Colleen has an MFA from the North East Ohio Consortium at Youngstown State University and now teaches there. YSU specializes in Young Adult, Middle Grade, and Children's literature and hosts the largest annual Young Adult English Festival in the nation. The English program is led by Gary Salvner (the current holder of the Ted Hipple ALAN Award). She studied fiction writing under Nebula-award nominee Christopher Barzak and women's fiction goddess Varley O'Connor. While she primarily writes contemporary YA, she is familiar with and has studied Historical Fiction, Gay/Lesbian Fiction, Science Fiction, Paranormal, and Genre-bending/blending fiction. Whether it is set in a suburb, an enchanted forest, or on the moon, a good story is a simply good story. Colleen can offer a quality, insightful critique on someone's opening manuscript pages and after writing a few query letters herself, she knows a thing or two about how to write one as well as what NOT to write.
This is a great resource for those of us jumping into the industry! Thanks for the opportunity.
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Christine x
Rainy Day Reads
www.rainydayreads.com
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Thanks for the giveaway offer. So nice to find your blog.
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