Guest Authors

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Our 2013 guest bloggers are listed below:

MARCH: P.J. Hoover, author of SOLSTICE

• Creating the Future: Keep It the Same
• Creating the Future World: Nothing is Perfect
• Creating the Underworld: Avoiding the Cliches
• Combining Two Worlds: Compare & Contrast

MAY: Leigh Ann Kopan, author of ONE

• Why Superheros are an Awesome Allegory for Teens
• My Speculative Fiction Swoons
• My Favorite Music for Speculative Fiction Writing
• Kid's Speculative Fiction

JUNE: Meredith McCardle, author of THE EIGHTH GUARDIAN

• 2 TV Shows You Should be Watching
• 3 Tips for Writing Better Action Scenes
• 4 Book Recommendations
• 5 Questions to ask before writing Time Travel

JULY: Myra McEntire, author of the Hourglass Series

• Craft Book Recs
• More Resources

JULY: Polly Holyoke, author of THE NEPTUNE PROJECT

• What's in a Name?
• World Building 101: Food
• World Building 101: Want a Second Moon?

AUGUST: Jessica Khoury, author of ORIGIN and VITRO

• Map Making Tutorials, Part 1
• Part 2
• Part 3
• Part 4
• Part 5

SEPTEMBER: Tamara Ireland Stone, author of TIME BETWEEN US

• Four Essential Writer Tools
• On Scrivener
• Using Evernote
• The Mobile Writer

OCTOBER: Colleen Houck, author of the Tiger's Curse Series

• Why YA is Better
• Top 12 Time Travel Movies
• Why SF Elements Make Everything Cooler

NOVEMBER: Jay Kristoff, author of STORMDANCER

• Jay Kristoff and the Dude
• On Rejection
• 5 Tips on Writing Outside of Your Gender

Throughout the years, we've been honored to have so many awesome guests here on the League! Here's a collection of the guest posts we've featured in the past.

• "The Anything-Goes Attitude of Post-Apoc" by Mindy McGinnis

• "Bloody Feathers and How to Tell a Complete Story" by Lauren DeStefano

• "What to Expect when You're Aspiring, and Why You Need a Dragon" by Lauren DeStefano

• "Post-Apocalyptic Jello and Caviar Delight" by Peggy Eddleman

• "World Building" by Lorin Oberweger

• "Alien Apocalypse" by Susanne Winnacker

• "Level Up" by Bethany Hagen

• "What's Left to Fight For?" by J.A. Souders

• "Dystopia vs. Utopia" by Susanne Winnacker

The following is a list of the authors we've interviewed here on the League. You'll find a wealth of information in their answers!

League Members Interviewing the League

• Elana Johnson on the release of Surrender

• Angie Smibert on the release of Memento Nora

• Lenore Appelhans on the release of Level 2

• Lissa Price on the release of Starters

• Beth Revis on the release of A Million Suns

• Gennifer Albin on the release of Crewel

• Elana Johnson on the release of Possession

• Beth Revis on the release of Shades of Earth

• Mike Mullin on the release of Ashen Winter

• Julia Karr on the release of Truth

• Jeff Hirsch on the release of The Eleventh Plague

• Julia Karr on the release of XVI

League Members Interviewing Other Authors and Publishing Professionals

• Gretch Hirsch, Associate Editor at Atheneum and McElderry

• Deborah Halverson, author of Writing Young Adult Fiction for Dummies

• Susanne Winnacker, author of Weepers

• Sara Grant, author of Dark Parties

• Andy Marino, author of Unison Spark

• Elizabeth Lindstrom, editor of Odyssey magazine

• Jim Gunn, director of the Center for the Study of Science Fiction at the University of Kansas and author of several nonfiction resource books on science fiction