Terrific Teen Tuesday – Bully and the Bad Bad Words

Maybe you’ve all heard that a teenage Katy Butler is behind the changes in the rating for the documentary BULLY which opened in theaters recently. Originally rated R (for profanity) with a small tweak from the film-maker the film has scored a PG13 rating. What Katy and her supporters hope this means is that teenagers … More Terrific Teen Tuesday – Bully and the Bad Bad Words

A Modest Proposal to Solve the YA Hero/Heroine Naming Crisis and GIVEAWAY

Don’t get me wrong. The books I refer to below are all great reads. But what the hell is going on with names in YA these days? I’m pretty sure it started in earnest with The Hunger Games – Katniss? Really? Gale (for a boy) and Peeta? Still, there’s something so sincerely whackadoodle about the … More A Modest Proposal to Solve the YA Hero/Heroine Naming Crisis and GIVEAWAY

WHY WHY EH?

So, okay, that’s Canadian speak for “Why YA”? As some readers may have heard, YA (young adult literature) is a total THING now. Agents are clamoring for it, publishers are knocking each other unconscious for hot properties. It’s a scary scene. So, right now maybe you’re asking yourself what the hell has happened to teenagers … More WHY WHY EH?