes”
Author Archives: Wren James
Behind the Book: Ghostwriter Tom Easton
More in this series: Agent | Ghostwriter | Editor | Library Assistant | Publicity Assistant | Typesetter | Cover Designer | Foreign Rights Manager | Blogger |Scout |Translators | Book charity | Copyeditor Following on from the first post in my new Behind the Book interview series, where I interviewed my agent Claire Wilson, today I will be talking to an author who is alsoContinue reading “Behind the Book: Ghostwriter Tom Easton”
I wrote an article for The Toast!
I’m a huge fan of the feminist humour website The Toast, and my super secret personal goal for 2015 was to write an article for them. I’m happy to say that I managed it! Here is my first ever freelance article, written on the topic of (of course) Harry Potter. I also put my chemistry degree to (debatably) goodContinue reading “I wrote an article for The Toast!”
An Interview with a character
It’s now 50 days to the release of The Next Together! When did that happen? How is it that close? (but also, how is there still fifty whole days to go?!?) To celebrate, I thought I’d post a little teaser. Here’s an ‘interview’ I conducted with my main character Kate, in the spirit of myContinue reading “An Interview with a character”
Behind the Book: Literary Agent Claire Wilson
Previously in this series: Agent | Ghostwriter | Editor | Library Assistant | Publicity Assistant | Typesetter | Cover Designer | Foreign Rights Manager | Blogger |Scout |Translators | Book charity | Copyeditor I’m very excited to announce a new blog series today. Inspired by Samantha Shannon’s blog series A book from the beginning, I’ve decided to interview some of the many wonderful people who areContinue reading “Behind the Book: Literary Agent Claire Wilson”
Tumblr tag archive – The Last Beginning (part 2)
The Next Together (part 1) | The Next Together (part 2) | The Next Together (part 3)| The Next Together (part 4) | The Last Beginning (part 1) | The Last Beginning (part 2) | The Last Beginning (part 3) | Another Together | Another Beginning | The Loneliest Girl in the Universe | The Quiet at the EndContinue reading “Tumblr tag archive – The Last Beginning (part 2)”
June Round-Up
I read 13 books in June, 8 of which were YA. I did DNF quite a lot of books, so I feel like I’ve been in a bit of a slump. However, I did read some lovely books too. Here are the reviews! Any marked with a * were received from Netgalley in exchange forContinue reading “June Round-Up”
June favourites! Inferno | Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell | Soap & Glory
It’s July, which means: The Next Together is released in exactly 2 months tomorrow, whaaaaaat?!?! [high pitched squeal] [deep, calming breaths] It also means that it’s time for another monthly favourites post! I really enjoy these, so I’m going to carry on writing them. Previously: April | May Book: Inferno by Catherine Doyle Romeo and Juliet meetsContinue reading “June favourites! Inferno | Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell | Soap & Glory”
Writing a query letter
Before we begin, an announcement. If you preordered my book, firstly: THANK YOU. Secondly, you can get a free signed bookmark! All the details are here. Again, THANK YOU. I get a lot of tumblr asks with questions about how to write a good query letter, so I thought I’d make a blog post withContinue reading “Writing a query letter”
How my reading habits have changed since becoming an author
It’s now been over two years since I signed with an agent and started thinking of myself as an author of books, instead of (or rather, as well as) a reader of books. In that time, my reading habits have changed very drastically.
Wren James 