Fiction – Page 2 – JEFF GARVIN

YA SCAVENGER HUNT IS COMING!

March 25, 2016
Fiction

I’m thrilled to participate in this season’s YA Scavenger Hunt. In case you’re unfamiliar with YASH, it’s a 72-hour internet scavenger hunt that promises a lot of fun and a chance to win SCORES AND SCORES of signed books. This bi-annual event was first organized by author Colleen...

5 Tips for Turning Your Teen Turmoil Into a Novel

February 7, 2016
Writing

HarperCollins Canada asked me to write a post for their official YA Blog, HCC Frenzy. Here’s a short except, followed by a link where you can read the whole article. There’s no way around it: high school hurts. The good news? Pain is precious to writers. It motivates us, inspires us, fuels...

SYMPTOMS LAUNCH EVENT, PT. 1

February 6, 2016
Personal, Video, Writing

In case you couldn’t attend the Symptoms of Being Human launch on Tuesday, here’s part one in a three-part video series covering the event. (Thank you, Curtis Andersen, for doing the videography.)

10 THINGS I LEARNED WHILE PUBLISHING MY DEBUT

January 2, 2016
Fiction, Personal

It’s hard to believe that less than two years after I typed the first page of Symptoms of Being Human, its publication in hardback is just one month away. It’s been a challenging, thrilling journey, and the book isn’t even out yet! To celebrate the impending release of my debut, I’m going to share...

How Spell Check Tried To Sabotage My Novel

September 25, 2014
Personal, Writing

Spell Check (c) 2011 Michael Mandiberg On Sunday night, I was almost ready to turn in the second draft of my debut novel, SYMPTOMS OF BEING HUMAN. While I was rewriting, I kept thinking of how I might share the process with you, my dear reader. I have always enjoyed the commentary tracks and blooper...

How To Break Through Writer’s Block

July 22, 2013
Writing

Why Me? What qualifies me, a not-yet-published novelist and (frequently negligent) blogger, to give you advice on how to break through writer’s block? I’m no newbie to creativity. I earned a BFA in Film Production and won the Chapman University Visual Storytelling Award. I’ve written over a hundred...

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