Tag: YA novels

Meeting the dogs within the story

Meeting the dogs within the story

I’ve been deep in edits with a shapeshifter story, but hadn’t realized how frequently I feature animals in my other stories until I attended the World of Pets Expo this weekend. Our guinea pig rescue group—yes, MGPR, a guinea pig rescue, as I had to confirm many times during my shift—sets up a booth alongside […]

Posted January 26, 2015 by Laurel Wanrow in Writing / 2 Comments
Thanksgiving = Chessiecon

Thanksgiving = Chessiecon

Over the weekend following Thanksgiving, the mid-Atlantic region is treated to Chessiecon, a science fiction/fantasy con presented by the Thanksgiving Science Fictions Society in Timonium, Maryland. Sessions on many aspects of SF/F are offered across as many as 12 rooms–art, music, gaming, dance, spiritual, videos, and literature. But best of all, one of my favorite […]

Posted November 29, 2014 by Laurel Wanrow in Conferences / 3 Comments

Six Sentence Sunday #15

Again this week I’m featuring my WIP, The Farm, for Six Sentence Sunday! Today my artist heroine Annmar meets another of Wellspring Collective’s farm workers—a girl who becomes her friend and confidant. Once more Annmar shook hands and probably said the usual niceties, but her mind jumped to the hue of Mary Clare’s emerald eyes, […]

Posted December 9, 2012 by Laurel Wanrow in Writing, YA Novels / 2 Comments
Six Sentence Sunday #14

Six Sentence Sunday #14

Thanks for stopping by for Six Sentence Sunday! Please join my heroine Annmar on her first look at one of her new fellow workers on Wellspring Farm, in my WIP The Farm. Rivka is one interesting fellow, in her city-reared opinion. Below Annmar’s window, Wellspring’s manager joined several farmworkers under the spreading tree. A tall […]

Posted December 2, 2012 by Laurel Wanrow in Writing, YA Novels / 2 Comments

Six Sentence Sunday #13

Another week of edits on my WIP The Farm: When the farm owner leads the new artist through the outbuildings on a tour, Daeryn drops what he’s doing and follows along to meet her, instantly raising the hackles of his co-workers. Jac flipped her hair over one shoulder. “Oh, please.  Just because you’re lead now, […]

Posted November 25, 2012 by Laurel Wanrow in Writing, YA Novels / 0 Comments

Six Sentence Sunday #12

In my WIP The Farm, a mystery pest is feeding on the fall crops that Daeryn and his team of nocturnal predators guard. They have run down one of the furry black animals, but lost it before getting a good look. They all shifted and Jac led them a couple of hundred feet around a […]

Posted November 18, 2012 by Laurel Wanrow in Writing, YA Novels / 0 Comments
Six Sentence Sunday – #10

Six Sentence Sunday – #10

I remembered! Though I hesitated over whether to title this one #9 or #10. 10 won out because I have posted ten excerpts. So here I am: I even signed up early–number 90, right after my friend Eliza Knight. Go see her six, too, and other sixers here: Click!. Or take your tweeting fingers to […]

Posted September 30, 2012 by Laurel Wanrow in Writing, YA Novels / 0 Comments
The National Book Festival 2012

The National Book Festival 2012

Well, I’ve forgotten my Six Sentence Sunday again this week, but attending the National Book Festival was an exciting alternative. If you hadn’t seen the advertising, the beautiful poster by Rafael Lopez is terrific. Wildlife reading! Yes! The theme graced the banners and backdrops and gazing at them was definitely a highlight of my day. […]

Six Sentence Sunday #8

Six Sentence Sunday #8

Thanks for visiting my Six Sentence Sunday post! In my YA fantasy romance Seaside Sorcery, the 16 year-old heroine Coral admits to the new boy in town that she duels illegally with the local group when her seafaring family puts to port. But how did she and her siblings learn to duel in this remote […]

Posted September 9, 2012 by Laurel Wanrow in Writing, YA Novels / 2 Comments