Articles

Every week we try to write one or two original articles, where one of us discusses some aspect of the publishing, writing, and YA world. Topics range from griping about genre segregation in bookstores to existential realizations, so really nothing’s off the table. Above all, we try to have fun, and we welcome discussion.

Banned Books Week
Banned Book: The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian
Banned Book: The Giver
Banned Books: Recommended Reading
Congratulations! Your Book Just Got Banned
The Danger of Banning Books

Halloween 2011 & The Monster Off
Lucy’s Spooky Reads
The Monster Off: Cosmic Horror
The Monster Off: Vampires
The Monster Off: Witches
The Monster Off: Zombies

All Articles
#YASaves
Adapting Your YA Book Into a Movie
Around RainTown: April 2011
Author Event: Holly Black (White Cat) and Cassandra Clare (City of Bones)
Author Event: Jen Violi (Putting Makeup on Dead People)
Author Event: Marissa Meyer and Megan Miranda
Author Event: Smart Girls Kick It Tour
Author Event: Suzanne Young (A Need So Beautiful)
Bookstores: Don’t Antagonize Your Customers
Banned Book: The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian
Banned Book: The Giver
Banned Books: Recommended Reading
Battle Royale: Team Dystopia v. Team Paranormal Romance
Congratulations! Your Book Just Got Banned
Cover Love
The Danger of Banning Books
Diana Wynne Jones: You Will Be Missed
Don’t Forget Middle Grade
Embracing Genre
Favorite YA BFFs
Fear of Falling
Free Books, Oh My!
Guilty Pleasure: Twilight
Head to Head: Pretty Little Liars
Hello, 2012!
I Just Finished Nanowrimo! Now What?
Impossible Perfection
Introducing: Nathan
Introducing: Stefani
KidLitCon 2011
The Lighter Side of YA
Love Triangles
Lucy’s Spooky Reads
Midnight Release: The Deadly Hallows, Part 2
The Monster Off: Cosmic Horror
The Monster Off: Vampires
The Monster Off: Witches
The Monster Off: Zombies
Newspapers in an Uproar
Reading List: Winter 2011
Reading List: Spring Break 2011
Reading List: Steph’s Top Picks of 2011 (So Far)
Segregation or Simplicity?
Showing Spartacus Some Love
Spartacus On Tour!
Steampunk: It’s Only Just Begun
This Just In: Two New RainTown Titles
This Just In: Spartacus’ Illustrator, Revealed
Tour de Nerdfighting PDX (video)
Trope Alert: Schools for Gifted Children
Trying New Things
YA Heroines