Fun!

For Readers….

• Book Club Kit for Daughters of a Dead Empire

• @Y.A.Hype: My writing group’s Instagram, chock full of YA love and stories!

• Book Riot: Great book reviews and fun book-related content

• Melanin in YA: Reviews, book lists, and more on YA books by Black authors

For Writers….

• Resources for Researching Literary Agents: A quick list of excellent resources to research agents; especially useful if you are considering an offer of representation. 

• Building Character & World: Useful resources for world-building and writing stronger characters.

• DVPit: Semiannual Twitter pitch contest popular with agents, for writers from backgrounds traditionally excluded from publishing

• Author in Progress: Blog of my journey to get Daughters of a Dead Empire published! And other writing adventures along the way.

• Fiction Technician with Jane Kalmes: Fantastic YouTube channel with underrated advice on novel-writing; usually with a focus on crafting mysteries.

• Alexa Donne: YouTube channel by the founder of AuthorMentorMatch, with tons of great advice for writers at every stage of their journey

• Query Template: Great model of a standard query letter from Samantha Wekstein of Thompson Literary Agency

For Historians….

• The Tsar’s Photographer: Colorized photographs of Russia at the turn of the 20th century

• Six Years at the Russian Court: Diary of a governess who took care of Anastasia and her sisters

• The Great War: An excellent series of YouTube videos describing WWI week by week, exactly 100 years later

• The Devil’s Wall: A real place featured in Daughters of a Dead Empire

• The Devastating True Story of the Romanov Family’s Execution: Article by renowned historian Simon Sebag Montefiore

• The Revolution - A Bibliography: Some of my favorite books on the Russian Revolution

For Fangirls & boys….

• Kidlit Walking Tours: A few Google maps I created to explore NYC sites from classic children’s books.

• Best of The 100: My favorite ‘The 100’ fanvids on YouTube.

• Greatest Fanvids Out There: More faves, across fandoms; what can I say? I love fanvids!