Author: Barry Lyga

Sometimes people ask about creating and describing characters. Since characters are one of the essential building blocks of fiction, I figured I’d take a couple of blog entries to talk about this. First of all, there is,...

Two quick questions this week from my e-mail inbox… (And hey, people — it’s totally cool to post questions in the comments for everyone to see!) Do you have any advice on transitions between scenes in a story....

I almost didn’t even write anything this week… I found a terrific post on the subject of query letters on kidlit.com. I encourage you all to read it: It lives right here. And then, as if that weren’t enough, I also...