Our weekly roundup of links we hope you’ll find interesting and useful.

• YA writers, check out the ALAN (Assembly on Literature for Adolescents) website and the online archive of the ALAN Review. Start with Stephen Roxburgh’s excellent 2005 keynote speech on the YA novel as art and literature, and noted YA author Laurie Halse Anderson on loving YA readers.
• And don’t stop there! Head over to Publisher’s Weekly to find out what teens want.
• Christian faith-based writers will find this interview with agent Rachelle Gardner of interest.
• Advice on creating a sustainable writing life from writer Jeff VanderMeer and publicist Matt Staggs (including this great resource book list).
• Richard Nash talks about the emerging business realities of digital publishing…
• …while Praveen Madan and Christin Evans propose the reinvention of independent bookstores.
• Agent Nathan Bransford urges writers to write novels, not themes. So do we!

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Have a great weekend. Write something wonderful!

Posted by: Kelley