I’ve seen a lot of great stock, renders and book cover design resources with POC (people of color) protagonists, but premade covers with these models aren’t popular. I started designing some mockups for book cover tutorials, thinking of giving them ...

Born and raised in Plymouth, Minnesota, Becca Cooper is a skilled ballet dancer who struggles with a secret that could shatter her life. Plagued by debilitating visions of a ballerina named Cassandra, the seventeen-year-old begins to discover her truth in ...

I saw this thread on Reddit asking about Sarah J Maas and cancel culture and wanted to share some quick thoughts here. The question, basically, was “why is SJM so controversial as a fantasy, young adult author… what did she ...

THE TRACKER’S MATE I’m a kick-butt tracker. The best in the business. Dead or alive, I find them. No one can hide from me, including people’s predestined mates. I can hook couples up better than Tinder. It’s my specialty. A ...

Chatting with Marie Navarro Interviewer – How do you select the names of your characters? Marie – Different ways. I come across names I like and keep a list. For example, Lily’s last name, Kingman, came from a place in ...

Hi there – this is Drake Mason aka D.S. Murphy. I write YA scifi and fantasy, and founded theyashelf.com when I started publishing my first fiction; just after I set up the alliance of young adult authors. I have a ...

Participating in the YASH scavenger hunt? You’re in the right place. My name is Derek Murphy, and I’m hosting Pintip Dunn. Both of us write, among other things, YA dystopian novels, though we both have covers with angel wings on them. ...

The *final* “YASH” young adult scavenger hunt begins soon! Check out the dates below for our FALL 2020 Hunt. Sept 29, noon PST: The hunt begins! Oct 4, noon PST: The Hunt ends—winners selected. Oct 6: Winners Announced! How to ...

Shifters, witches, fae, dragons… What’s hotter than a good supernatural YA or NA story? Um, nothing! We have done the legwork for you and curated some of the best supernatural urban fantasy books to read in 2020! Rise of the ...

Super-celeb Taylor has a lot in common with mermaid literature. What follows is an in-depth argument that Taylor swift is a mermaid, and not even trying to hide it. This picture, which she tweeted to Selena Gomez on her birthday, ...