Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury

Goodread’s synopsis: “Guy Montag is a fireman. His job is to burn books, which are forbidden, being the source of all discord and unhappiness. Even so, Montag is unhappy; there is discord in his marriage. Are books hidden in his house? The Mechanical Hound...

Return to editing YA Ink- Pacing a Novel

Pacing can be an extremely important part of writing your novel when it comes to keeping readers. If you look at book reviews one of the most common complaints is that a book is slow. You have to keep in mind that you are always trying to create a crescendo when...

Self-Publishing: Marketing

Marketing! It just sounds so…boring. But using social media it can be really fun! Using Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and YouTube you can market for your novel without having to spend any money. And, let’s face it, free marketing is the best kind of marketing. So...

Teen Author- Essence Year Anniversary

Mandi Lynn is the young adult author of her debut novel, Essence. Beginning to write the story when she was only thirteen years old, after three and a half years of hard work, Essence was published and in print. To graduate in 2014, meanwhile Mandi goes to a...

YA Ink- What a Published Novel Look Like

Oh, there are so many different ways to format the inside of your novel! My advice is see what works for other books and tweak things from there. Make it work for you! Or if you have a publisher, then let do the work because odds are, you won’t have any say...