Every Wednesday, the writers at YA Highway ask a reading or writing related question, aptly named Road Trip Wednesday. In honor of November as National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo), today YA Highway asks: What kind of writing coach do you need? When you have to coach friends, what kind of coach are you? First of...

Back in June, an article in The Wall Street Journal caused a stir in the world of young adult fiction. (You can read it here.) I follow what goes on in that universe because I mainly read YA books, and I’m writing one. Most everyone with an online presence in the YA world had something...