Welcome to YA Books Central's " Indie Superstars" column . This monthly event will spot light the best and brightest of the indie community. You don’t want to miss out on these talented authors     This week we’re interviewing Ednah Walters, USA Today best selling author of the Runes Series...

Back in 2011 when I first started drafting  Skid , it never occurred to me that my main character Gabrielle would be considered unusual. All I remember from that the time was wanting to tell a story that combined some of my favorite elements—romance and ghost stories and murder mysteries and...

Hey everyone! Welcome to YABC's  Favorite Covers of the Month  poll and giveaway!!   Each month we will be featuring the covers from all the new releases for the current month and will be offering a giveaway from our prize shelf! Everyone who participates in the poll can enter the giveaway....

  Behind the Scenes of Indie Publishing: Sparking Your Story In my teens whenever I read a truly great book I would sit back and wonder how on Earth the author thought up such an amazing story. Since becoming an author, many of my ideas emerge when I’m dreaming or in...

Welcome to YA Books Central's " Indie Superstars" column . This monthly event will spot light the best and brightest of the indie  community. You don’t want to miss out on these  talented authors   This week, we’re interviewing USA Today best selling authors and co-writers, Jaymin Eve and Leia Stone...

Everything We Are by Anne-Marie McLemore     Spend enough time in the YA book world, and you’ll hear a writer—or several—speak with a stricken look about the stumbling process of writing a second book. Sometimes it happens on second published books. Sometimes it happens on second manuscripts, whether those books...

Welcome to YABC's behind the scenes look at the world of indie publishing. Independent publishing and self-publishing have had a bad rap in the past, but exciting things are happening within the industry and we're going to be talking about everything you never knew about indie publishing. In the past self-pubbing...

Hey everyone! Welcome to YABC's Favorite Covers of the Month poll and giveaway!! Each month we will be featuring the covers from all the new releases for the current month and will be offering a giveaway from our prize shelf! Everyone who participates in the poll can enter the giveaway. Check...

With school back in session, I am reminded of my time as a student in a small town. I wanted nothing more than to escape those classrooms and go on an adventure to a magical land! Reading was my escape, and so I want to recommend some great fantasy novels for...

On Finding My Place in Fantasy by Zoraida Córdova       “Write what you know” is one of the most overused and debatable pieces of writing advice out there. When you’re from a marginalized community this becomes increasingly hard for a few reasons. First, if you write about your own...