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13 Going on 14

Lyn Hawks · January 4, 2023 · Leave a Comment

Picture of a typewriter with the Twitter handle @nervesofsteel. This is the cover page of a young adult novel by Lyn Fairchild Hawks. There is a phone and a stylus pen.

I feel like I'm 13 anytime a book of mine is coming out. @nervesofsteel is no different. (More about the book and its release April 2023, here.) But what I want to talk about now is why this book came to be. When you're 13 going on 14, a whole lot of things are going … [Read more...] about 13 Going on 14

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: @nervesofsteel, young adult literature

Is YA Literary? The Search for an Abundant Canon

Lyn Hawks · July 26, 2022 · Leave a Comment

So a thing happened, as folks today like to say, deliberately understating the bigness of said thing. And as part of my work these last two years at Vermont College Fine Arts' program in Writing for Children and Young Adults—besides writing one and a half young adult novels, … [Read more...] about Is YA Literary? The Search for an Abundant Canon

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: canon, high school, high school canon, literary, young adult, young adult literature

5 Questions to Ask Your Author Friend on Sub

Lyn Hawks · February 12, 2022 · Leave a Comment

"I'm about to go on sub," I used to say to friends. "What's that?" said my friends. "It means my agent is submitting my manuscript to editors." "Oh!" "Or you could say, my manuscript is on submission to editors." "Ah!" Pause. "So good luck! How long does … [Read more...] about 5 Questions to Ask Your Author Friend on Sub

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: author, editor, fiction, literary agent, manuscript, submission, young adult

Grammar PSA: The Hawks Nest

Lyn Hawks · December 11, 2020 · Leave a Comment

Poor apostrophes; they get abused all the time. I get so mad about it, I actually dreamed up a teen girl/grammar nerd who runs around town defacing poorly-punctuated campaign signs. (My deepest, darkest desire is to do what she does.) RJ Haynes will have none of misplaced … [Read more...] about Grammar PSA: The Hawks Nest

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Revision Is Like a Cat

Lyn Hawks · February 16, 2020 · Leave a Comment

I don't want you to stress about revision. I don't want you to because I already do, and it's way too much for anyone's good. You can come up with all the formulas and processes and formalities you like (and trust me, I've got a pile of Lyn's Rules for Revision, and … [Read more...] about Revision Is Like a Cat

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What It’s Like to Be On Sub

Lyn Hawks · August 10, 2019 · 2 Comments

People waiting by a sign

What's it like to have your manuscript on submission to publishers? How do you make it through the process? This is the third time I've been "on sub." No Small Thing is circulating to a select group of editors, thanks to the pitch work of Tara Gelsomino, my agent. I'm sharing … [Read more...] about What It’s Like to Be On Sub

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: agents, author life, authors, editors, on sub, publication, publishers, publishing, submission, writer's journey, writing truths

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