Writing Through Grief
After the 2016 presidential election, it was as if all the creative energy was zapped from my body. I’m pretty sure I didn’t have…
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A Quick Pep Talk on Being a Selfish Writer
I’m writing this blog two weeks before heading to the middle of the woods to go write in a log cabin for 7 days….
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Loving Your Revisions (and Your Emotions)
Revision is the hardest part of writing. I think most writers will agree on that. You have to confront the things that aren’t working…
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Once Upon a Fairy Tale
What is it about fairy tales that fascinates us? Why do we succumb to the lure of faraway places in literature, television, and movies?…
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What a Year // A Compilation of 2016
We’ve had a busy year at The Passed Note putting out quality YA short stories and poems for you to enjoy. From the beautiful…
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How Charlie Helped Me Identify My Depression & Anxiety
Mental illness wasn’t really a term when I was growing up. Nervousness came and went. And if you were sad, just watch something funny,…
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Finding Comfort in Horror Novels
The genre I feel most at home writing and reading is horror. I’m the type of person who finds comfort in a true crime…
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Books for Better Empathy
My empathy has always been higher than others. I feel very deeply, and some would say that I care to a fault. In the…
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Top Self Care Reads
As an editor of a YA magazine, I read a lot of YA. I don’t do this only to see the trends in YA…
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YA and the Manic Pixie Dream Girl
This month on Twitter, The Passed Note staff talked about girlhood and womanhood in YA literature. We talked about the roles women and girls…
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