Young Adult Author Heidi Heilig and the Joy in Receiving Critique

<p>Young Adult Author Heidi Heilig joins Queries, Qualms, &amp; Quirks this week to discuss throwing away 600+ pages, getting an offer while on bedrest, making your main character more active, the magic in rewrites, transitioning to writing solo after having a writing partner, how being a receptionist helps her writing, and writing depression accurately but keeping it active.</p> <p>Heidi Heilig is the author of THE GIRL FROM EVERYWHERE, a historical fantasy series involving piracy, time travel, and 19th century Hawaii, and FOR A MUSE OF FIRE, a YA fantasy featuring a bipolar shadow player who can see the spirits of the dead. Heidi is bipolar herself, though when she travels through time, it is only in the usual “forward” direction.</p> <p>Heidi: <a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ClXynDxWWL90xvkD9x6p7eWBFyU-wKhtqWUaNjAmqjA/edit?usp=sharing"><u>Query</u></a> | <a href="http://www.heidiheilig.com/"><u>Website</u></a> | <a href="http://www.twitter.com/heidiheilig"><u>Twitter</u></a> | <a href="http://www.instagram.com/heidi.heilig"><u>Instagram</u></a> | <a href="https://amzn.to/3oDZOJ0"><u>Amazon</u></a> | <a href="https://bookshop.org/a/1209/9780062380760"><u>Bookshop</u></a> | <a href="https://www.indiebound.org/book/9780606396226?aff=72724"><u>IndieBound</u></a> | <a href="https://libro.fm/referral?isbn=9780062890276&amp;rf_code=lfm164099"><u>Libro FM</u></a></p> <p><a href="https://sarahnicolas.com/queries-qualms-quirks/"><u>QQQ Home Base</u></a> |<a href="https://www.patreon.com/pubtalklive"> <u>Support on Patreon</u></a></p> <p>If links aren't clickable, find them here: <a href="https://bit.ly/qqqheidi"><u>https://bit.ly/qqqheidi</u></a></p> <p>This page includes affiliate links. Please use them if you’d like to support the show.</p>