When I started writing my first novel I had no idea it would be a Young Adult book. I was eighteen, and I just wanted to write a story. I wrote it about people my age, about characters who were like me, with jokes that I thought were funny and ideas that caught my interest.Continue reading “The difference between writing YA as a teenager and an adult”
Author Archives: Wren James
My bookish New Years Resolutions
I will get more bookshelves, so I don’t have to doublestack my books: I will read more non-fiction, starting with: I will decrease my to-read pile, which is….taking over my bedroom. I will finish reading all of the Bailey’s Women’s Prize for Fiction winners I will only buy books if I plan to read themContinue reading “My bookish New Years Resolutions”
Trends in YA
I want to talk a bit about trends in books. My novel is about reincarnation, which when I started writing was a very rarely seen concept in fiction- which is why I wrote it. In recent years, however, it has become a lot more common. It’s a bit frustrating, that something I wrote thinking wasContinue reading “Trends in YA”
15 books I want to read in ’15
As a follow up to my post on my favourite books of 2014, here are all of the YA books coming out in 2015 that I haven’t been able to resist preordering, or that I have already read and loved. Some of them don’t have covers yet, but all are on goodreads, and most areContinue reading “15 books I want to read in ’15”
My favourite books of 2014
In 2014, I’ve read 140 books (so far!). Yeah, I know. I may have a problem. I promise I did other stuff too – I wrote two novels, graduated, got a new dog….anyway. Many of the books I read were wonderful, but here are my absolute faves, the ones you should really try and read.Continue reading “My favourite books of 2014”
Tumblr tag archive – The Next Together (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 | Another Together | Another Beginning | The Loneliest Girl in the Universe | The Quiet at the End of the World | Book 5 (ghost house) | Book 6 (loneliest 2)Continue reading “Tumblr tag archive – The Next Together (part 2)”
I got a book deal
[This post is imported from my old Livejournal account, where I blogged from 2007-2015.] So I keep meaning to write this entry, but I wanted to wait until it had sunk in a little more than just miscellaneous squealing, and somehow that delay turned into a month and I still haven’t even told you whatContinue reading “I got a book deal”
I got an agent
[This post is imported from my old Livejournal account, where I blogged from 2007-2015.] So in November 2010, I decided to do Nanowrimo!! It’s a great way to force yourself to do Writing without getting selfconscious about it, because there’s barely any time to reread it, let alone doubt its quality. So yeah I failed (IContinue reading “I got an agent”
We’re submitting my book to publishers
[This post is imported from my old Livejournal account, where I blogged from 2007-2015.] Why, hello, yes i AM still alive and well and able to type out blog entries in my spare time, so it’s a mystery why i haven’t updated in so long. Wait, no it’s not. I don’t have any spare timeContinue reading “We’re submitting my book to publishers”
Tumblr tag archive – The Loneliest Girl in the Universe (Part 1)
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 (part 1) | The Loneliest GirlContinue reading “Tumblr tag archive – The Loneliest Girl in the Universe (Part 1)”
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