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      Guess what, guys! I'm NOT dead!!!! *cheers*        Seriously, though. I know it hasn't been long, but it feels long, or maybe this week just feels long to me. So much is going on this week, my days basically are going in the same order though, so I've established a routine, BUT tomorrow is my last Writing is Life creative writing workshop class (I plan on doing a whole post about that soon), and that is going to mess me all up. *dies* I'm so tired y'all, I'm having a lot of fun, but it's exhausting.         Anyways, I've been tagged once again! This time by the lovely Jane Maree , (check her out, she's awesome, and her stories are HILARIOUS).         Okay, so here we go!      1. What draws you to YA?          Honestly, I like writing juvenile better than YA, but that's just beca...

              Most of you here know about the Rebellious Writing movement a couple of other amazing bloggers and I have started. I am here to tell you about something super exciting… we're going to have an official Rebellious Writing website! For too long we as readers, writers, seekers, and followers of the light have been quite, passive, and submissive when it comes to books and the content in them.       And it's time to stop that.       It's time to stand up, and say “no”.      We will not write their agendas.      We will not honor their sins.      We will not be vile.      We will not conform.      We. Will. Not.      A rebellion has been simmering here for the past few weeks… Now it's time to ignite it. To stand up. To fight. 》》》 ...

     I'm doing it, I'm finally sitting down to write this post! This month has been busy, especially this week, and next week promises to be even more busy. *collapses* I would take a nap or at least try, but right now the house is filled with the sounds of kids screaming and the awful sound of pool noodles hitting bare skin, which always makes me flinch. In other words, my little brother's friend is hanging out here today, and my room has nerf bullets all over the floor because I guess they came in here earlier to play, that or the baby has been leaving me them as presents... *sighs*       I might not even blog next week, so if I disappear, sorry! I'll try...but...        Oh, and this one is about as Blimey Cow calls it "the do" in YA, so if that's a subject you'd rather not get into, I would recommend checking out a guest post I did over at Mary Kate's about Self-publishing , instead. It was a lot o...

           This is still a Rebellious Writing post... How? Well, I am recommending fabulous clean books, which means you'll spend more time reading these than accidently reading books full of vile smut, which means the market might just see a increase in good books being bought and or read, which means writers might get a clue and write clean books. See? I'm still fighting!!!!!! Anyways...      The Summer TBR Lists are currently trending on blogger, and I would join in... if I actually had a list... I'm more of a happy-go-lucky reader, if the blurb is good and the book cover is eye-catching I most likely will toss it into my book bag! So I decided I would do something a little different, I will be recommending books that I love. All of these are clean and wonderful, some of them were my childhood favorites that I still adore. It doesn't really matter how old you are, I think anyone can enjoy these great books!   ...

      I'm sorry I didn't post yesterday like I had said. The internet service decided to take the day off.       Welp, anyway, y'all have voted, and drugs it is. But don't worry everyone else, I will cover the other issues in the near future.       Drugs. It's such a touchy topic in YA, unfortunately, many authors don't seem to realize that. Maybe it's just me, but I get really mad when I read a book that glorifies or doesn't call drugs out for what they are. But I've seen lives torn apart by this, and I hate it when I read a book where the author praises this lifestyle.      Teens just a few years older than me go to juvie, their futures ruined.      CPS takes children away from parents, because the parents loved drugs more than their flesh and blood.      Girls go into prostitution because they got hooked.      People liter...

        Tiny warning before we start; this is a blog meant primarily for teens and up (not saying you have to be a teen to read this, all ages are most certainly welcome, but sometimes I will address more PG13 issues). This post is addressing a more teenage issue, and although I tried to keep it perfectly clean, I would not recommend reading it if you are younger than twelve without first checking with a parent, since I don't want anyone mad at me and I don't want to put any of y'all sweet people at risk. Thank you!       I had already written today's post, but I changed my mind. I was going to write about how swearing was bad, and that it can be avoided completely, when I realized something, not everyone is like me, and I'm not like everyone. I mean, I knew that , but today I was just re-reminded, call it a God thing if you wish.         What made me realize this was something one o...