It's already time for our next StoryClub author Q&A! Join us Thursday, June 18, at 7 p.m. MDT for a Q&A session with Jolie Taylor, author of THE TOTALLY NOT BORING BOOK OF FEELINGS. Tune in to learn about Jolie's work as an author of children's books. You can learn more about her and her books on her website here: https://www.endlessfairytales.com/ Also, all past author Q&A sessions are recorded under the classroom tab here on StoryClub. If you missed Aaron H. Hall's or Allison Anderson's, be sure to check them out!

Get excited for our next author Q&A: Thursday, June 4, 7–8 p.m. MDT with Allison Anderson! Allison is the author of several YA fantasy and romance book series, including THE CARTOGRAPHER'S WAR and THE CHILDREN OF ASH. You can learn more about her and her amazing writing here. Join us in June to hear Allison's expert advice on writing fantasy! 🐉✨

Okay I’m a big nerd and find quotes really inspiring and helpful. So if this is for you too, awesome. If not, skip 😅 “This is a game of tenacity that can’t break you if you don’t give up.” -Jennifer Nielsen

Anyone else like me and think better without the constraints of a keyboard? I swear every time I'm stuck (in writing or in edits), I have to switch to writing on paper in order to get my ideas flowing again. There's something about the way the pen moves across the paper (and the way I can cross things out, write alternate phrases above or below a line, or draw arrows to connect ideas) that agrees with the way my brain works. Big respect to the keyboard warriors out there because it saves so much glorious time. Wish I was like you! But I wrote the entire first draft of my current WIP by hand (filled three or four notebooks) and then had to type the entire thing into a document afterwards. Maybe I was born for another era ☠️

Hey all! Happy to be here and to introduce myself. I've been zeroed in on a writing career for the past 13 years, learning my craft and creating a hoard of pre-published (read pre-famous) manuscripts. I write Kidlit, mainly Picture Books, but I have recently published my debut Middle Grade fantasy adventure novel, MAGIC MURAL! I write as JC Youngstrom and am getting into the nitty gritties of illustrating a picture book so I can get more of my work out into the world. I'm learning so much, which is why I write. Thanks for being here! Anyone else out there a Kidlit author?