Tag: ya fiction

What Makes a Book YA?

There’s often a debate around some books and whether or not they are classed as Young Adult. So what makes a book YA?

My Top 10 LBGT+ Books

To celebrate Pride month, my I recommend to you some of my favourite LBGT+ books? Yes. I may.

Themes I Want to Read More About in YA

With the explosion of YA fiction taking place in my 20s, my teen years missed the boat on so many books that would have helped me through those tricky years. But even now there are themes I want to see explored more in YA.

Inventive Book Titles

I always struggle naming my books and I’m jealous of authors who come up with amazing titles. So I wanted to look at some of these amazing titles for inspiration.

Books I Want to Give to My Teenage-self

Growing up in a time when YA fiction wasn’t as prevalent as it is now, if I had a time machine there are so many YA books I would send back in time for my teenage-self.

Too Much Plot, Not Enough Character

Stories should be about character. Everything that happens in a book should be centred around them. Plot should not be in the driving seat taking your readers for a ride – your characters should be.

Creating a Villain for the Twenty-first Century

We’re breaking away from villain stereotypes. They are no longer people who have been created as evil incarnations. Now writers are no longer fearful of showing the visible villains that protagonists are fighting against.

Reordering My Bookshelves

I’ve always struggled to find a way of ordering my bookshelves that suits me, but now I think I might have found my own dewey decimal system.