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Author: Rachel
Welcome to the web home of Rachel Heston Davis--young adult lit writer, newspaper stringer, and associate editor at Written World Communications. Please, make yourself at home. :)
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One Step At A Time
Working to become an author is no easy challenge, and discouragement looms ever on the horizon. There's so much to remember and do. You pour your heart, soul and energy into the book until you think there's nothing left to give. Then you discover the world of querying, just as complex and trial/error as the writing process. You know that the actual publication and marketing will probably kick...
Dark Conflict in YA Books
I've noticed a trend in young adult literature that I don't remember being the case when I was a teen. While browsing popular YA fiction web sites, I keep running across books about the darker "hot topics" of today's culture--teen molestation by older men, self-mutilation, suicide, etc. Is it just me, or were YA books a bit less grim ten years ago? (And yes, it has been ten years since I was in...
Life Imitates Art
This is too weird. I just read EON: DRAGONEYE REBORN by Alison Goodman about a girl posing as a boy to win a competition. Then today I stumbled on this Yahoo story. In Goodman's story, Eon and her master believe she can excel in the Dragoneye competition. But it's closed to girls, so they pass her off as a young boy. As they suspected, she wins the competition. Throughout the book, others...
Resuscitating dormant pieces of the soul
Last night and today I worked on the script for my graphic novel ON CAMPUS. I'd forgotten how much I love writing and drawing graphic stories. Every time I work on it, it's like a little piece of my soul comes out of hibernation, and I feel complete. I gave up cartooning in college because I was so busy. As a post-grad aspiring to be an author, I worked mostly on my novel, since traditional...