Author's+Tips+and+Blogs

There are so many great young adult authors and many have wonderful information on their websites. Here are a few I follow regularly. If you have ones you would like to add, please let me know.

Writing tips
[|Meg Cabot] - author of __The Princss Diaries series,__ __Avalon High__ series and many more [|Ally Carter] - author of __The Gallagher Grils__ series Melissa de la cruz - author of __The Au Pairs__ series, __The Ashleys,__ as well as the vampire series __Blue Bloods__ [|Neil Gaiman] - author of __Coraline__ and many, many more [|Laurie Halsie on writing dialogue] - author of __Speak__ and many more wonderful YA books [|Stephen King] - author of numerous horror books [|Ellen Hopkins]- author of __Crank/Glass__ series [|Kate Messner] - author of __The Briiliant Fall of Ginna Z__, __Spitfire__, __Champlain and the Silent One__, and more [|Rick Riordan] - author of The Percy Jackson series [|Stephanie Tolen] - author of __Welcome to the Ark,__ __Surviving the Applewhites__ and more [|Barry Lyga] = = =BLOGGING= Blogs in Plain English

**Author's Blogs**

 * [|Lisa Rondinelli Albert]
 * [|Laurie Halse Anderson] (Mad Woman in the Forest)
 * [|Max Elliot Anderson] (Books for Boys)
 * [|Jeannine Atkins] (Views from a Window Seat)
 * [|Carol Baicker-McKee] (Doodles and Noodles)
 * [|Roberta Baird] (A Mouse in the House)
 * [|Nandini Bajpai] (Notes from New England)
 * [|Cyn Balog] (The B-log Blog)
 * [|Anjali Banerjee]
 * [|Jennifer Lynn Barnes]
 * [|Laura Barnholdt]
 * [|Chris Barton] (Bartography)
 * [|Fiona Bayrock] (Books and Rocks)
 * [|Emily Beeson] (Whimsy Books)
 * [|Jennifer Bertman] [|(From the Mixed-Up Files)]
 * [|Barbara Bietz]
 * [|Holly Black]
 * [|Robyn Hood Black]
 * [|Molly Blaisdell] (Seize the Day)
 * [|Judy Blume] (Judy’s Blog)
 * [|Gwenda Bond] (Shaken & Stirred)
 * [|Coe Booth] (just another bronx girl)
 * [|James Bow]
 * [|Julie Bowe]
 * [|Laura Bowers]
 * [|Robin Brande]
 * [|Liz Braswell] <span class="style_5">(Author Ramblings)
 * [|Libba Bray]
 * [|Heather Brewer]
 * [|Steve Brezenoff] <span class="style_5">(Exile in Goyville)
 * [|Erik Brooks] <span class="style_7">(E is for Erik)
 * [|Susan Taylor Brown] <span class="style_5">(Susan Writes)
 * [|Kym Brunner] <span class="style_6">(Kym's Quips)
 * [|Elizabeth Bunce] <span class="style_5">(Mirth & Matter)
 * [|Jessica Burkhart]
 * [|Loree Griffin Burns]
 * [|Meg Cabot] <span class="style_5">(Meg’s Diary)
 * [|Sarah C. Campbell>]
 * [|Ally Carter]
 * [|Nancy Castaldo] <span class="style_5">(Naturally Speaking)
 * [|Cecil Castellucci] <span class="style_5">(The Divine Miss Pixie Woods)
 * [|Gillian Chan] <span class="style_5">(Inkblogs)
 * [|Crissa Chappell] <span class="style_5">(total constant order)
 * [|Paula Chase] <span class="style_5">(Paula’s Jort Too)
 * [|Annie Choi] <span class="style_5">(Annietown)
 * [|Yat-Yee Chong]
 * [|Sherryl Clark] <span class="style_5">(Books and Writing)
 * [|Carolyn Digby Conahan]
 * [|Colleen Ryckert Cook]
 * [|Jill Corcoran]
 * [|Tina Nichols Coury] <span class="style_5">(Tales from the Rushmore Kid)
 * [|Shutta Crum]
 * [|Jim Danielson] <span class="style_5">(Haunts of a Children’s Writer)
 * [|Katie Davis] <span class="style_7">(Brain Burps)
 * [|Erin Dealey] <span class="style_7">(Write Now)
 * [|Stacy DeKeyser] <span class="style_5">(Reading, Writing, and Chocolate)
 * [|Alison Dellenbaugh]
 * [|Kristy Dempsey] <span class="style_5">(Reverie)
 * [|Sarah Dessen]
 * [|Jim Di Bartolo] <span class="style_6">(Jimbo Jabber)
 * [|Debbie Diesen] <span class="style_5">(Jumping the Candlestick)
 * [|Sarah Dillard] <span class="style_5">(My Little Place in the Woods)
 * [|Juliette Dominguez] <span class="style_5">(Follow Your Bliss)
 * <span class="style_5">Sharon Draper
 * [|Kathleen Duey] <span class="style_5">(writerwriterwriter)
 * [|Elizabeth O. Dulemba]
 * [|Sarah Beth Durst]
 * [|Lindsay Eland]
 * [|Najoud Ensaff] <span class="style_5">(Jude’s Writing Corner)
 * [|Jill Esbaum] <span class="style_5">(Down a Dusty Gravel Road…)
 * [|Donna Farrell] <span class="style_6">(Donna Doodles)
 * [|Cindy Faughnan] <span class="style_5">(Reading, Writing, etc.)
 * [|Jody Feldman]
 * [|Brenda Ferber] <span class="style_5">(Fresh Baked Bits)
 * [|Tina Ferraro] <span class="style_5">(YA Fresh)
 * [|Kelly Fineman] <span class="style_5">(Writing and Ruminating)
 * [|Margot Finke]
 * [|Greg R. Fishbone]
 * [|Lizann Flatt] <span class="style_6">(Flatt Perspective)
 * [|Christine Fletcher] <span class="style_5">(piccalilli)
 * [|Douglas Florian] <span class="style_5">(Florian Cafe)
 * [|Barragan Forshay] <span class="style_6">(LoveBiscuits)
 * [|Allison Fraclose] <span class="style_5">(The Unnamed Forest)
 * [|Roz Fulcher] <span class="style_6">(Rozzie Land)
 * [|Alma Fullerton] <span class="style_5">(Procrastination Purposes)
 * [|Neil Gaiman]
 * [|Liz Gallagher]
 * [|Debra Garfinkle]
 * [|Terie Garrison]
 * [|Jeannine Garsee] <span class="style_5">(Elusive Sanity)
 * [|Gail Gauthier] <span class="style_5">(Original Content)
 * [|Alissa Imre Geis] <span class="style_7">(Red Clogs Studio)
 * [|Linda Gerber]
 * [|Gail Giles] <span class="style_5">(The YA Novel and Me)
 * [|Stacey Goldblatt]
 * [|Julia Golding]
 * [|Rebecca Gomez]
 * [|Susan Gray] <span class="style_5">(GottaWriteGirl)
 * [|John Green]
 * [|Kimberly Griffiths] <span class="style_5">(Kimberley’s Wanderings)
 * [|Lorie Ann Grover] <span class="style_6">(On Point)
 * [|Annette Gulati] <span class="style_5">(The Writing Wild Life)
 * [|Kelly Milner Halls]<span class="style_4"> ( <span class="style_5">Wonders of Weird)
 * [|Jenny Han]
 * [|Brent Hartinger] <span class="style_5">(Voices In My Head)
 * [|Lynn E. Hazen] <span class="style_5">(The Imaginary Blog)
 * [|Justina Chen Headley] <span class="style_5">(Wordlings)
 * [|Bethany Hegedus] <span class="style_5">(And Then)
 * [|Christine Henderson]
 * [|Claire Henessy] <span class="style_5">(I Like Tea)
 * [|April Henry] <span class="style_5">(So many books, so little time)
 * [|Linda Oatman High] <span class="style_5">(Toilet Shoes In Paradise)
 * [|Dayna Hilton]
 * [|Jannie Ho] <span class="style_6">(Chickengirl Design)
 * [|Kristi Holl] <span class="style_5">(Writer’s First Aid)
 * [|Matthew Holm]
 * [|Sara Lewis Holmes] <span class="style_5">(Read Write Believe)
 * [|P.J. Hoover]
 * [|Joyce Moyer Hostetter]
 * [|Jennifer Hubbard]
 * [|A.M. Jenkin]
 * [|Kathleen Jeffrie Johnson] <span class="style_5">(The Fusty Blob)
 * [|Maureen Johnson]
 * [|Varian Johnson]
 * [|Carrie Jones]
 * [|Liz Jones]
 * [|Kim Kasch]
 * [|Amanda Kavanagh]
 * [|Verla Kay]
 * [|Paige Keiser] <span class="style_6">(Fox in Socks)
 * [|J. Aday Kennedy]
 * [|Jo Knowles]
 * [|Michelle Knudsen]
 * [|Elizabeth Koehler-Pentacoff]
 * [|Jennifer E. Kramer] <span class="style_5">(Kramer Chronicles)
 * [|Uma Krishnaswami] <span class="style_5">(Writing with a Broken Tusk)
 * [|Jarett Krosoczka]
 * [|Margo Lanagan]<span class="style_6"> (Among Amid While)
 * [|Leo Landry] <span class="style_5">(Leoland)
 * [|Justine Larbalestier]
 * [|Julie Larios] <span class="style_5">(The Drift Record)
 * [|Kirby Larson] <span class="style_5">(Kirby’s Lane)
 * [|Irene Latham] <span class="style_5">(Word Lovers Unite!)
 * [|Sara Latta] <span class="style_5">(I’ve Got Blisters on My Fingers!)
 * [|Tara Lazar] <span class="style_5">(Writing for Children While Raising Them)
 * [|Lindsey Leavitt] <span class="style_5">(I blog, therefore I am)
 * [|Elizabeth Lenhard] <span class="style_5">(a chick with sticks)
 * [|Christy Lenzi]<span class="style_6"> (Positively Everything)
 * [|Julius Lester] <span class="style_5">(A Commonplace Book)
 * [|Becky Levine]
 * [|Anna M. Lewis] <span class="style_6">(Got Art)
 * [|Sara Darer Littman] <span class="style_5">(It’s My Life and I’ll Blog if I Want To!)
 * <span class="style_3">[|Cynthea Liu] <span class="style_9">[|(It’s a Spin Thing)]
 * [|E. Lockhart]
 * [|Anita Loughrey]
 * [|Lois Lowry]
 * [|David Lubar] <span class="style_5">(Gadfly in the Ointment)
 * [|Deb Lund]
 * [|April Lurie] <span class="style_5">(April Afloat)
 * [|Cynthia Lord]
 * [|Shari Lyle-Soffe]
 * [|Kerry Madden] <span class="style_5">(Knoxville Girl)
 * [|L.K. Madigan] <span class="style_5">(Drenched in Words)
 * [|iandra Mae] <span class="style_6">(Taking Flight)
 * [|Christine Marciniak] <span class="style_6">(Simple and the Ordinary )
 * [|Melissa Marr]
 * [|Deb Marshall] <span class="style_5">(Breathings)
 * [|Amy McAuley]
 * [|Robert McCarty] <span class="style_11">(Barking Planet)
 * [|Mac McCool]
 * [|Anik McGrory] <span class="style_6">(Anik’s Sketch-A-Day)
 * [|Kate Messner] <span class="style_5">(Kate’s Book Blog)
 * [|Debbi Michiko] <span class="style_5">(One Writer’s Journey)
 * [|Lisa J. Michaels] <span class="style_5">(Whimsical Scribbles )
 * [|Sarah Miller] <span class="style_5">(Reading, Writing, Musing)
 * [|Susan Mitchell] <span class="style_5">(It’s a Whimsical Life)
 * [|Amy Cullings Moreno] <span class="style_5">(Cachibachis)
 * [|Jackie Morris]
 * [|Lisa Mullarkey]
 * [|Elise Murphy]
 * [|Sally Murphy]
 * [|Terri Murphy] <span class="style_6">(Mermaid Waves)
 * [|Elena Nazzaro] <span class="style_6">(French Toast Girl)
 * [|Barbara Johansen Newman] <span class="style_5">(Cats and Jammers Studio)
 * [|Jeff Newman]
 * [|John Nez]
 * [|Marc Tyler Nobleman]
 * [|Kim Norman] <span class="style_5">(Stone Stoop)
 * [|Christine Norris]
 * [|Lisa Nowak] <span class="style_6">(The Tao of Webfoot)
 * [|Stacy Nyikos] <span class="style_6">(Out There)
 * [|Barbara O’Connor] <span class="style_5">(Greetings from Nowhere)
 * [|Wendie Old] <span class="style_5">(Wendie’s Wanderings)
 * [|Julie Olson]
 * [|Tabitha Olson] <span class="style_5">(Writer Musings)
 * [|Cynthia Jaynes Omololu] <span class="style_5">(CynJay)
 * [|L.L. Owens]
 * [|Anna Marie Pace]
 * [|Robin Palmer] <span class="style_5">(Keep Your Glass Slipper)
 * [|Linda Sue Park] <span class="style_5">(What I’m Reading)
 * [|Kelly Parra] <span class="style_5">(YA Fresh)
 * [|Keely Parrack]<span class="style_5"> (fragments)
 * [|Darcy Pattison] <span class="style_5">(Revision Notes)
 * [|Mary E. Pearson]
 * [|Marlene Perez]
 * [|Mitali Perkins] <span class="style_5">(Mitali’s Fire Escape)
 * [|Erica Perl] <span class="style_6">(Chicken Feed)
 * [|Paurla Pertile]<span class="style_6"> (Drawing a Fine Line)
 * [|Susan Beth Pfeffer] <span class="style_5">(Meteors, Moons, and Me)
 * [|Matt Phelan] <span class="style_6">(Planet Ham)
 * [|Terry Pierce]
 * [|Gregory K. Pincus] <span class="style_5">(GottaBook)
 * [|Courtney Pippen-Mathur] <span class="style_6">(5 Elephants Studio)
 * [|L.K. Pluta] <span class="style_5">(Birdy Words)
 * [|James Preller]
 * [|Julie M. Prince] <span class="style_5">(Off to Turn Another Page)
 * [|Cheryl Rainfield]
 * [|Janette Rallison]
 * [|Candice Ransom] <span class="style_5">(Ellsworth’s Journal)
 * [|Jama Rattigan] <span class="style_5">(Alphabet Soup)
 * [|Cynthia Reeg]
 * [|Michelle Regenold]
 * [|Kristopher Reisz>]
 * [|Jean Reidy] <span class="style_5">(A Totally Random Romp)
 * [|Richard Rene]<span class="style_5"> (Mysterion)
 * [|Chris Rettstatt]
 * [|Adam Rex]
 * [|Sam Riddleburger]
 * [|Rick Riordan] <span class="style_5">(Myth & Mystery)
 * [|Cylin Busby Ross] <span class="style_5">(cbr’s journal)
 * [|Pamela Ross] <span class="style_5">(Tramps Like Us…)
 * [|Amie Rose Rotruck] <span class="style_5">(Revise, Rewrite, Review, Reword... )
 * [|Stephanie Ruble]
 * [|Candace Ryan] <span class="style_6">(Book, Booker, Bookest)
 * [|Sara Ryan]
 * [|Katia Novet Saint-Lot] <span class="style_5">(Scribbly Katia)
 * [|Laura Salas]
 * [|Barney Saltzberg]
 * [|Nancy Sanders] <span class="style_5">(Blogzone)
 * [|Tammi Sauer]
 * [|April Pulley Sayre] <span class="style_5">(Blog Blab)
 * [|Liz Scanlon] <span class="style_5">(Liz In Ink)
 * [|Paul Schmid]
 * [|Lisa Schroeder] <span class="style_5">(Lisa’s Little Corner)
 * [|Corey Schwartz] <span class="style_5">(Thing 1 and Thing 2)
 * [|Andrea Seigel] <span class="style_5">(This Afternoon in Drama)
 * [|Adam Selzer]
 * [|Barbara Shoup]
 * [|Alan Silberberg] <span class="style_5">(Adventures in Pond Scum)
 * [|Janni Lee Simner] <span class="style_6">(Desert Dispatches)
 * [|Linda Joy Singleton] <span class="style_5">(Strange Author Encounters)
 * [|Arthur Slade] <span class="style_5">(Writing for Young Adults)
 * [|ran Cannon Slayton]
 * [|Cynthia Leitich Smith] <span class="style_5">(spookycyn)
 * [|Greg L. Smith]
 * [|Lori Joy Smith]
 * [|Sherwood Smith] <span class="style_5">(Oached Pish)
 * [|Laurel Snyder]
 * [|Christy Stallop]
 * [|Jolie Stekly] <span class="style_5">(Cuppa Jolie)
 * [|Laurie Stolarz]
 * [|Tanya Lee Stone]
 * [|Nicole Tadgell] <span class="style_6">(Studio NT)
 * [|Rebecca Talley]
 * [|Don Tate] <span class="style_5">(Devas T. Rants and Raves)
 * [|Matt Tavares]
 * [|Laini Taylor] <span class="style_5">(Grow Wings)
 * [|Jaime Temairik] <span class="style_5">(Cocoa Stomp)
 * [|Elliah Terry] <span class="style_5">(Funny Poetry Girl)
 * [|Jennifer Thermes] <span class="style_5">(Art, Words, Life)
 * [|Michele M. Thornton]
 * [|Jo Treggiari]<span class="style_4"> ( <span class="style_5">Feltus Ovalton)
 * [|Hannah Trierweiler]
 * [|Greg Trine] <span class="style_5">(Melvin Beederman Superhero)
 * [|Pamela S. Turner]
 * [|Linda Urban] <span class="style_5">(Crooked Perfect)
 * [|Susan Vanhecke]
 * [|Shawn Wallace] <span class="style_6">(Doodle Thoughts)
 * [|Gabrielle Wang] <span class="style_6">(A Passing Whisper)
 * [|Sasha Watson]
 * [|Elizabeth E. Wein]
 * [|Mindy Alyse Weiss]
 * [|Monica Wellington]
 * [|Scott Westerfeld] <span class="style_5">(westerblog)
 * [|Sue Whiting]
 * [|Jo Whittemore] <span class="style_5">(Jo’s Journal)
 * [|Tamra Wight] <span class="style_5">(Random Writing)
 * [|Deborah Wiles] <span class="style_5">(One Pomegranate)
 * [|Melissa Wiley] <span class="style_5">(Here in the Bonny Glen)
 * [|Mo Willems]
 * [|Gil Maki Wilson] <span class="style_6">(Through the Studio Door)
 * [|Karma Wilson] <span class="style_5">(Good Karma)
 * [|Kim Winters] <span class="style_5">(Kat’s Eye)
 * [|Maggie L. Wood>]
 * [|Melissa Wyatt] (And if I come to the ledges)
 * [|Lisa Yee]
 * [|Jane Yolen] <span class="style_5">(Telling the True)
 * [|Suzanne Young]
 * [|Sara Zarr]
 * [|Lara M. Zeises] <span class="style_5">(girl uninterrupted)
 * [|Tracie Zimmer]

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