Writer, Writer, Pants on Fire welcomes Kurt Dinan, author of the YA novel, DON’T GET CAUGHT, which was recently nominated for YALSA’s Teen Top Ten. Kurt joins host Mindy McGinnis to talk about how querying is like taking a stick in the eye every day, and how writing short stories helped him be a better novelist. Also covered: how mashups not only help pitch a book, but can also help the author find a key to unlocking their project, as well as the specific struggles of writing humor, and every writer’s worst enemy – procrastination. Lastly, Mindy tries very hard to wheedle him into using social media more, and they talk about things you didn’t know were poisonous, as well as their porn names.
Links:
Kurt's Twitter
Kurt's Facebook
DON'T GET CAUGHT
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Tori Rigby: Red Flags For Agents
Geoffrey Girard: Learning Craft Through Short Stories
Kate Watson: Promoting A "Quiet" Book
Liz Coley: Being A Hybrid Author
Melanie Crowder: Upper Middle Grade Vs. Young Adult
Elsie Chapman: The Pain of Publishing
Gwenda Bond: Writing Mentors
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Tiffany Jackson: Setting Writing Goals
Jeff Zentner: Drawing Inspiration From Real Life
Madeleine Roux: Following Up A New York Times Bestselling Debut
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Jody Casella: The Benefits of SCBWI
Tara Dairman: Pros of Writing Contests
June Roundup & A Quick Copyright Lesson
Jessica Strawser: From Journalism to Fiction
Tiffany McDaniel: Surviving Eleven Years of Publishing Rejection
Kim Dinan: Writing Memoir
Michelle Gagnon: When Your Agent Is A Bad Fit
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