The Storyteller Squad

Good bones make Great Stories

Good stories have the same skeletons. The most important bones are the same: a central character, an incident that kicks the story into gear, lots of conflict and complications, help and solutions, and a...

4 Contemporary YA novels to read

Jesus told us in John 16:33 that in this world, we would have trouble, but to take heart! He has overcome the world. Contemporary fiction allows us the opportunities to live through other people’s troubles and...

Welcome to The Hadley Academy for the Improbably Gifted

I did not want to stop reading The Hadley Academy for the Improbably Gifted by Conor Grennan. As I was reading, there were so many moments of, “That’s so awesome!” and, “Wait. What?!” and, “I can’t believe it...

Dynamic Duology: Why you should read and write them

Duologies in the fantasy genre have grown in popularity over the previously widely accepted trilogy. What is the reason for this new trend? Fittingly, I think the explanation is two-fold. First, publishers are...

Introducing New Author: Jeremiah Friedli

Come meet a new author, whose YA dystopian novel releases tomorrow!